Couldn't agree more, I can't help but feeling guilty every time I kill a poor mosquito or moth. I just bought a bug wand off ebay, thanks for the tip. Go vegan!
Due to people's speciesism they imagine that the rescue of a horse trumps the rescueing of a lizard. If only they could connect the dots and realize that all life is exceedingly precious to the one that has it. I'm sending a friend request.
It is kind of funny because I often throughout my life have wondered why we need to take life to sustain our own. I think in Heaven we will be sustained by the Holy Spirit in our Heavenly bodies when our souls leave these rusty old earthly bodies. Without the need to eat I would miss spaghetti with tomato sauce!
In this mortal life we are plagued with insatiable appetites and unsolveable enigmas. Hopefully all our old appetites will have been expunged. If it were not so, it wouldn't be heaven at all. Maybe we will be given manna that tastes like spaghetti with tomato sauce :-)
This is true. You do get bruised when you kill them. I feel it too. I have always taken them to the door to let em out and I teach my 4 & 5 year old not to hurt them. I tell them to these insects we are big monsters and that we would not want a giant to chase and kill us. I have little kids and wasps make nests around our doorways. They are very agressive and attacked my 5 year old. In that case I think it's OK to spray-em although I take no joy in hurting them. looking for a Bug-Wand!
Thank you. I applaude you teaching your children to respect the life of little things. Ebay will have some for sale. Oddly enough, since I adopted this practice, I have not been bothered by wasps or their nests since. Its as though we have some sort of understanding. Its sad that such enigmas exists as the need to kill some. I face the problem in deciding that weeds must die to protect the turf of my chosen plant. Its sort of a cross we bear.
Thanks. I read that Albert Schweitzer was forever rescueing bugs that got into his clinic. Right now there is a little spider the size of a pin head thats in my bathroom on its little web. I am most protective of that little web.
There are tiny ones in my bathroom too lol. Even where I sit on my computer area little ones are coming down the lamp on its web and few big ones which creeps me out but I take a little duster and get it by the web and put it outside.
Probably about a year ago. I became one without even knowing there was such a thing as vegan. Many decisions over a period of years before just brought me to that point.
Well...fortunately we do not let disinterest on the part of others to become our standard. Congratulations on having enlarged your heart for the good.
I, too, are tired of attempting to cause others to choose mercy. I have decided that they will either exercise mercy or not. We are only accountable for our own actions. I have learned to lighten up and simply extend mercy when the situation presents itself without feeling a need to search for such situations.
I think you misunderstand. Abuse and suffering increase the temptation to pass it on. And I have. I've done some bad bad things. I also try to do good. It's a war that still rages. I know which side I want to be on. But the internal crossfire never seems to end. Of course I don't believe in an absolute good and evil. Sometimes others don't want what you would have done unto you. But some things are just wrong by the standards of most. And I did them anyway.
Hi, wurlybird9! Maybe this will help... Sit down by yourself and think of how you would like to be, how you would like others to be, and how you would like the world to be. If there was no struggle and you couldn't fail, how would you want it to be?
Then recognize that you've had a lifetime of conditioning, so it's understandable that you'll make mistakes. Most of us go to school and learn math, language, history, and other things, but we don't get training to be healers in the world.
However, there are people and organizations that teach methods for developing kindness, compassion, authenticity, trust, empathy, wisdom, freedom, and empowerment. When these qualities are developed, that inner struggle withers and disappears. There's no desire to pass on violence that's done to you.
It comes to a point where you just wouldn't want to cause suffering. You wouldn't want to say something mean, or hurt someone, or kill an insect, or go hunting, or pay for animal abuse. Just the opposite: we want others to be happy, we want to support and empower people, we want to ensure the safety and freedom of all beings. My suggestion is to find people or groups that teach these things.
TEPutnam I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for your comments. Actually, the posture you define in Part 4 of 4 is the result of being 'born again'. I like the old Bible bible verse: "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." We retrain our mind by redefining our values. Although not easy, if motivated by love for others, its actually an easy transition..and feels most natural.
Thanks porolita22, I bought mine on ebay. It does indeed come in handy. My hat is off to you for the rescue. Its a spiritual growth from which you yourself benefit moreso than the creature rescued.
I rescued an injured butterfly today in the middle of a crowd coming out from church, it was really hard and I tried my best... I wish I had one of those devices :)
Albert Schweitzer recognized that "every living creature has something which it did not request to have....a will to live". He regarded killing as a deplorable practice. The little creatures often need our help and sadly people choose to simply step on it rather than be bothered. God forbid that I ever get too 'busy' to extend compassion and help.
I totally understand what you are saying about hating to kill anything, totally. I don't get why showing compassion to all beings (e.g. not killing bugs, veganism etc) is considered a symptom of madness, surely it would me a sign of a well adjusted human being :-)
Thank you. I very much believe in truths that have been experientially found to be true. I only know that since becoming of this mindset, I have enjoyed a sense of well being and bonding with all living things which I regard as most precious to me. Anyone else is totally free to discover such truths for themselves or not. I have no intention of foisting my viewpoints...just wanted to share them.
