We owe the animals our profoundest apologies


"As our hearts open to deeper understanding, our circle of compassion naturally enlarges and spontaneously begins to include more and more "others" - not just our own tribe, sect, nation, or race, but all human beings, and not just humans, but other mammals and birds, fish, forests, and the whole beautifully interwoven tapestry of living, pulsing creation. All beings. All of Us.
"When we are then drawn toward a plant-based way of eating, it is in no way a limitation on us; rather it is the harmonious fulfillment of our inner seeing. At first we think it's an ooption we can choose, but with time we realize that it's not a choice at all but the free expression of the truth that we are. It is not an ethic that we have to police from outside, and for our world. Caring is born on this earth and lives through us...and it's not anything for which we can personaly take credit... Refraining from eating and using animals is the natural result of 'seeing' that is no longer chained within the dark and rigid dungeons of narrow self-interest. From the oustide, it may look like and be called "veganism," but it is simply awareness and the expression of our sense of interconnectedness. It manifests naturally as inclusiveness and caring...It's the normal functioning of our original nature, which unfailingly sees beings rather than things when it looks at our neighbors on this earth.
"We owe the animals our profoundest apologies. Defenseless and unable to retaliate, they have suffered immense agonies under our domination that most of us have never witnessed or acknowledged. Now knowing better, we can act better, and acting better, we can live better, and give the animals, our children, and ourselve a true reason for hope and celebration."

Dr. Will Tuttle from his new book, The World Peace Diet



Last Updated November 26, 2005 5:18 PM
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