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December 2008 
Dear friends, its been some time...
Posted on Dec 7th, 2007
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cosmicbdog
cosmicbdog
Since my last blog post on Zaadz. Some of you may remember me as a guy who sometimes had some wise things to say, who sometimes had some foolish things to say. Most of you won't remember me at all.
To bring you up to speed, my entry into Zaadz the first time around was an idealistic one. "Wow, what an open minded community" to which lasted all for about 3 days. Entering with open fingers, an open mind and heart, I quickly entered defense mode as my loving girl felt unexpectedly obsessed over by what we termed the 'prowlers'. How quickly the idealism fell away as the anslaught of 'namaste's' and 'nice vibe' came through her inbox. Simeltaneously in a forum I assumed was based around the open sharing of ideas I came head to head with 'prove it' defenses to my suggestions and 'that has no basis in reality' perceptions from what seemed to me to be some of zaadz finest.
Eventually (to cut a long story short) my idealism turned into anger and disappointment as I started to share my passion towards non-violent diet and found my 100 or so friends basically stopped talking to me. I was surprised to learn that of those friends, only 1 actually said "Bobby, I too love bovines" (in a non tastebud way).
This realisation, that I was a part of a community who's motto was "being the change" or along those lines was actually in my view, being completely hipocritical and not being the most simple and profound change that could be made within ones self.
Why do we adopt such a concept of 'be the change'? My understanding leans me naturally towards the realisation that by being the example, it is the most profound way of impacting the world. But more than that, there is more to it. Its about resonation and magnetism on a deeper level. What you resonate, you attract. Its simple gravity and one of the most binding laws of our existance. So my point is, when we are in a world filled with so much violence and anger and destruction, we are obviously resonating it. This is our world folks... this is the oyster we plucked open and shelled and this is the violent mess our opportunistic short-sighted spiritually devoid selves has come up with... all from within.
Now most of us Zaadsters can't relate to what I'm saying because they don't believe they are a part of the destruction and violence. Yet how would you describe killing an animal? Humane? Peaceful? Loving? The only time I've ever heard of death being peaceful is when its naturally come about with ripe old age or when the sick person asks for euthanasia. Anything other than that, is it not playing God for a whole other soul? What are the karmic ramifications for that? What sort of dynamic are you inviting yourself into? Are you not inviting yourself into the position of having your own life taken from you under conditions far from what you would prefer? This isn't idealistic spiritual pop hoo haa ladies and gentlemen - I am talking scientific gravity here - what you do, think, feel and consume becomes the very magnet you are. I'm not sure which reality you are simeltaneously living on that bends the laws from this one, but here on earth, everything attracts that which is of like energy. Matter attracts matter. Killing attracts killing.
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” –Albert Einstein ...
What would Albert know though? He just cracked through and made some of the most poignant discoveries of humans evolution. But, you just listen to the doctor who is justifying his own murderess diet, right, who says you need meat to survive. Thats much more intelligent. Even though there is volumes upon volumes of undeniable proof that humans are 99% geared towards having a herbivore diet, lets keep on justifying the lie, right? Cuz it tastes good, yeah? No, you are wrong.
And thats what happened to me folks. I had a little Zaadz implosion. I went 'delete' please. I couldn't stand to be in the company of y'all. But what I failed to see is that I did still play part in a dynamic by which I placed myself above the indenial murderers amongst us and participated in the very thing I was against. I saw most of everybody here as lower than me and took my shining light elsewhere. I became a speciest of sorts.
Earthlings(the documentary) coined a term to me 'speciest' which I find as relevant as 'racist'. The concept is, we see ourselves as better than other species and therefor have no problems with using them for leather and food. Its not much different from Hitler who saw himself as above Jewish people and threw them to the chambers for torture, experimentation and death.
I'm not sure if you can tell, but I am trying to follow in with the Zaadz way of expressing gratitude but I'm finding that a little bit difficult to be grateful for the state of the world. Actually I find a lot of positive thinking and so forth is a way to mask a great big undercurrent of negativity generally underneath. For most of what I experienced with a lot of spiritual people here is the iceberg which is revealed is most often the positivity, while the most relevant part is the 90% submerged under water which is the dominant.
