Theos-Talk Archives (February 2008 Message tt00061)

Dear Adelaisie

You write, "...if we are aware of the sacrifice offered us by 
the animal who died..."

This seems to imply that the animal voluntarily offered itself to be 
slaughtered "that we may be fed."

Surely this is not what you meant?

Kind regards
Nigel


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> 
> It is never too late to make a change. Consciousness is everything. 
> Even if we eat meat, if we are aware of the sacrifice offered us by 
> the animal who died that we may be fed, if we express gratitude to 
> it, to the universe which provides us with sustenance, we are 
making 
> a difference. Bit by bit more and more people will remember that we 
> are a part of nature, that what happens to other of nature's 
children 
> also happens to us. We can help to bring about that change of 
> consciousness.
> 
> Adelasie
> 
> On 9 Feb 2008 at 22:58, MKR wrote:
> 
> > I think if we are able read and see cruelty and recognize what it 
is, that
> > is the very important first step. Many who watched the videos and 
saw what
> > was written may not have paid any attention to or recognition of 
cruelty.
> > Once cruelty is recognized, then each one of us can respond to 
the best of
> > our ability.
> > 
> > Everyday, we read about the number of people killed and hurt by 
war and
> > other acts of Nations for varied reasons justified by 
politicians. Most do
> > not see or recognize the cruelty that man is perpetrating on 
other human
> > beings. Once we see the cruelty, each one of us can decide how to 
respond
> > and take action in our own way. We may not change the world or 
set right the
> > cruel practices in a day. But we have to make a start by not 
directly or
> > indirectly supporting these activities, instead of trying to put 
band aid on
> > the results of these activities. As time goes on, if more and 
more people
> > start recognizing the truth, then a day will come that there will 
be a mass
> > movement against cruel practices. Let us all start in our little 
way.
> > 
> > mkr
> > On 2/9/08, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >   We continually eat fear and lower our vibrations through 
consuming
> > > animals. I am hypocrite enough to admit that I thank the animal 
for giving
> > > up its existence for me, but it really is a band aid, if I was 
serious about
> > > the morality of it, I wouldn't eat the animal in the first 
place.
> > > Even in this day and age I am quite certain that when a cow is 
slaughtered
> > > none of its parts are wasted. I guess we grew up believing that 
our bodies
> > > needed this protein as well as being told that animals were put 
here for
> > > man's smorgasboard. Both are clearly lies. Yes we are savages, 
moreso,
> > > because we have developed intelligence, which doesn't seem to 
have made much
> > > difference.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Cass
> > >
> > > adelasie <adelasie@... <adelasie%40sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > > Interesting comparison, Cass,
> > >
> > > ...as barbaric as a savage eating the heart of a lion to 
transfer its
> > > strength to the eater.
> > >
> > > The "savages" might have known more than we do about the unity 
of all
> > > life. To pray to the animal to come so that the people might be 
fed,
> > > or the courage might be shared, to use all the parts of the 
animal
> > > for goods that would be made by hand, the only source of such 
goods,
> > > to express gratitude to the animal for its sacrifice, to face 
the
> > > animal on foot with hand made weapons, this presents quite a
> > > different scenario. Now we use technology to create weapons 
that no
> > > animal could survive. Do we use all the parts of the animal and 
waste
> > > nothing? Do we express our gratitude to another life form for 
its
> > > sacrifice that we may live? Do we kill an animal so that our 
tribe
> > > can survive? Or are we motivated by profit above all?
> > >
> > > It seems reasonable to realize that the Japanese are not the 
only
> > > nation engaged in some such activity. Maybe we are 
the "savages."
> > >
> > > Adelasie
> > >
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