Wars, Diet and the Rape of
Earth
Wars, Diet and the Rape of
Earth
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Wars, Diet and the Rape of Earth The issues of wars, our diet and our rape of Earth are interconnected. In The Yoga of Nutrition (pages 61-62) spiritual philosopher Omraam Mikhaёl Aїvanhov says: On
the surface it may seem that wars are caused by economic and political
questions, but in fact they are caused by our wholesale slaughter of
animals. The laws of justice are inexorable, and men are going to have
to pay with their own blood: they are going to have to spill the same
amount of blood that they have caused animals to spill... war will go
on just as long as we continue to slaughter animals because, by
destroying them we are destroying ourselves.
 Most people understand we are raping the Earth. In the words of Eve Ensler (The Guardian, posted 11 January 2013, accessed 3 February 2024): There
is a rape culture - a mindset that seems to have infected every aspect
of our lives: the raping of the Earth through ecological destruction by
the corporate powerful, pillaging resources for their own coffers with
no concern for the Earth, or the indigenous peoples, or the notion of
reciprocity; the rape of the poor through exploitation, land grabs,
neglect; the rape of women's bodies through physical violence and
commodification, where a girl can be purchased for less than the cost
of a mobile phone.
The Rich World and its capitalist economy continues to overconsume and drive the world economy, and so we all become enmeshed in this rape culture. The genocide of animals has surely got to be one of the largest - in terms of number of deaths and length of time - of the many that have traumatised Earth. The rape of other resources (like trees and fossil fuels) also needs to stop. Let us prove the Cree Indian proverb to be wrong: "Only
when the last tree has died
Some solutions:- and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise we cannot eat money."
The Song of Peace We are the living graves of murdered beasts, Slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. We never pause to wonder at our feasts, If animals like man can possibly have rights. We pray on Sundays that we may have Light To guide our footsteps on the path we tread We are sick of war we do not want to fight The thought of it now fills our hearts with dread. And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead. Like carrion crows we live and feed on meat, Regardless of the suffering and pain We cause by doing so. If thus we treat Defenceless animals for sport or gain How can we hope in this world to attain The peace we say we are so anxious for? We pray for it over tombs of the slain To God while outraging the moral law, Thus cruelty begets its offspring – War. (George Bernard Shaw)  Further Quotes "Humans are merciless towards animals: they use any means to exploit them, and they do not hesitate to slaughter them to satisfy their needs and interests, or even just for their enjoyment. Animals, for their part, are wary of humans: they run from them, and if they feel threatened, they attack. However, it is said that there are cases where the light and love that emanate from some beings tame even wild animals, because animals have a certain sense. This sense allows them to judge humans – often even better so than humans who lack discernment and intuition. This is why the misunderstanding and hostility between humans and animals cannot last indefinitely. If humans can manage to live together as brothers, they will also make peace with animals. We will no longer speak of wild animals and tamed animals, both will once again be brothers of humankind." (O.M. Aïvanhov) "Because I'm a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel and vicious taking of life. We shouldn't be a part of it." (Dick Gregory) "As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." (Pythagoras) Resources
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