Veggies by Force...

[fairyfarmgirl]

Growing Cotton I see as violent.

fairyfarmgirl, when I mentioned cotton, I had no idea I'd get such a strong response. I can see that you are very passionate about this.

Even though you are I are approaching these issues differently, I see us as ultimately working together for the same cause. We both want harmony on the planet and a respect for all of her lifeforms.

I would like to offer a suggestion which may explain why I have chosen to focus on the animal suffering issue.

You are able to perceive fairies and other entities. Most people don't. I don't. I wish I did. I have tried many times to reach them, but to no avail. I perceive feelings from plants, but that's it. And average, mainstream people have even less awareness of the life around them.

For most people, asking them to comprehend the feelings of a plant is beyond their present capability. It's too subtle.

But these people can comprehend blood.

Bloodshed is real, tangible. Blood is equated with pain, violence, and death. People understand bloodshed. People know that when a human bleeds, s/he is feeling pain. They comprehend this. They might not comprehend the consciousness of plants, but they can easily comprehend that when their dog gets hit by a car, he is in pain.

It's a big leap to go from having compassion for human suffering to having compassion for plant suffering (if they do indeed suffer in the way that animals do, which I am not convinced of). But it's not such a leap for them to go from having compassion for human suffering to having compassion for animal suffering.

Most people are oblivious to animal suffering. Most people have never visited a slaughterhouse and have no idea of the horrors going on there. But now, with youtube videos, all of that has been made public. I am a supporter of getting the ugliness out into the open where the light can shine in. People get offended when they see anything graphic but how else can they be made aware of it? Why should ugliness be swept under the rug?

I honor and respect your passionate views about the raping of the Earth. I feel the same. What I'm suggesting is that we START with the animals!!! This is something people can grasp. They might not be ready to grasp the depth of what you shared in your last post. That is asking too much for them at this time. But they CAN grasp the image of a cow bellowing in pain, the look of terror in her eyes, the images of cruelty that have been preserved for all the world to see.

If we could all work together to expose this OBVIOUS suffering of entities who are getting close to graduation to 3D, we could do so much good in the world. So much pain could be alleviated if animal suffering were brought out into the public awareness. This is what we animal activists are trying to do.

I think it's fruitless to have a debate on who suffers more, the animals or the plants. We've already explored that and will have to agree to disagree, since there is no way to prove it one way or the other. But I think we might be able to agree that, for the average person, seeing an entity who has a face, with emotions displayed on that face, and the ability to express his pain and suffering, will have a greater impact than trying to get them to comprehend something more subtle and less tangible.

I propose that we start with the more obvious suffering, and we will make more progress towards ending all suffering.

blessings to you on your path

Living is an Act of Violence is a Paradox. There is no way out of this. Someone and Something somewhere will be suffering and be on the recieving end of violence.

Trees are 3D. Many are operating at that level right now. They feel and have consciousness. They speak. It is us who do not understand... does that make what they are speaking any less important.

It was an Aborigional Guide (a spirit) that assisted me out of the paradox I had boxed myself into. Yes, all suffers. Yet, their suffering can be minimized by the Law of Love and Right Action. Through the process of Blessing and seeing all as Sacred including Self. All is part of a system of eating. All is eaten. When put in this context one is simply living within a system of eating. I eat and then I am eaten. My essence, my Beingness (Soul and Spirit) are ever Eternal. The body is simply a tool to be used with respect, honor and dignity and with Sacred Attention... but it is still a tool with a consciousness of its own that requires an operating system (the soul).

Plants have feeling and thoughts as much as an animal. Some plants will become poisonous when harvested incorrectly. This is a FEAR response-- sometimes certain plants will preconcieve a threat and take actions to protect themselves. Precognition is a sign of intelligence.

All life is sacred. In eating I take life from something and someone somewhere. In living I take life from something and someone somewhere.

In my conversations with the Fairies and Devas and the Aborigional Guide was that by cultivating sacred attention to life I was lifting up life. Through prayer and blessings and a sacred attitude and posture I create a vortex of positive energy this acts to raise up that which I have taken... to move it forward into Greater Beingness.

I am an American. I live in a modern home with modern convienences. I eat food from a grocery store. There was a time that I did not do any of this except still be an American. I lived along side the road and ate that which was given... Now that I have children to raise whose paths do not include living alongside the road eating that which is given I live a modern life with modern trappings. The difference is I cultivate a Sacred Life. I see all as Sacred and act with Love and Honor and Respect. As Jake said in Avatar, I see you, brother. This is the HEART of Living a Life Sacred.

What I also learned during my conversations with the Aborigine was my role here on Earth is stay Embodied. Staying Embodied means caring for body in the way that it is asking to be cared for. This is also a paradox. For some the body will ask for animal proteins. And once again my guide gently turned me to the Lion and the Gazelle. The Lion must eat thus it stalks the Gazelle. The Gazelle must eat thus it stalks the Plants. The Plants must eat thus it stalks the Earth. The Earth must Eat and awaits the Stalking to begin. All is eaten. Lions are not vegetarians. For them to be so would mean certain death. Gazelles are not Carnivores to Eat Meat would be certain death for the Gazelle. The Plants eat all. All is welcome. The Decomposers Eat All. All is Welcome... All is eaten. Seen in this context I became more comfortable with being embodied and began to make Peace with the way things are. In the space of acceptance Change is initiated.

I work toward Ethical Treatment of all Food sources and Plants. This is key.

I pray for the highest good for all everywhere.

fairyfarmgirl