Thanks for your comment. No doubt by some standards I have. However, in time I have learned to sort through my values and only retain those which bring happiness to myself and others.
Way cool video! Good to see you making more. The spiders are probably unhappy with you for resquing that wasp.
The mosquitos and flys get squished in my house. I rescue moths and June bugs, they are just too big to squish (LoL). I try to resque wasps and bees when I see them, I don't know why I tend to think better of them than other bugs. I also can't resist resquing fire flys.
I don't care much for bugs, but there is something wrong with people who delight in killing them.
Thanks zthustra. I agree. As a young boy I had a friend who delighted in pulling legs and wings off of insects. In life...he didn't fare well somehow. I'm trying to broaden my horizons for subjects to love, because some people are such turkeys I don't get very far in caring for them.:-)
I've got the same habit, but I'm a little bit picky when it comes to which bugs I rescue. I don't think a yellow fly would show as much gratitude for my saving its life than a beetle would, for example.
Thanks for the feedback. Its enough that I determine which people are worthy of my graciousness...Perhaps being non-discrimatory with bugs is a start for me. :-)
Couldn't agree more, I can't help but feeling guilty every time I kill a poor mosquito or moth. I just bought a bug wand off ebay, thanks for the tip. Go vegan!
TheCite 1 year ago
@TheCite : Thanks. Good old ebay. They have everything. I know you will enjoy yours. I just sent you a friend invite. Thanks again for your comment.
dovad16 1 year ago
Thanks so much for your comment! Our son is such a compassionate little guy. He's precious.
chrismanadventures 2 years ago
I completely agree. Life is about compassion.
Unfortunate most people never come to this realization.
sanctusvox 2 years ago
Due to people's speciesism they imagine that the rescue of a horse trumps the rescueing of a lizard. If only they could connect the dots and realize that all life is exceedingly precious to the one that has it. I'm sending a friend request.
dovad16 2 years ago
It is kind of funny because I often throughout my life have wondered why we need to take life to sustain our own. I think in Heaven we will be sustained by the Holy Spirit in our Heavenly bodies when our souls leave these rusty old earthly bodies. Without the need to eat I would miss spaghetti with tomato sauce!
YouWinForever 2 years ago
In this mortal life we are plagued with insatiable appetites and unsolveable enigmas. Hopefully all our old appetites will have been expunged. If it were not so, it wouldn't be heaven at all. Maybe we will be given manna that tastes like spaghetti with tomato sauce :-)
dovad16 2 years ago
Thanks....I needed that smile brother.
God bless you.
YouWinForever 2 years ago
This is true. You do get bruised when you kill them. I feel it too. I have always taken them to the door to let em out and I teach my 4 & 5 year old not to hurt them. I tell them to these insects we are big monsters and that we would not want a giant to chase and kill us. I have little kids and wasps make nests around our doorways. They are very agressive and attacked my 5 year old. In that case I think it's OK to spray-em although I take no joy in hurting them. looking for a Bug-Wand!
YouWinForever 2 years ago
Thank you. I applaude you teaching your children to respect the life of little things. Ebay will have some for sale. Oddly enough, since I adopted this practice, I have not been bothered by wasps or their nests since. Its as though we have some sort of understanding. Its sad that such enigmas exists as the need to kill some. I face the problem in deciding that weeds must die to protect the turf of my chosen plant. Its sort of a cross we bear.
dovad16 2 years ago
You put a smile on my face and I will sleep well knowing there are such angel like you out there. I love this part 4:43 - Is it so true my friend.
NepheshAngel 2 years ago
Thanks. I read that Albert Schweitzer was forever rescueing bugs that got into his clinic. Right now there is a little spider the size of a pin head thats in my bathroom on its little web. I am most protective of that little web.
dovad16 2 years ago
There are tiny ones in my bathroom too lol. Even where I sit on my computer area little ones are coming down the lamp on its web and few big ones which creeps me out but I take a little duster and get it by the web and put it outside.
NepheshAngel 2 years ago
Hey dovad16, just a question: when did you start to be a vegan?
891113kiro 2 years ago
Probably about a year ago. I became one without even knowing there was such a thing as vegan. Many decisions over a period of years before just brought me to that point.
dovad16 2 years ago
It's great to find out that I'm not the only one that catches bugs of all kinds and rescues them :)
I wish more people were like that!
theunknownmartian 3 years ago
Well...fortunately we do not let disinterest on the part of others to become our standard. Congratulations on having enlarged your heart for the good.
dovad16 3 years ago
I, too, are tired of attempting to cause others to choose mercy. I have decided that they will either exercise mercy or not. We are only accountable for our own actions. I have learned to lighten up and simply extend mercy when the situation presents itself without feeling a need to search for such situations.
dovad16 3 years ago
I think you misunderstand. Abuse and suffering increase the temptation to pass it on. And I have. I've done some bad bad things. I also try to do good. It's a war that still rages. I know which side I want to be on. But the internal crossfire never seems to end. Of course I don't believe in an absolute good and evil. Sometimes others don't want what you would have done unto you. But some things are just wrong by the standards of most. And I did them anyway.
wurlybird9 3 years ago
I've been trying to submit a reply for you, wurlybird9, but it's not going through for some reason. I'll try sending you a message directly.
