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Bring4th Studies > Spiritual Development & Metaphysical Matters > The Harvest v > Green Ray Requirement for Harvest to 4D
This explores the mechanism by which a 3D entity reaches that threshold of harvestability, demonstrating the attributes of love (which is a 4D trait, and required for graduation to 4D) in varying amounts throughout 3D.
We might extrapolate from this that the mechanism for graduation to 3D might be similar; ie. awareness is developed over time, throughout 2D, until it reaches that threshold sufficient for harvest. Hence, self-awareness is required to graduate to 3D, yet is found in abundance in later 2D entities.
It also completely annihilates the notion that the boundary of density is the only important demarcation, based on a false assumption that higher 2D entities are more similar to lower 2D entities, because it is easily demonstrated that higher 2D entities actually have far more in common with 3D entities than with lower 2D entities (just as it might be argued that higher 3D entities might have more in common with 4D entities than with early 3D entities).
I submit that the ONLY criteria for deciding whether it's acceptable to knowingly harm other entities is:
1. That they have pain receptors
and/OR
2. That they have some degree of self-awareness
All animals, with the possible exception of mussels, meet #1.
Numerous studies, plus simple observation, shows that animals also meet criteria #2.
(Incidentally, while plants have been shown to have some sort of awareness, there is No research showing that they exhibit individual self-awareness. And, they don't have pain receptors. So for plants, #2 is quite iffy, and #1 doesn't exist at all.)
To assume that it's ok to harm and kill animals based on them still being categorized as 2D is a mistake, in my opinion. It's an assumption based on misunderstanding of key principles in regards to the attributes of the densities.
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Bring4th Studies > Spiritual Development & Metaphysical Matters > The Harvest v > Green Ray Requirement for Harvest to 4D
This explores the mechanism by which a 3D entity reaches that threshold of harvestability, demonstrating the attributes of love (which is a 4D trait, and required for graduation to 4D) in varying amounts throughout 3D.
We might extrapolate from this that the mechanism for graduation to 3D might be similar; ie. awareness is developed over time, throughout 2D, until it reaches that threshold sufficient for harvest. Hence, self-awareness is required to graduate to 3D, yet is found in abundance in later 2D entities.
It also completely annihilates the notion that the boundary of density is the only important demarcation, based on a false assumption that higher 2D entities are more similar to lower 2D entities, because it is easily demonstrated that higher 2D entities actually have far more in common with 3D entities than with lower 2D entities (just as it might be argued that higher 3D entities might have more in common with 4D entities than with early 3D entities).
I submit that the ONLY criteria for deciding whether it's acceptable to knowingly harm other entities is:
1. That they have pain receptors
and/OR
2. That they have some degree of self-awareness
All animals, with the possible exception of mussels, meet #1.
Numerous studies, plus simple observation, shows that animals also meet criteria #2.
(Incidentally, while plants have been shown to have some sort of awareness, there is No research showing that they exhibit individual self-awareness. And, they don't have pain receptors. So for plants, #2 is quite iffy, and #1 doesn't exist at all.)
To assume that it's ok to harm and kill animals based on them still being categorized as 2D is a mistake, in my opinion. It's an assumption based on misunderstanding of key principles in regards to the attributes of the densities.
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