(10-21-2014, 10:33 PM)Icaro Wrote: .Icaro! I feel that as well. It's a struggle to try to uplift others in true STO fashion and also live with the blindness that's around, looking continuously in a mirror to others who can't see . ( not talking about anyone here)
(10-21-2014, 01:33 PM)Diana Wrote: If you aren't willing to take the life of an animal for food, I say you are in denial, not working in symbiosis.
It's the reason why I'm working on becoming a vegetarian, but I think people are just completely unconscious of things. I'm not sure that's even fair of me to say..that other's are unconscious..because all I know is that our mirror is everywhere and I get tired of opinions and words.
I have become much more self-accepting in the process. We kid ourselves about how loving and compassionate we think we are, if we saw the whole picture of our unconsciousness, then the deepest compassion would emerge.
Imo, you are far from denial. Maybe a bit overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the darkness in this world?
Regarding knowingly consuming animals or apples is STS polarizing, oh no, that is wrong. Eating is a loving act in which one is caring for one's body, whether you eat plants or animals. That is a fact.
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