TEPutnam 3 years ago
(Part 1 of 4)
Hi, wurlybird9! Maybe this will help... Sit down by yourself and think of how you would like to be, how you would like others to be, and how you would like the world to be. If there was no struggle and you couldn't fail, how would you want it to be?
TEPutnam 3 years ago
(Part 2 of 4)
Then recognize that you've had a lifetime of conditioning, so it's understandable that you'll make mistakes. Most of us go to school and learn math, language, history, and other things, but we don't get training to be healers in the world.
TEPutnam 3 years ago
(Part 3 of 4)
However, there are people and organizations that teach methods for developing kindness, compassion, authenticity, trust, empathy, wisdom, freedom, and empowerment. When these qualities are developed, that inner struggle withers and disappears. There's no desire to pass on violence that's done to you.
TEPutnam 3 years ago
(Part 4 of 4)
It comes to a point where you just wouldn't want to cause suffering. You wouldn't want to say something mean, or hurt someone, or kill an insect, or go hunting, or pay for animal abuse. Just the opposite: we want others to be happy, we want to support and empower people, we want to ensure the safety and freedom of all beings. My suggestion is to find people or groups that teach these things.
TEPutnam 3 years ago
TEPutnam I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for your comments. Actually, the posture you define in Part 4 of 4 is the result of being 'born again'. I like the old Bible bible verse: "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." We retrain our mind by redefining our values. Although not easy, if motivated by love for others, its actually an easy transition..and feels most natural.
dovad16 3 years ago
Hey all my favorite people are here in the comments.
SaganAppreciationSoc 3 years ago
You are to be commended in your selection of friends. Those who love all living things seem to have a way of finding one another.
dovad16 3 years ago
Thanks porolita22, I bought mine on ebay. It does indeed come in handy. My hat is off to you for the rescue. Its a spiritual growth from which you yourself benefit moreso than the creature rescued.
dovad16 3 years ago
I rescued an injured butterfly today in the middle of a crowd coming out from church, it was really hard and I tried my best... I wish I had one of those devices :)
porolita22 3 years ago
You are my hero. Why kill someone just because you can?
animalliberation0961 3 years ago 2
Albert Schweitzer recognized that "every living creature has something which it did not request to have....a will to live". He regarded killing as a deplorable practice. The little creatures often need our help and sadly people choose to simply step on it rather than be bothered. God forbid that I ever get too 'busy' to extend compassion and help.
dovad16 3 years ago
I totally understand what you are saying about hating to kill anything, totally. I don't get why showing compassion to all beings (e.g. not killing bugs, veganism etc) is considered a symptom of madness, surely it would me a sign of a well adjusted human being :-)
TheVeganicWitch 3 years ago 4
Thank you. I very much believe in truths that have been experientially found to be true. I only know that since becoming of this mindset, I have enjoyed a sense of well being and bonding with all living things which I regard as most precious to me. Anyone else is totally free to discover such truths for themselves or not. I have no intention of foisting my viewpoints...just wanted to share them.
dovad16 3 years ago
Well thank you for sharing, I relate to what you are saying...it's a wonderful feeling :-)
TheVeganicWitch 3 years ago 2
i dont like killing bugs.
but you have LOST YOUR MARBLES.
eepitswill 3 years ago
Thanks for your comment. No doubt by some standards I have. However, in time I have learned to sort through my values and only retain those which bring happiness to myself and others.
dovad16 3 years ago
Way cool video! Good to see you making more. The spiders are probably unhappy with you for resquing that wasp.
The mosquitos and flys get squished in my house. I rescue moths and June bugs, they are just too big to squish (LoL). I try to resque wasps and bees when I see them, I don't know why I tend to think better of them than other bugs. I also can't resist resquing fire flys.
I don't care much for bugs, but there is something wrong with people who delight in killing them.
zthustra 3 years ago
Thanks zthustra. I agree. As a young boy I had a friend who delighted in pulling legs and wings off of insects. In life...he didn't fare well somehow. I'm trying to broaden my horizons for subjects to love, because some people are such turkeys I don't get very far in caring for them.:-)
dovad16 3 years ago
Awesome device, attitude and video.
Woah, if only more people would think like you.
darkpixin 3 years ago
Thanks darkpixin. I just subscribed to your channel. I will be interested in going through your favorites.:-)
dovad16 3 years ago
haha The adagio was a nice touch.
I've got the same habit, but I'm a little bit picky when it comes to which bugs I rescue. I don't think a yellow fly would show as much gratitude for my saving its life than a beetle would, for example.
proudjester 3 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. Its enough that I determine which people are worthy of my graciousness...Perhaps being non-discrimatory with bugs is a start for me. :-)
dovad16 3 years ago
funny concept and video... i don't know if I can do it though! I have extreme bugphobia! If I can, I just "shoo" them out when close to the door!
nicholassz 3 years ago
Us retired people have a lot of time to do things which others can't. Thanks for the comment.
dovad16 3 years ago