"Until (s)he extends the circle of his/her compassion to all living things, (wo)man will not him/herself find peace."

Humanity is basically  insane.. One has to only look at what we have done, and what we continue to do.. The daily habits of the individual.. And most of it is accepted as just plain old routine normality..

I talk not only of wars, kidnappings, political torturing, human slavery, muggings and murders,

Mary had a little lamb. She also had potatoes. She covered them in greasy sauce, and fried them with tomatoes.

as most of us will generally be opposed to these already..

Yes.. Humans are sick.. We rarely die of old age, and we go through our lives accumulating bad habits and neurotic pastimes.. It is quite sad..

Just look at our breakfasts.. Egg and bacon.. Birds eggs and pig? We turn our bodies into graveyards, and then  wonder why we get sick..

Eating animal flesh is totally against our true natures which are nothing less than Divine playful loving spirits.. And when we do so, it muddies our souls and stops them from shining radiantly forth..

It seems to me that if we eat other beings, because other species do so.. Then we are indeed bowing to a very primitive peer pressure..

Picture this... It is late afternoon, and you have not eaten since breakfast.. You know that it is a good

Just beautiful! His mother sighed, The day that he was born; His velvet eyes, his curly hair, his darling baby form..... Just beautiful! Another cried. (That very same sweet babe). She licked her greasy lips, then washed him down with lemonade..

3 hours walk between you and the nearest 7-11, and you forgot to pack your sandwiches..

Now, suddenly, on the path in front of you, a small squirrel appears and looks up at you..

Let's even go further and suppose that it is injured, maybe a broken limb, enabling even the treaclesty sluggish reaction, to catch it if one were to so warpedly desire...

What's your response?

It is unlikely that you will walk away with blood on your lips, and fur between your teeth..

So what kind of carnivore are you really? Don't try and kid yourself.. Underneath all the mud, we all have hearts of gold..

Fool yourself no more that you need to eat animals to live!! This an absurd belief.. This is what is meant by the expression, "Believe absurdities, and you will commit atrocities" ... It does not have to be this way!!

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