Thoughts regarding the slaughter of animals

Sometimes I sit in meditation and thoughts regarding specific subjects come to me.

This time I like to share my thoughts regarding the slaughter of animals.

It is necessary to apply rituals during  slaughter.

They are mend to give attention and respect to the animal offering itself.

Thanks needs to be said and the animal needs to be killed respectfully.

The meat needs cooling off and thanks needs to be said once more before it can be eaten.

Life's energy, like love, continues to flow.  By the dead of the animal the human can live.

Remember this and take notice!

Mass production is unclean and does not produce life. Instead it activates illness.

The women and men preparing the food  have a task too.

They need to transfer and educate the principle of thanks.

They need to prepare the meat with love and care, otherwise they should not bother.

4th of May

4th of May; another day where moms cry.

On de site of Ted.com  I listened to  the talk of Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi .

Two moms who carry grief and longing for their child.

Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001; El-Wafi's son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence.

These moms joined hands and are pleading to end the ways of violence.

On each  4^th day in May, at 20.00 hrs in Holland we remember the death.

During 2 minutes of silence we remember all  who died due to reasons of war.

We remember those who died as victim or liberator.  

But there is another group too.

The group of ‘grown up children’ who set their deeds as well, causing havoc and death.

They too were or are some one’s child; they too had or have moms mourning them.

Every moment 'children' act.

Please ‘children’ be aware of the voice of your heart;  be aware what thoughts of anger, envy and hatred can result into. Please before you act listen to the voice of your soul.

A child is born

A mom smiles

A child cries

A mom responds

A child needs

 A mom gives

A child acts

A mom adjusts

A child grows up

A mom worries

A child dies

Moms cry.

Human ..... dare to live!

Listening to this old Dutch song I felt the urge to translate some of the verses:

Human...dare to live!

People they tell you  to follow rules.

They proclaim: this should be the way to live!

You are allowed to see him, but not her,

That one is beneath us,

That one you should marry

(even if you don’t like to).

There you should live.

That is the only decent thing.

If you don’t you will be ignored,

like you did something real bad.

I ask you: “ is this living”?

Life is great,

Life is beautiful.

Dare to fly,

Do not crawl into a cage.

Human dare to live!

Keep your head held high,

Your nose in the wind,

Do not always listen to what others might think.

Keep your heart filled with warmth and love,

Be proud of  yourself,

Be your own ruler,

Cause what you are looking for,

No one else can give…..

Human dare to live!

Cross-roads

To choose

I look at the left.

I look at the right.

Now what?

I stay still.

To  reason

I ‘ll go to the left and ……

what will happen if ?

suppose ….

I wait.

Anxiety builds….

No …… it’s better if I take the right

I will ….

I shall ….

I can …..

Maybe …

But if ……

And stay still.

To do

I look again and

see a path straight ahead

I  move.

Feels good.

thanks

I take a sip of water

I am grateful

I take a sip of food

I am grateful

I take a sip of joy

I am grateful

I take a sip of trust

I am grateful

I take a sip of sadness

I am grateful

I take a sip of responsibility

I am grateful

I take a sip of life

I am grateful

I read on FB : ‘A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you’.

And immediately I felt the need to react as I can’t agree.

Although I reacted on Facebook as well I think it's important to write my reaction on my blog too

To me this saying lays the responsibility of man’s behavior solemnly in the hands of a woman.

In a direct man-woman relationship there a two people involved.

Both have their share in what’s going on.

In a functional relationship both partners feel responsible to invest in each other, in  house and family, both tolerate differences, both learn means of communication, both develop the willpower to consult each other, both are giving and receiving partners and each one supports the other.

In order to have such a relationship it takes the willingness and effort to look at oneself first.

It takes guts to dare to look inside and to acknowledge aspects one is not keen on to notice.

It takes love for oneself to accept that we are who we are and not who we think or would like to be .

It takes perseverance to question oneself as we all are influenced by thoughts, feelings and behavior of others too.

It takes love and courage to listen to your partner (and others)too and  to admit certain things need change.

I can only say: Treat the other person the way you like to be treated yourself.

I thought I was drowning

My thoughts behave like water. They  stream everywhere.  

At times they behave like waves  and roll into shore soft and gentle.

Recently they had enormous force.

They tugged at the shore of my consciousness and influenced my subconscious.

I did not notice their affect and developed thoughts that I had to keep on swimming. 
I was getting tired, oh so tired.
I developed emotions of fear and thoughts of drowning.

But as water keeps on moving so did my thoughts.

I asked help from Spirit world and advice from people I trusted.
I looked inside and faced what I encountered.

Now I am swimming but not drowning.
I will reach the shore once more!