Energy

On the face of it, dynamic non-violence calls for right-thinking which in turn depends upon our ability to discriminate right from wrong. But this leads us into the moral quagmire of making value judgments. Vegans, for instance, secure their position in the ‘right-thinking’ camp, but they often go on to compare themselves with others who aren’t as ‘right-thinking’ as they should be. Vegans often become judgmental and this can make them look unattractive and frightening.
We’d be on safer ground if we spent less time on good and bad values and concentrated more on good and bad energy. By becoming non-violent, vegans tap into a highly efficient energy production system. Energy used for non-violent activity contrasts with the energy-drain that comes with aggression and violence. Nobody actually advocates violence, it’s more like a fall back position. It scoops us up when we get lost. It appeals to our weak willed side. It’s a temptation not because it is wicked but because it fools us into thinking we can get a quick result. We fail to realise that it sucks energy out of us, and one of the worst energy losses comes when we try to get away with not getting caught out.
“No harm will come if we can get away with it”, which is probably how the obstinate meat eater thinks. They hope they can "get away" with their meat diet without too much damage. But of course the damage shows up later, down the track, when there’s chronic damage done to our system, by which time it seems too late to rescue ourselves. If we’d been less obstinate, listened to our instincts and all the good advice available, we might have eventually become vegan, and thereby not had to take such risks with our lives. Because we are all free-willed individuals, it’s only by our own willingness that we can start to consider making major personal changes that will affect the course of our whole lives and determine the source of our energy supply. Not only should we help ourselves, we should look to others, notably the animal slaves we keep for food. New attitude: Help them, don’t eat them.