Sunday, October 4, 2009

Quality life versus a seconds world

If we aren’t ready to move on, towards eating vegan food, then as semi-vegetarians we lump ourselves in with the meat heads. If we use animals in any way whatever then we can’t condemn their use by anyone else. Non-vegans may not like eating meat but because they eat the by-product of animals and are users of co-products like leather, they condone the cruelty and still belong to the Quiet Club. What can they say? “no I don’t eat them but I use their skins to make my boots” or if a full-on user “Yes, I eat ‘it’ but I know it’s wrong”, which makes no sense at all. We literally have to put our money where our mouth is and buy cruelty-free all the time, or remain voiceless members of the silent masses.
If we don’t play a vegan-principled role in their liberation we can hardly play a part in the world-wide awakening consciousness. We can’t draw much meaning from activism if we’re still part of the system. How can we condemn it when we’re having to look to divert ourselves all the time? And divert we do, in general entertainment and self-satisfying activities.
This could be seen as blocking a certain quality of satisfaction. It could take away the meaning in our lives, of being an advocate for animals. Without having this substantial cause at the head of our list, what can we do profitably if this is not dealt with. The loose change we feel is in our pocket is all we have to spend on it. The mission is hopeless and so we are forced to retreat into the fun world. That’s all bells and whistles, a poor substitute for the real thing. If you can’t help save the world, just go to the movies and forget about it!!For each day to be fully meaningful, passionate and goal oriented, our activities (in whatever form they take) should, you’d agree, bring satisfaction? Whatever we do should be bringing some extra quality into our own life and into our own world. We should, at the end of the day, feel that we couldn’t have done anything any better than we did. Not completely, but to some extent, vegans know this feeling. If you’re still living in Seconds World , try going vegan and see what you feel then!!.

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