SAO said:
Woodsman said:
I think, while I do see the logic in Legolas' thinking, that this might also be somewhat evasive in a self-calming kind of way. Torture is torture, and stacking animals, like chickens in little cages, I find quite offensive when I allow my mind to look on the practice of factory farming without filters. In any case, those animals are grain and chemical fed, which diminishes the quality of the 'fuel'. I just can't go there, for several reasons, not the least of which being, "As Above, So Below".
The flip side is that agriculture is extremely destructive to animals and plants. In order to create and maintain farmland, millions of animals and plants are destroyed in the process, and then agriculture itself subjugates/manipulates plants to feed humans, very much like "factory farming" does to animals. So even if someone is a vegetarian, they are contributing to the destruction, suffering, and subjugation of plants and animals. So the solution would seem to be to educate the world about psychopathy, because until then, we cannot change the way our food is produced. Switching to another type of food does not help, unfortunately.
Fair enough, but there's a big difference between a farmer with a barn and 25 head of cattle on a patch of land, and a factory farm. For starters, one of those operations isn't oriented toward making anybody obscenely wealthy.
Like all Life in 3D, Agriculture, is STS; there's no getting around it. But living and farming can both be performed with degrees of grace, ranging from almost none, to as much as can be reasonably achieved. I'm assuming that most here, even though they are STS beings in and STS environment, nonetheless strive to *not* behave like a psychopaths in their day-to-day dealings with others. Is this silly? Since the whole game is STS, why not simply attempt to work in the most efficient way to extract fuel and resources? Does compassion only get in the way? Is greed is good?
Free range farmers, from my direct experience with such people, make an effort to minimize the misery quotient of the creatures they are working with at every level of their operations. I think this matters. Of course, becoming a hunter, and only affecting the single life I need at a time, while still STS, would be perhaps the most graceful choice in terms of strict food consumption, but I don't think that's realistic for me or a lot of people. Choosing a conscientious farmer, however, is well within the grasp of those who seek it.
SAO said:
Woodsman said:
I have a vague notion that if I treat my food with respect, perhaps the predator stalking me will give the same consideration.
Considering psychopaths have no respect for anyone, much less their food (human or animal), and if "as above so below" holds, I'd imagine the 4D predators are not "respectful" to anyone by choice. Perhaps if we eat certain foods, do EE, and grow in objective knowledge, we become less "palatable" though.
Yes, the concept of the predator and the psychopath are linked. I didn't word my thinking clearly on this point, (that's the problem with vague notions).
Essentially, I'm not sure it can be safely assumed that only psychopathic minds are operating in 4D in an STS capacity. As I understand it, there is a "1000 year period" of choosing which we go through when trying to work out which way we will swing, which implies that most people, even STO candidates, spend time functioning in an STS capacity in 4D. In any case, Karma seems to work, so it makes sense to me to treat life as kindly as I can, taking only what I need while working for an exit ramp from STS altogether. And it seems reasonable to assume that there are those who are thinking the same way in 4D, so if the food I provide matches their frequency, then they are welcome to it as they work their own way up and out.
SAO said:
whitecoast said:
Does that mean that it's possible that 4D humans in the future will one day eat 3D humans?
Fwiw, this is what RA said about that:
RA said:
QUESTION: Is the physical vehicle similar to the one in 3rd density? (B2, 103)
RA: The chemical elements are not the same. However, the appearance is similar.
QUESTION: Is it necessary to eat food?
RA: This is correct. (B2, 103)
QUESTION: This means that some kind of social catalyst, like having to work to get food, is active in 4th density. Is this correct?
RA: This is incorrect. The 4th density being desires to serve and the preparation of foodstuffs is extremely simple due to increased communication between entity and living foodstuff. Therefore, the work needed to acquire food is not a significant catalyst. But there is a catalyst involved. It is the necessity for eating the food. Eating food is not considered to be of importance to 4th density entities and therefore it aids in teaching patience. (B2, 104)
QUESTION: How does it teach patience?
RA: To stop the functioning of service-to-others long enough to ingest food is to invoke patience. (B2, 104)
Now that's a really interesting quote! I'd not read that before. There's a lot of the RA materials I could benefit from going over.
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