{"id":5745,"date":"2010-04-15T01:14:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2010-04-15T01:15:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T17:15:29","slug":"how-you-can-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/04\/how-you-can-save-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Save The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5746\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/118.jpg?resize=129%2C106\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/118.jpg?w=129&amp;ssl=1 129w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/118.jpg?resize=96%2C79&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Your karma makes your world go round.<br \/>\nOur  karma makes our world go haywire too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[i] <strong>We All Create Karma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among  the various natural laws of cause and effect, one of them is the law of  karma, which is the universal law of moral cause and effect. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Whatever  we intentionally think, say or do plants the &#8216;seeds&#8217; of karma, which  reaps corresponding &#8216;fruits&#8217; when conditions ripen.<\/span> Like all laws of  nature, karma functions whether we believe in it or not. While there is  karma created by individuals, there is also karma created collectively.  The common values and actions we share have collective effects on us as  family, society or humanity. The state of our climate crisis makes this  the most crucial time to make conscientious efforts to consume wisely  through our choice of food, transport and use of limited resources.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Our  positive karma creates harmony.<br \/>\nOur negative karma wrecks havoc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ii]  <strong>Our Common Karma Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rate at which humans are breeding,  exploiting and killing farm and wild animals, while depleting and  polluting the Earth&#8217;s natural resources is unprecedented in history. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The  relentless mass-killing of sentient lives creates the most destructive  form of negative karma. Mass-killing creates the karma for  mass-suffering, which can manifest in many ways across many lifetimes<\/span> &#8211;  via climate change, natural disasters, pandemics, food shortages and  even wars. On the individual level, it can manifest as ill health,  disabilities and hardship. Both supply and demand for meat and other  animal produce perpetuate such karma.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">As we are interconnected,  everything we do matters.<br \/>\nAs we are interdependent, everyone&#8217;s effort  matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[iii] <strong>Transforming Our Karma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As collective  karma is created by individuals with similar actions, the path towards  collective change arises from our united efforts as individuals. If you  are not part of the solution, you are probably part of the problem. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Let  us no longer wait for others or blame them for our global climate  crisis, and begin to take greater personal responsibility today. An  effective way to do so is to reduce or end our demand for animal  products.<\/span> As we are interconnected, our individual actions have the  ability to change the world. Together, we have the power to save  humanity from destructive self-centredness.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Increasing meat  demand is one of the easiest ways to harm the world.<br \/>\nReducing meat  demand is one of the easiest ways to better the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[iv]  <strong>Reasons To Cut Meat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is highly recommended to reduce or end  meat consumption as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[1] A balanced vegetarian or vegan diet  leads to a healthier and longer life for one and all.<br \/>\n[2] Trapped and  exploited animals lead short and fearful lives before painful  slaughter.<br \/>\n[3] 1\/3 of all grain breed farm animals while poor fellow  human beings starve.<br \/>\n[4] Meat production creates 18% of all  greenhouse gases* and wastes much resources.<br \/>\n(*This is more than  that caused by all motor vehicles on the seas, land and in skies.)<br \/>\n[5]  Violence and wars are karmically linked to hatred created from  mass-killing of animals.<br \/>\n[6] All animals have been our family and  friends at various points in previous lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">To treasure our  blessings, live with gratitude.<br \/>\nTo create more blessings, live with  kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[v] <strong>Treasuring Our Good Karma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By making kinder  and wiser choices in how we relate to fellow humans and animals, and by  caring for the environment by mindful reduction, reuse and recycling of  our material goods, we are not only cherishing our blessings, we are  also creating more blessings of peace and harmony for the future.  <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Karmically, we already have many blessings of nature, such as  sufficiently nutritious plant food, clean air and water.<\/span> May we live  with gratitude and contentment instead of unrestrained greed, and do our  best to be selfless good examples to make the world a better place.  Please help to share these messages too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your karma makes your world go round. Our karma makes our world go haywire too. 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