Natural VS Unnatural :)

Natural and unnatural can be construed in many ways, and there is natural methods to thinking and unnatural it seems that in the past decade we have gone into hyperspeed with unnatural methods to thinking being more concerned with wealth and going to the top no matter who we step on, but since roman times we have struggled with a daily schedule that is prescribed to us that is unnatural, this ritual of working day by day and doing the daily ritual goes against our tribal desires.

When we were more in line with the natural harmony the world was easier and more fluid and answered our calls. Plus the natural world can be very unforgiving so perhaps a pre curser into our current lives…

We live in very unnatural surroundings, some of us in cube shoeboxes detached from nature in every form, almost living life on a circuit board of sorts, when you attach to the natural world and its energies you can pretty much get fast tracked into enlightenment.

A place where you are not surrounded by natural elements has its drawbacks and there is evidence in the amounts of psychopaths that live in metropolis’s. I swear where I live if a lawn chair gets knocked over in the wind it makes the front page of the newspaper, and I am shocked at some of the stuff I hear coming out of the major city next to me, being Vancouver, there is some real crazies out there.

Truth is, I am personally very blessed to live in the country, away from the concrete jungle and I write about it a lot on here, and it would be impossible had I not made a few challenging jumps in life that required patience, and courage.

Now I am able to live as a forest monk and have things like out of body experiences and other spiritual phenomena like pre cognition and being completely in tune with the animals that surround me. So for me personally to discover the natural world was a natural step in the course of enlightenment and my path, one that now that I look back, I don’t see it happening any other way, however I always lived in some sort of shoebox apartment surrounded by concrete and the occasional cat but to be surrounded by more tree’s than people brings its advantages, I finally discover the piece and solitude I have sought for a long time.

The natural and unnatural world both have their pros and cons, however if you attracted to concrete, nightclubs, mass transit, shoebox homes, rubber shoes, and streetlights over a cabin in the woods with internet, trees, deer, squirrels, peace and serenity then you will only bring to you what is given in that realm, however don’t let me strike a bad cord it is definitely possible for one to become enlightened in the city, you just have to try a bit harder than most.

-Shaun A. Delage

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Buddhism and Animalz

Animals in relation to my own philosophy are quite complex. I have heard from all ends of the spectrum that if you do harm in this life you will reborn as an animal. But I also believe if you waste this life on trivial material things solely living to be a cog in the machine you don’t really differ from an ant in a colony or a fish in a school of fish but also if you think about it if you like to murder there is another millennia set up for you to live as a tiger or shark lineage.

I have come across animals that have a very beautiful soul, more beautiful than my own, and I have come across some that have another ten thousand lives till they can escape reincarnation so to speak.

I believe that there is some souls that may need a few lives as a bug or animal to get acquainted with this planet because they are from several galaxies over and to be suddenly born a human would be a literal shock to the system or for example a being that lives for eons as a rock or tree finally being chosen to incarnate as a human being

You can see why countless beings are on the other side waiting hundreds if not thousands of years to be incarnated into a human body is a gift from the divine, so many people wasting a life away void of compassion and void of sincerity.

Nature is unforgiving, I think to be born as an animal you would inherently have a choice like you do to be human, but an animal life is more feral and you don’t have the choice to become enlightened like as a human being, animals would like to be, but the truth and dhamma cannot find them in the form of a guru or teacher or lessons, many would like to escape their feral existence and quite some many don’t get why they are human after so many lives lived feral.

When you are human you have to make sure you treat every living being as beautifully as possible, so that you may not be reborn in a lower governance, for example the spider or ant you are about to squish would want to live as much as you do.

I don’t think it comes down to a matter of if you eat animals or not you will go to hell, I just think that if you live the middle ground and cut out ¼ of your meat for tofu for example you will be better off, but so many countless beings eat meat and things can happen if you go to the extreme and not eat meat like hair falling out and you literally going nuts. I find most veggies to be extremists and trying to win as many over to their cult as possible.

LoL on a basic level who would want to shoot an animal in the head or slice its throat so you can have a bbq anyway –nobody really would be that callous but it is our culture, our way of life, and after so many millennia we are striving for the most enlightened life possible and this includes forming your own opinion of this being that if you are totally uncomfortable with your burger why eat it ? so much tofu there but the meat department of your grocery store won’t suddenly vanish, it will most likely multiply.

I love all animals and the quagmire of choosing to eat some and have some as pets just gets to me, there is no real answers, but to say you are going to hell for that steak seems a bit extreme !

I like to feed deer bread when they come around, they are so cute, and so cautious, my partner feeds hummingbirds sugar water, and We both feed a feral cat some kibbles, on top of that we have a squirrel to give a nut buffet too which we had to build a special feeder for, because the deer kept eating all of the poor things seeds and fruit. Seeing songbirds and hummingbirds, being surrounded by animal life and nature has taught me quite some about nature and the earth and to have a respect for the animal that gave its life for you to have a meal and live another day seems the wisest course, thank the animal, thank it for its life, its protein and its sacrifice. But take care of the ones you can care for and make their lives a little easier – even the smallest handful of seeds to a crow helps, and creates merit.

PLUR

-Shaun A. Delage 

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