03-23-2010, 10:11 PM
Violence is any act that impacts the life of another. This is an inherently violent place, this Earth. The Earth is inherently violent. Just by being Herself she takes life and gives life. This is the act, the violence.
Even plants have feelings. When I awakened I could not eat anything and struggled with just living for in breathing I was killing another-- the act of existing was killing something somewhere. The clothes I wear. The furniture I sit upon. The car I drive. The food I eat. The Insects that meet their death at my hand and/or windshield. This is an act of violence. I had to then choose my life or the lives of others. Even committing suicide is an act of violence against self. Not eating is an act of violence against self. So what is one to do with all these acts of violence?
I made peace with it all for I had to choose life, my life and that of my child's. So I now eat and eat that which balances me and keeps me in balance. But I still struggle with the ethicalness of being here on Earth and the Violence of Living.
fairyfarmgirl
Even plants have feelings. When I awakened I could not eat anything and struggled with just living for in breathing I was killing another-- the act of existing was killing something somewhere. The clothes I wear. The furniture I sit upon. The car I drive. The food I eat. The Insects that meet their death at my hand and/or windshield. This is an act of violence. I had to then choose my life or the lives of others. Even committing suicide is an act of violence against self. Not eating is an act of violence against self. So what is one to do with all these acts of violence?
I made peace with it all for I had to choose life, my life and that of my child's. So I now eat and eat that which balances me and keeps me in balance. But I still struggle with the ethicalness of being here on Earth and the Violence of Living.
fairyfarmgirl