Questions to ask yourself...
Why do you feel its ok to kill another being in order to eat?
Are you really that hungry that you would take life from another in order to do so?
If you had to slaughter an animal every time you ate meat, would you?
Are you aware that animals have feelings and intelligence?
Have you ever wondered if you feel proud to talk about your meat eating ways? And that its often kept *hush hush*? Ever pondered the lack of pride surrounding consuming lives/ souls packaged as neat little products?
If you could do something really profound to end the water crisis, global starvation and violence, would you? Have you considered that 90% of the worlds grain and natural water supply go towards feeding 'livestock' AKA living beings that are treated as stock items? Have you considered that the worlds problems just might be solved by shifting to a vegetarian diet?
I leave you with this:
"Truely man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. " ~Leonardo da Vinci
I love the quote in the podcast you should listen where he says "A non-violent world has roots from a non-violent diet". Check it out - here.
Access: PublicTagged with: vegetarian, denial, destruction, positive bubble that bursts, murderers, rapists, manipulation
Thank you for coming back and for also speaking your truth here, in all ways. We have all had some experience with folks here that are extremely judgmental and unbending…i almost left a few times Bobby..and have been hurt by those who are unwilling to see the big picture.
If we say we are all connected, then animals are part of that connection…and as a big lover of animals, choose not to eat their precious meat. Were we to grow up and understand the senseless slaughter of animals for food or vanity, we would see the travesty in the cruel and inhumane way they are treated.
I applaud your efforts to educate others in the idea that animals are not here to “serve” mankind but to live in harmony with man.
I still toot my horn to the cows as I drive by them on country roads…they look up at me as I pass and know I am a true friend…
We need you here Bobby…be who you are and state what you believe…if no one else can listen, it is their problem…and their inabililty to be open to knowing more that is suffering…
Sending love to you down under…always!
Aley
Thank you Aley.
I am slightly ashamed of how I acted in my last visit to Zaadz. I was just so full of anger and feeling like there was nothing happening and that this core thing to me is something that nobody besides yourself would look at.
Looking at the influence Zaadz is having, I feel I have something to learn from here. Something to do with being appreciative and positive and grateful … but doing that on something like this I find hard to do.
How can I express positivity around this topic? Share good ol' wholesome fruit and vegetable recipes that I'm happy to eat? Truth is, taste isn't high on my priorities right now… I feel like a brother who's got a couple of billion other brothers in the slaughter house experiencing genocide each year while the majority of people I can relate to in an verbally intelligent form think I'm a quack for feeling a bit socially paralised by this. I'm starting to feel a bit like a religious fanatic and surely like many things I have judged harshly against - I have become. In the process of being against killing of animals, I killed a lot of friendly connections I had… but I just don't know… something needs to be done my heart feels strongly about this. I'm not sure if being nice anymore is the way forward. Would we be nice to the murderer who slaughtered our families? Would we be nice to the aliens who came down and took our mothers milk from them when they were pregnant? Would we tolerate any of the same actions we perform on our animals if they were treated to humans? We don't. We rise up and march against it, yet have double standards because we see animals as being something below us or for whatever reason null of feeling and emotion.
If only more people could see the social interactions we can see in animals Aley… I think then it would be impossible to do it. Maybe I should have more of an approach like that. Highlight the humanity in the animals, and maybe the animals in the humans.
Thanks for the warm welcome back! Its just started pissin' down rain here in down under. Thought I'd throw in some slang for the hell of it :P
Bobby
Much Love. Much Respect. I am glad you came back and allowed perspective to sit in. There will be people in all communities that challenge & provoke. I remember a Garth Brooks song that said, “I don't do this to change the world, I do it so the world doesn't change me.” When you let others negative energy dictate your decisions then we lose touch with our true self.
It's a daily practice that is important to understand. Life is no game. It is a daily practice. A practice of compassion, patience, love and sharing.
