Such a rich teaching unpacked in a foundational aspect of life! Annie Dillard wrote about life’s “eating game” …..Thank you for this. This paragraph especially moves me:
“ What makes the nondual traditions such as Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen so thorough-going, and I think spectacular, is that knowing nothing ever happens, they do not denigrate or dismiss the phenomenal world of experience.”
I love your writing style. I don't consider myself vegetarian but i don't really eat meat because it grosses me out to eat their flesh. But i totally get why other people eat meat
Gratitude for deep insight and wisdom. Moved that your “desire to not eat animals comes from a feeling of solidarity, of wanting to stand with animals” and at the same time knowing “that a desire to stand in solidarity with animals is [- a] one [+ of] the infinite bhavas or feeling orientations being invented, savored, and played out by this alive, aware reality. (not sure if the suggested edits are helpful).
Love your long posts so much!
Thank you, Shambhavi, for sharing this piece. I really enjoyed it. ❤️🙏🏻
Such a rich teaching unpacked in a foundational aspect of life! Annie Dillard wrote about life’s “eating game” …..Thank you for this. This paragraph especially moves me:
“ What makes the nondual traditions such as Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen so thorough-going, and I think spectacular, is that knowing nothing ever happens, they do not denigrate or dismiss the phenomenal world of experience.”
Compassion in a nutshell!
I love your writing style. I don't consider myself vegetarian but i don't really eat meat because it grosses me out to eat their flesh. But i totally get why other people eat meat
Thanks, Vera!
Gratitude for deep insight and wisdom. Moved that your “desire to not eat animals comes from a feeling of solidarity, of wanting to stand with animals” and at the same time knowing “that a desire to stand in solidarity with animals is [- a] one [+ of] the infinite bhavas or feeling orientations being invented, savored, and played out by this alive, aware reality. (not sure if the suggested edits are helpful).