Steve
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Thank you for posting that Steve, I still have a lot more to listen to, but I have watched the part that you drew our attention to and more. I can relate so strongly with what says about a general feeling of "do no harm.
Thanks for that, Red. It was a revealing and quite personal look into your thoughts on the subject.
I went shopping at Aldi yesterday, mainly to be buy fresh fruit for breakfast that I eat most mornings. My usual guilty feelings gripped me as I approached the meat counter and started to discuss with myself what I should buy, it's like looking at porn! Maybe I am too weak or maybe too considerate of others? I think it might be easier if I were living on my own, but I'm not. I held up some relatively expensive bacon, supposedly it came from animals reared with some kind of 'freedom', I wasn't convinced. I bought some gammon and chicken breasts. I don't much trust anything the package says. It didn't feel comfortable.
Life is full of choices such as this which appear to cause us difficulties, it seems to me to be too much of a coincidence. Perfect for spiritual learning, no? There is a problem for everyone, eating meat, sex drive, relationships, religion,etc. Need it on a bigger scale- war, famine, corporate greed...the list is endless. Many of the choices are forced upon us, or might appear that way. As I said- many problems for all of us to wrestle with. And even psychopaths who maybe don't give a shite about others - surely another valid learning experience, are part of the mix.
I only listened to this BATGAP episode yesterday while I tried to decide on a suitable video to watch using apple tv while I was on my exercise bike. It was a good choice for me, I haven't finished listening, but I really enjoyed listening to David Spangler. But even though I did enjoy it, my inner sceptic (or is it cynic) is never fully convinced
that what he's saying is 'true'. I think one needs personal experience to bridge that gap, something I don't have. Interesting, he talks about that too.
I listened to the more recent episode the day before, about the hugging guru. I didn't warm to the interviewee, nor was I convinced about Amma or whatever her name is! I'm a tough crowd.