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If a person kills an animal (or facilitates this), they inflict at least double harm (evil):
The first harm (evil) – upon themselves, their energy/soul.
The second harm (evil) – upon the killed animal, as its energy/soul departs to the crossing ("to the other side") prematurely… (However, if the animal is incurably ill… experiencing severe suffering, it may be reasonable to alleviate it… to help it pass to the crossing… but one must be certain no other aid is possible… In such situations… each decides for themselves how to act…)
Perhaps if a person faces extreme circumstances and must **** an animal to survive, it should be done. Yet even here… each decides for themselves how to proceed.
It is 2025, and we—intelligent beings—must recognize that food is "fuel" for our bodies… and "fuel" can be obtained from vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy, etc. … enabling us to prepare delicious, nutritious meals (without killing animals, facilitating it, or committing evil…). If modern people still consume animals as food, how do they differ from primitive humans… from savages?
By caring for animals and nature—a person benefits all beings, everything, and all, but first and foremost themselves personally, their energy/soul. They increase their chances… of exiting samsara or rebirth with a better fate (minimal suffering)…
p.s. (1) Why harm yourself… your energy/your soul…
p.s. (2) Be mindful… live here and now, but consider your future beyond the crossing.
p.s. (3) The crossing awaits us all… sooner or later.
The first harm (evil) – upon themselves, their energy/soul.
The second harm (evil) – upon the killed animal, as its energy/soul departs to the crossing ("to the other side") prematurely… (However, if the animal is incurably ill… experiencing severe suffering, it may be reasonable to alleviate it… to help it pass to the crossing… but one must be certain no other aid is possible… In such situations… each decides for themselves how to act…)
Perhaps if a person faces extreme circumstances and must **** an animal to survive, it should be done. Yet even here… each decides for themselves how to proceed.
It is 2025, and we—intelligent beings—must recognize that food is "fuel" for our bodies… and "fuel" can be obtained from vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy, etc. … enabling us to prepare delicious, nutritious meals (without killing animals, facilitating it, or committing evil…). If modern people still consume animals as food, how do they differ from primitive humans… from savages?
By caring for animals and nature—a person benefits all beings, everything, and all, but first and foremost themselves personally, their energy/soul. They increase their chances… of exiting samsara or rebirth with a better fate (minimal suffering)…
p.s. (1) Why harm yourself… your energy/your soul…
p.s. (2) Be mindful… live here and now, but consider your future beyond the crossing.
p.s. (3) The crossing awaits us all… sooner or later.
