Compassionize
All those who are fortunate enough to open their hearts to the truly innocent
souls in our midst – to the other animals – are given the great
gift of knowing what God’s unconditional love is all about, for only
the other species can know this. This is the greatest of so many teachings
that other animals extend to us humans. Showing us what complete, utter caring
is – for love is really the word for caring. Taking care of, giving
to, active flowing of concern for another – this is the real meaning
of the word "love".
Love without action, without the active flowing from one’s heart, is
"as a tinkling brass"- it is nothing.
Some have the mistaken notion that giving love, that accepting another specie
in one’s heart and home rather than others of our own breed and animal
family is somehow slighting God’s teachings.
As a Christian, I can see that in Jesus’ time since so few knew how
to read, He chose to come into our world in the clearest possible imagery
to show how he felt and wanted to convey about the nature of love and acceptance.
How plain could He make it illustrated? He chose to be born in a stable,
among the humblest of animals, the so-called “farm” animals, the
beasts of burden, the ones used for their milk, their hides, their all, and
yet these were his nursery attendants, these were the loving beings among
whom He wanted to belong.
Later, Jesus not only carried the sweetest and most pure of all baby animals,
lambs, but He also identified Himself as a lamb, and further –dictated
that no animal sacrifices should ever take place again.
He chose to ride on an ass, later on, and while most translations mistook
either on purpose or by error, the word for a wheat product, replacing it
with the word, ‘fish’, Jesus was well-known to be a vegan.
Holy men now, as always, are all-compassionate, and Jesus was God.
Naturally, any condoning or act of cruelty would be impossible for Jesus.
Otherwise, naturally, He wouldn't have been perfect, or Godly.
He, who always associated Himself with innocent beings, with other animals,
understood the nature of humans, of our primate old reptilian brain, of our
confusion and the long millinea of cultural evil that had taken us far from
the Garden of Eden, where we were family with all other species.
He powerfully reminded us of our real natures, and yet still today people,
addicted to the wrong ways and attempting to defend them, mostly go against
His direct teachings.
As Freud observed, humans are capable of only conditional love.Unless - unless the power of God is invoked to help us find our true natures
again. This is Enlightenment. Enlightenment equals Compassion.
Then, compassion and love for all of God’s creation returns, we know
that there is no difference to God between any of His species, that we’re
all animals, and should be proud to be so, that we, as the only capable on
earth of saving the world for Him are meant ,as was proclaimed in Genesis,
to take care of the planet and all beings on it, that we had the responsibility
to take care of it for Him, and again, the mistranslations have caused so
many to excuse themselves from this, in the twisted word which they read as
‘dominion’, rather than responsibility.
Let’s all return to this, be enfolded again in the real words of Jesus,
in the words of God, and save our planet while we still have a chance.
Let’s think of how to nurture and protect every being on the planet
with every choice we make, and every resource, every day.
Let’s use the brains God gave us for something good – for why
He gave us the capacity to reason, to create, to save.
Of course, all religions are meant to be interpreted this way, and whether
Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Animist, Shinto, or Buddhist, Humanist, or any other
of the thousands of religions on earth, all the compassion in the texts and
traditions say the same thing – be compassionate, honor all other animals
and all places, use only what is kind, what is necessary, leave this life
better than when you arrived. It is not only good, but necessary now.
Nature has shown us how vulnerable our planet is to even the slightest changes
due to our carelessness for it, for all. We who know need to grow together,
to affirm our similarities and to form a great nation of environmentalists,
of vegans, of animal lovers, of plant lovers, of activists in order to save
the world we were given by God to protect.
Let’s be good again, let’s get into God’s Grace!
Let’s save His world!
It all starts with Caring. Be kind. Veganize.
