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**SageTree** · 05-05-2009, 08:26 PM

I feel animals are bound to freedom in a sense, which really doesn't make it as much of a choice as a programme. They are geared to survive and even what seems like play is learning something to living better. To me this seems like suffering ulitmatly in the end. Life is scarey when you are just trying to stay alive as a sole goal, which I suppose could be said for the person who is chained to a desk, 'fighting for 'survival' in the material means of sucess.

We can choose to cut most chains and work hard on over coming the rest, free for this cycle and living mindfully of our 'Self'. Animals are no doubt equal to me in life form, however I feel that human intellect has infinate chances to free us as much as it is allow to enslave us. Choosing what 'survival' means on this plane.

Animals seem to have intellegence, but humans seem to have more ability to cast ourselves or what we believe to be into a future.

Only my opinion, I don't study animal consciousness professionally, nor humans for that matter.

I just want to through it out there that my level of respect for animals has lead to my following a path of non-violence to them, and becoming vegetarian. Which is bring the level of violence to sentient beings down to a low level, which is right for me.

In kind,
SageTree

05-05-2009, 08:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 22,589 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 11,474 Thanked 5,703 Times in 4,019 Posts	I feel animals are bound to freedom in a sense, which really doesn't make it as much of a choice as a programme. They are geared to survive and even what seems like play is learning something to living better. To me this seems like suffering ulitmatly in the end. Life is scarey when you are just trying to stay alive as a sole goal, which I suppose could be said for the person who is chained to a desk, 'fighting for 'survival' in the material means of sucess. We can choose to cut most chains and work hard on over coming the rest, free for this cycle and living mindfully of our 'Self'. Animals are no doubt equal to me in life form, however I feel that human intellect has infinate chances to free us as much as it is allow to enslave us. Choosing what 'survival' means on this plane. Animals seem to have intellegence, but humans seem to have more ability to cast ourselves or what we believe to be into a future. Only my opinion, I don't study animal consciousness professionally, nor humans for that matter. I just want to through it out there that my level of respect for animals has lead to my following a path of non-violence to them, and becoming vegetarian. Which is bring the level of violence to sentient beings down to a low level, which is right for me. In kind, SageTree __________________ YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance. "We're not here to judge what's good from bad, But to do the things that are right." Last edited by SageTree; 05-06-2009 at 07:49 AM.