This is my humble request to all my friends . I wonder why I did not write this letter twenty years earlier. Better late than never. I request you all to stop eating animals or more formally "kindly eschew all non-vegetarian food". The animals live in the Divine-Word of GOD. They know our scriptures far better than we do. We have to respect them, worship them.
Ahimsa. Thou shall not kill. Should I say more?
Let us carry on our fast till the Apocalypse,till the Kingdoms of Light are established here. Yes, Right Here on this sordid Earth. God, let this be my humble prayer.
I am reminded of an episode from the life of Sant Gyaneshwar from Maharashtra. Gyaneshwar living in the Light of GOD was beyond cast and creed. The Brahamin priests erudite in the scriptures went to question and test him. In the course of their conversa tions, Gyaneshwar said that the buffalo standing around them knew the scriptures as well. The Brahamins laughed and sneered at him. "Idiot don't tell lies Prove." they said exactly like the scientists of today would tell a modern-day Gyaneshwar. The very young Gyaneshwar went near the buffalo and prayed to the buffalo to recite the scriptures. Of course in the perfect hoarse harmonies of a buffalo's voice the divine buffalo recited the Vedas. The rest of the story is superfluous. But this is nothing new. For instance,the profound "Shiva Kavacha Mantram" was originally perceived by Yogi Rishabha (The Bull).
King Solomon, Christ,The Buddha and many unknown others had the revelations of the language of the birds and animals {Ref: Respective Scriptures},that is if they didn't already know it. The animals live in the Light of GOD. The birds are angels in disguise. Man is the fallen one. But the Fall is a Terrible Blessing as it would be Revealed to all one day. That Day could even be today. Every prayer is heard. Not one goes unheeded. The following parable from the Islamic tradition would proabably elucidate what I am humbly attempting to intonate.
Allaha the One without a second made the Universes, the plants, the animals, the angels, the demiurges, the satanic creatures, the mountains, the rivers, the suns, the stars-- and what not. Then He asked each of the Beings and Things He had Created "I have a terrible burden on me. Can any one of you bear a little of it for me?" All the Beings and Things dogs, bulls, angels, elephants, parameciums, dinoasurs, mountains, stars, demiurges--------and others instantly refused to do so. Then Allaha Made Man in his own image. Man foolish fallen and divinely chosen agreed to bear Allaha's eternal Amanaha. Hence we are here suffering on this sad earth awaiting the Final Revelations for ever. La illha il Allaha.
But the fall is a Divine Grace. 'Felix Peccatum Adae' [fortunate sin of Adam] as Saint Augustine succinctly worded it.
Personally it has become (actually it always was) extremely difficult for me to tolerate the smell of all non-vegetarian food. As a part of a personal vow and a primal prayer I am forced to (pardon me) avoid visiting all places where slaughtered animals are used as food. I humbly request you not to misunderstand me.
Your children used to meat foods may be reluctant in the beginning to listen to you. Please tell them a divine lie that God told you as a voice in your dream to tell everybody to stop killing and eating animals. Make it as realistic and elucidate. Also, wheedle them with a lot of choclates, halwas, mangoes and other delicacies to show them what you mean. If they don't understand still, like a ritual show them actual slaughter of animals as regularly as possible. I am sure they will listen.
Please try.Also, please avoid hard liquor and gambling. There is a lot more I can say on all this. But I think it is the occasion that creates the word.
“In the Beginning there was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.” In the End as well!?
I will close this letter of request with a parable from the Buddha's words. ( I take the liberty to redraft the parable )
"So sacred so difficult it is to obtain a 'human form,' Ananda" the distantly voiced Buddha continued,"Imagine an ocean as big as you want it to be. Imagine a little fish about as big as your thumb. This fish swims in the infinite waters. Then, Ananda, imagine that there is somewhere else anywhere else floating in this ocean a little ring about the circumference of the fishe's head. The probability of a human birth is as rare as the head of this fish in its labyrinth journey through the never ending ocean of the infinite entering this ring." Then the silent Buddha shed a few drops of his sacred tears.
"Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables" _ Mark -iv- 13
Who hath ears to hear let him hear and let the message spread.
yours affectionately
yours humbly
Final Note :-
There are a few obvious responses possible.
First and the foremost the majority response of the animal-flesh greedy satanic guys . " Who are you "luni-vegi" to tell us what we should eat? We will eat All the animals of the evolutionary ladder including lizards, dogs, donkeys, pigs, worms (including 'tape','hooke' etc,), homosapiens, dragons ad absurdum ad infinitum. For writing this letter we could roast and eat you too. Being a vegi you should taste good, 'reel' good on our animal-fat-loving tongues."
I earnestly hope that there would be a feeble minority of animal-eaters who may listen and even perhaps eschew all non-vegetarian food for ever and even encourage others to do so. Even if one individual listens and changes his\her satanic eating habits I would consider myself blessed.
If you are already a vegetarian I request you to spread the message.
Links
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/pea-peace.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/pea-nonviolent.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/index.html
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