But humans are part of nature just like other animals, right, or am I wrong?
Why can some animals be eaten without karma, while others cannot? For example, when a human hunts a deer, kills it, and eats it, they might get bad karma. But when a pack of wolves hunts and kills hundreds or thousands of those animals, it is considered normal because it is nature. Or when a bear finds and eats a newborn fawn alive, even though the baby animal screams in pain, that is normal and natural.
Or when wolves attack a farm and kill a whole herd of sheep that they never intended to eat, it is normal because it is their nature. But if a human did that, it would be wrong. Yet people still try to connect with the wolf spirit to get its qualities.
Or why can killer whales - orcas, which are considered sacred animals that bring karmic punishment if killed by humans, tear a seal or a sea lion apart alive, and that is seen as normal?
Not to mention lions that kill cubs from a lioness’s previous relationship. And you can see this in so many things or living organisms, like plants. The movie Avatar shows how nature works, that plants have awareness, but we still cut down a plant and eat it.
You can see this in so many things. Look at fish. Fish can eat millions of other fish, but hunting or catching them can still be punished.
What about bees? People do not think about the fact that bees make honey for themselves to survive when flowers are not blooming. People just come and take it. People steal it. Selling honey and bee products is often connected to spiritual practices, esoteric beliefs, and personal growth ideas.
So the question is, where is the real line that is true, rather than something made up by us humans who started a spiritual path and share knowledge based on our own understanding?
I have gone through many stages myself. For example, fishing and underwater hunting used to be my hobbies. Then at some point I started thinking that fish feel pain too, so I stopped. I even had a brief moment of fame on the National Geographic show River Monsters.
Then there was a time when I would not kill bugs or spiders, and I tried not to step on living creatures while walking or running. Also, my parents raised rabbits. My dad grew them, and I killed them. At one point, I asked for forgiveness from every rabbit I held by the back legs before hitting it on the head with a stick. Then I said I felt uncomfortable doing it and would not kill them anymore, and since nobody else wanted to do it, they stopped raising rabbits. My parents come from a village. I grew up in a village too, and I saw my grandparents raise at least four pigs every year, and then kill them when they grew up. I helped with that. It was totally normal for the village.
So where is the real line between what is right and wrong, and what brings karmic punishment and what does not? It often reaches the point of absurdity when cows are worshiped like gods in one country, but killed by the millions in another.
Maybe I am feeling this way because of the topic I am working on right now. I am listening to and using the Awakening the God fields, as well as four fields from the GY Series.
The description of the GY Series mentions this
Regarding nature, my understanding is very close to how a ranger views a forest and its animals, or how Native Americans treat nature.
I treat nature as a living system that I am part of, not as a resource to use without thinking. I do not own the land even if I have papers for it, but I belong to it just like all living things. I take what I need from nature in a way that is convenient for me, and I give thanks for every gift. I see animals, trees, rivers, and mountains not as objects to consume, but as teachers, and I live so that the world stays richer, not poorer, after I am here.