I do an inpsirational workshop called BE.YOGA. [living an inspired life off the mat] and I talk about 'be' as in don't just do yoga, be yoga. Don't just do compassionate acts, be compassion. Then looking at that means for each person and the reality is that it will mean something different to each person. But people get scared and put off when you 'seems' like your preaching even though your just sharing.
I am a vegan. My wife & I just live our lives and simply 'be the change.' After a while people would start asking us, “Why are you guys always so happy?” “What are you guys doing?” “Why are you seemingly so patient?'” People want to know what you're doing to create PEACE and when they initiate that is when they are ready to do it themselves and they are more open to listening. BEing open is key is sharing.
I don't know if I am making sense. For real, I appreciate you reaching out and inviting me to your blog.
PEace [of mind].
Hello Sir, and thank you for dropping in with your words of encouragement and wisdom.
After much contemplation, a few yoga sessions and meditations over the past week it has been decided in the realm of cosmicbdog, your way of being the change and awaiting those who seek insight for receiving is potentially the ultimate way forward.
I am pondering myself, what to do, when I live in a paradigm where I am invited to several close family christmas dinners and lunches where the most exciting thing is the 'ham' being served up. I'm not sure if people realise that 'ham' is actually an animal or not, but it seems whenever I bring up a conversation every person who dines on the fellow earthlings seems to have a santa bag full of justifications as to why its ok. I find it hard to sit there and be tolerant of somebody eating meat without making it the topic of conversation. Call me crazy, but I feel like I woke up in this big blood sucking cult on earth one day and all the happy animals stuck on the island are looking at each other smiling with the flesh stuck between their teeth smiling at each other saying “its all good mate, chow down!”
Santa's justification list for eating meat:
- “I only do it now and then”
- “We've always eaten meat, even caveman did it”
- “I have to eat meat for my protein”
- “Oh I only eat organic meat… you know, the ones that grew up happily and then randomly had the life stripped and guts pulled from them one day”
- “its christmas, you're sounding crazy cosmic”
Alright… I'm going to go eat some fresh local grown avocado rolled in brown rice and seaweed now ;) YUM!
Hi Bobby
This is a bit of belated comment - oops! but then I am never on time ..
I have read this twice ..
It's true - we do need people like you - to be strong and to be vital, with truth, don't let others dull your light, your spirit - be that iceberg that refuses to remain submerged - who wants to be a boring iceberg anyway :)
You really inspire me with your words, your energy and when I was verbally attacked on a ‘spiritual forum ‘by a host of * cough * ‘' light workers'' ,for daring to attempt to discuss the pain that is caused in this world, when sentient life forms are mindlessly killed and then consumed - you gave me the strength to - well, to not be silenced and not to feel like the horned and hoofed one..
Cause that is how the 'namaste bunch' made me feel with their sugar coated words of veiled and not so veiled disapproval… they wanted their '''love in'' to continue with out me darkening the doorway .. so I got kicked out of the circle of ' love ' … eeks,,
They deleted 90 % of what I said - affirmed to each other that there is no judgement and proceeded to discuss organic recipes !!!
Thing is Bobby, you are not anaesthetised - you are not asleep. You are awake and alive and vibrantly connected to life in all its forms, that is obvious.
Thank you for being like that. It hurts sometimes when you can feel - can connect ..
We as a species are brutally destroying beauty and life every second of every day .. and if you are in touch with life .. it will feel like a violation - because it is ..
It is not just animals I am talking of, other humans, forests, oceans, insects, wildflowers, gorillas, elephants, tigers - everywhere we look there seems to be destruction and those perpetrating these acts continue because the majority of us are passive in our sleep, unaware, so uncaring in a world of dreams, snoring away ..
It is easier to look away - but soon more and more of us are gonna wake up and say NO MORE .. en -masse I am sure of it.
Anyway, what I am saying is - maybe Im no one, but , I relate to what you say - and I am sure alot of people do - but it hurts to relate to what you are saying - and the feelings of powerlessness are overwhelming
I think that is the main reason that people get defensive and turn their backs ..
Anyway - we need people like you - to wake people up ..
over and out and catch you later .. s :)