OH LONELY ANIMAL. We desperately search for meaning in our lives. We search for companionship in a life to follow this one, and in the stars, as we live on this planet.
We create our god, and gods, in our own image, and we fight, ostracize, torture, and even kill over our definitions of god. Meanwhile, we are surrounded by magnificent beings, plant and animal. We have the richest biodiversity at our primate fingertips. The plants and animals speak constantly, and God whispers in the wind. But we don't hear, because we see and believe only the ideas that we create.
Unfortunately, in a silly misconception, we have elevated ourselves to primary importance. And we can’t seem to see that we’ve made ourselves miserable. We have epidemics of rage, sadness, existential crisis, and complete disassociation from the rest of creation. It is no wonder we are lonely.
This is a call to awareness. A call to unity. A call to truly living. A call to loving all that is, whether we understand it or not.
Know that as a human, no matter how many degrees you carry, no matter how many countries you’ve seen, no matter how much money you have, and no matter how “religious” you are…you know nothing of what there is to know in this grand universe.
Please stop thinking that the earth is yours to consume, and the animals yours to kill, for your entertainment and bravado. You are an animal, attempting to impress other animals. Scientifically I can know, however little, that we are part of an ecological system that we greatly impact.
Scientifically I can know, that animals feel pain and emotion.
Finally, I cannot know, but I choose to believe that each of us belongs to God. It is not for us to take more than we need, lest we increase our loneliness and isolation. It is not for us to rape and pillage, while presuming to be the "superior" being. It is not an intelligent animal that destroys its own habitat. It is not a "good" animal that finds entertainment in the pain and suffering of any other living being.
Please think about it. Think about this life and how choices matter. Don’t waste a life being blindly robotic and a parasitic consumer of this magnificent earth. Think about ways to give back, to live sustainably, to live ethically, and to honor the spirit of God that resides in ALL ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
ELIE WOLF 11.7.19