If we could establish a deep abiding relationship with nature, we would never kill an animal for our appetite; we would never harm, vivisect, a monkey, a dog, a guinea pig for our benefit. We would find other ways to heal our wounds, heal our bodies.
Interpretation
A deep connection with nature would prevent us from harming animals for our own needs.
In this quote, Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes the ethical responsibility we hold towards other living beings. He suggests that if we truly developed a profound and loving relationship with nature, it would lead us to seek alternative methods for healing and sustenance, rather than exploiting animals for our own benefit. This perspective encourages compassion and promotes a harmonious coexistence with all forms of life.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a discussion on animal rights.
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If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
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I'm leaving my sorrows and all my memories behind to see what I find, somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singing river, somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky.
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Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite.
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.
O frost bitten blossoms, That are unfolding your wings From out the envious black branches. Bloom quickly and make much of the sunshine. The twigs conspire against you! Hear hem! They hold you from behind.
Meditate, oft. Separate thyself for a season from the cares of the world. Get close to nature and learn from the lowliest of that which manifests in nature, in the earth; in the birds, in the trees, in the grass, in the flowers, in the bees; that the life of each is a manifesting, is a song of glory to its Maker. And do thou likewise!
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