Why we get pissed at terrorists … (11/19/15)
Food for thought: All of your negative emotional responses — especially anger; more especially rage — actually come from fear … And those reactions are only felt intensely when we ourselves are perpetrating the same “crime” that has us so afraid, or that we ourselves have perpetrated at some time in our past, &/or that we ourselves are somehow desiring to perpetrate in the near future.
My Friends, until we free our lives of the brutal pain & suffering that WE are causing others, we will never be free of pain & suffering ourselves … The Good News: You can stop causing others pain & suffering whenever you wish; a choice that starts — and ultimately ends — with going vegan.
Peace to ALL — today & evermore … S
“We often ask if we can make a difference in the world, and yet if we pose this question, we are asking the wrong one. For it is not whether we CAN make a difference; it is whether we DO make a difference that is the real query … Every single action we take has a direct impact on many other sentient lives. So we actually don;’t get to choose whether we CAN make difference or not. We only get to choose whether the difference we DO make is a negative or a positive one. Indeed, in every single moment of our lives, those are our only two options … There are no neutral choices.” ~ inspired by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
“If man is unable to extend his fields of empathy for all species, there will always be someone to tell you that this or that category of people is worth less than another… There will always be a to establish a limit and to tell you that certain lives are better than others — that the life of a white is better than that of a black, that the life of a straight is better than that of a gay person, that the life of a rich guy is better than that of a homeless one, that the life of an Aryan is better than the life of a Jew, that the life of a dog is better than that of a cow, and on & on & on …
Every life is precious, and our planet is finished unless we learn love beyond how we appear … In the last 40 years 50% of the world’s animal species have disappeared, the oceans are emptied, the forests have been significantly destroyed, the air, the water and the earth are all potently poisoned and deteriorating at a staggering speed … And why ? Because a species, the human species, has decreed that its comfort and its pleasure are more important than the rest of creation.
We humans are only a tiny fraction, tiny, little tiny part of the history of the Universe, and yet we are a very powerful part … Indeed, we have a far greater power than the power to destroy. We have the Power to Save … and it is time we started acting accordingly.”
~ inspired by Stephanie Couture
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