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How can I A non-violent way?
There are no simple answers to moral, ethical, environmental and spiritual questions like yours. The planet we live on is incredibly complex and the average person greatly simplifies it. Most of us are not willing to put in enough effort and thought to study it for ourselves. We put in very little effort or passively consume the information most conveniently presented to us in order to create a carefully embellished picture of the world. We place too much value on what we know and too little on what we don’t know.
I have spent many years practicing, thinking, studying and learning about our environment and our bodies. Striving to understand the inner and outer worlds is my life’s quest. For now, this is what I can offer you.
As a human: Once born, we enter the physical existence we call a body. Its nourishment and care comes at the expense of many lives. Whatever we eat, it comes at the expense of some lives. Is the life of a worm less valuable than that of a cow? What about life that can only be seen under a microscope? Does the lack of consciousness in plants mean that they cannot feel pain? Does the inability of animals to think and reason make them products that we can own, use and consume?
Our Food: All the food we eat is nourished by the sun. But we cannot eat the sun. Instead, we eat plants, which use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce energy through photosynthesis. We domesticated these plants by clearing forests to grow them in large quantities. The process of clearing forests kills many animals, birds, and plants and destroys their homes. Irrigation and agricultural processes kill bacteria, insects, and worms. It kills life in the soil and pollutes and destroys our water sources with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens are kept in unimaginable painful conditions, violating almost every instinct and natural expression of their lives, and are eventually slaughtered for our consumption. The more we eat them, the more we will continue to treat them this way. Every plate of food is soaked in someone’s blood. Whether it’s a seemingly innocent tomato or a vicious steak!
The closest thing to nonviolent eating is to consume only what you need, not just food but objects and experiences. Consume to sustain yourself, not to satisfy insatiable appetites and desires.
“Man is not born to eat, nor should he live to eat”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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