"The [human] species will never learn to co-exist if given total freedom."

[Diana]

I don't think you're a downer, and I think your sentiments are shared by every empath on the planet, which I believe is the majority.

If you are saying the majority of people are empathic, that may be true, but most certainly don't know it or have not gotten connected to it yet. It lies in potential only, or at least, that is what I observe.

I'm a huge animal lover, and lover of nature. I have unfollowed every one of my friends who share animal cruelty stuff of Facebook on a regular basis, simply because I just cannot look at it... I love insects too, even spiders. When one of those nice big ones, that is the size of your hand, decides to share our humble abode with us, I always catch it and throw it outside - and I am PETRIFIED of spiders.

  

If you actually "throw" it, which may have been metaphorical, just know that they break easily. The way I do it is carefully get a large glass over the insect or get it to crawl into it, slide a piece of mail under the glass, upend the glass, carry it outside and set the glass down so the insect/spider can crawl out. 

It has taken me some time to get to this point, where I accept all the "ugliness" of this world. It has given me peace of mind. Sometimes I still fall back in the old ways, and get all riled up by something I witness or see in the news...  I have been following Ra's advice about internalising our polarity, starting with myself, my dark and my light. You become more accepting of the dark in others, when you have faced your own darkness, with as much honesty as you can muster.

I accept this world. I just don't resonate with it. I agree with you that facing your own darkness allows for acceptance of the darkness of in others.

At some point in your evolution in earlier lifetimes (or this one) you might have done some really atrocious things.

Yes this is a possibility. But though I have thought of this, it doesn't really fit for many reasons. Of course, as we evolve, it is likely as Ra said that we experience everything. But for me, it's that I have empathy for all life, not just humans. My grandfather was Iroquois, so perhaps I have it in my genetic line.

Perhaps the majority of earthlings are at an early stage of their 3rd density evolution, which is okay.

I agree that a lot of humanity seems in general to be early stage 3rd still—closer to herd (animal) mentality—though it gets confusing with our level of technology.

Acceptance transforms people, it's love, and love liberates (I'm quick to talk the talk! :-) Still learning to walk the walk). We also know that earth will become 4th density positive, which gives great comfort, to me at least. It could have gone the other way…

You may know that "Earth will become 4th density positive," but I only have working theories. In any case, I accept whatever happens. That does not mean, however, that I don't have a vision of a harmonious existence.

I regret to announce that I am not there yet, I am still a happy meat eater, but I have come across this "refrain from this" and "refrain from that" topic from many mystical authors over the years, and they all say it just doesn't work like that.

You mentioned that you unfriend people on FB for posting animal cruelty. I am just curious as to how you can be a happy meat eater. This is not a judgment. I am genuinely curious, because this gets to the heart of my confusion as to how people can stay disconnected when the information is widely available. I can't understand how you can take pity on a spider but not a cow, fish, or chicken.

If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to hear your perspective on this subject.