11-10-2015, 05:24 PM
(11-10-2015, 03:27 PM)anagogy Wrote: But see, Diana, here's the thing, there will always be something of that nature for you to be sad about. Your empathy, while admirable in some respects, is misguided. Not that there is anything wrong with empathy (it has its place), but just the fact that you allow that negative image to dominate your perspective so absolutely. You focus on the absolute worst condition you can imagine and tell that story over and over again, and many other vegans do the same. You can't even begin to imagine the infinitude of horrible things out there for you to be aware of that are probably so much worse than this image you've painted of animal suffering. Suffering on a magnitude that would psychologically destroy any of us if we were to behold it. I think some of you have this image in your head of a future state of the world where everybody wants the same thing, and none of it is negative. I'm sorry, but that is not part of this world. Never gonna happen. You have to make peace with that. Or you can be miserable.
That is what I mean by resonating with the misery. You can keep looking at what you don't want to see, and feel terrible, or you can look somewhere better. That horrible thing is going to exist in some reality somewhere whether you look at it or not. Might as well focus on well being instead. Far more productive.
When you say you are not advanced enough to see this view that all is well, I'm sorry, but I think that's a cop out. I think it's more that you don't want to let go of your pain. You're attached to it. But you can't focus on injustice, and hope to experience justice. All the universe can give you is more injustice. Everything is always happening in infinity. What part of that infinity do you want to experience? Focus on that if you want to be happy. Everybody asks for metaphysical answers to hard life questions, but nobody seems to actually want them. Most people aren't interested in truth, they just want confirmation and validation to justify themselves and convince themselves that their actions weren't futile. Everyone is trying to control the uncontrollable.
I don't even know where to begin in response to this, but I am going to try.
Firstly, you seem to have gathered very little understanding of me and my posts at all. And yet you say I tell my story over and over again. You don't know the first thing about me and how I conduct my life. The above description of me tells me that you have not read my posts at all with any sort of comprehension.
Actually, I have reread your post and decided I am not going to respond further. It's insulting, ignorant (of me and who I am), and judgmental based on projection. Please refrain from any further assessments of my character.