peace
We may believe we stand for non-violence, but the breadth of himsa is much wider and the requirements much deeper than we may know.
Only a few hands receive the benefit of our current systems of exploitation, while everyone else pays the price.
We are told that we must make war to keep the peace, but how can we start a peace movement, when we are lobbing grenades?
“Why do you care so much about animals?” My four year old grandson asked me at the breakfast table: an earnest question, and no time to prepare an answer. “Because I have come to see them, to know them. They have feelings.” Unsaid: How could anyone not? Witnessing so much suffering by animals at the [...]
Rae Sikora and J.C. Corcoran are vegan educators, writers, and animal advocates who maintain a positive outlook.
For vegan activists who put themselves out there, it is a risk taken. My daughter-in-law recently commented that anyone that goes public, on any topic, is going to have fans and anti-fans. She is right.