"If the use of animal food be, in consequence, subversive to the peace of human society, how unwarrantable is the injustice and the barbarity which is exercised toward these miserable victims. They are called into existence by human artifice that they may drag out a short and miserable existence of slavery and disease, that their bodies may be mutilated, their social feelings outraged. It were much better that a sentient being should never have existed, than that it should have existed only to endure unmitigated misery"

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them."

Martin Luther King, Jr

"Should ever a physician be born with the genius of Locke, I am persuaded that he might trace all bodily and mental derangements to our unnatural habits, as clearly as that philosopher has traced all knowledge to sensation."

A Vindication of Natural Diet by Percy Bysshe Shelley London, 1813

The Evolution of Humankind

is an idea to which we do not subscribe.

But, the DEVOLUTION of humankind is a process in which we are all participating. And, it is occurring at such a rapid pace that it is likely that this devolution will eradicate the largely unconscious remnants of our species in a relatively short time... my guess is that the last humans will succumb to ecological destructions of their species' own doing in less than ten decades.

It is our belief that all animals, including human animals, are much more vital (alert, intelligent, aware, conscious) when allowed to  fully participate in the types of experiences and environments for which (and in which) they uniquely evolved.

Today, few to no humans have an experiential or physical environment that can engender maximum vitality. Given that this is true, and given that human awareness is limited by this obvious fact, and human behaviors increasingly exemplify a collective loss of ecological understanding...

...our species is soundly embarked upon a course of extinction which continues to include the eradication of  many other species, the necessary co-elements/participants of natural human habitats/ecospheres.

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As long as we are reared within a cultural paradigm that denies our natural and ecological being (that of a human herbivore) and prevents healthy environmental interactions; we will continue to be emotionally, intellectually and spiritually retarded in all our capabilities, expressions and perceptions.

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The Superhuman

is an absurd idea born of a deranged mind in an alienated (from ecological realities) culture. Frankly, it is impossible not to be somewhat deranged if one has been reared within, and continues to live within, an anti-nature/dominator culture.

But, let's consider how one could achieve ones potential.

Consider the turtle... how would you school a turtle in becoming all that he could be? Would you put him in a cage and surround him with toys from Petco? Would that help him live his life most fully?

What about a horse?

Would his intellect, capabilities and life experiences be enriched by many boring hours spent in a crowded barn, locked in a tiny stall? And then taken for a ride by a creature that knows nothing of his internal signals... such as with whom to associate, when to run, what to eat, when to contemplate, when to rest?

None of us will be fully realized until our faculties are allowed to develop within a natural crucible, which would include parents, possibly siblings, and appropriately nurturing and supportive (rather than oppressive) community. But also, awareness of other creatures, their thoughts, feelings, and requirements for wellness. And, the land itself, the manner in which it is ever renewing itself... the interplay of the manifold forces that contribute to each and every natural and vital moment.

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Personal Achievement is more a myth than a natural fact. It is a goal that has little real sense in nature.

Rather, achievement in nature is complimentary and the finest state of achievement is one of immersion and awareness of the state of being of others, even all others ... rather than an isolated sense of personal value or personal accomplishment.

When we are able to enter that blessed state of natural connection that enables our natural selves to awaken, we do not feel so much personally accomplished as naturally realized/blessed... and quite ecstatically alive/happy.

And for this experience, we were all born about as perfect as we could ever hope to be.

Yet, we are descendants of a temple society that is based upon the notion of  'right to rule' or the supremacy of one class or race and ultimately of one ruler (Pharaoh, King, President, Pope, General, Chief) over all others.

The geometric model for this society (the very same in which we live today) is the pyramid. At the top is the supreme ruler, at the bottom are the slaves or 'unwashed masses' and in the middle are those who have managed to raise themselves from the depths of despair by offering services valued by those in power. The middle is where we find privileged architects, engineers, military officers, policemen and women, and school teachers who help perpetuate the myth of the naturalness of this absolutely unnatural social (dis) order.

But the geometric model for a natural society, one based upon natural requirements for the health of its members and the eco-sphere in which it is participating, is certainly NOT pyramidal. Instead, such a model would depict a complex of complimentary elements with each accorded a more realistic representation of its natural interdependencies.

In our pyramid society, we need the idea of competition to 'choose' the best, the one who 'should' (will be given the right to) ascend over all others. In our natural society, the idea of diversity is understood to be the very marrow of an exciting and stimulating experience for all... so, the many faces of Adam and Eve create the perfection... one is not sufficient... many aspects are needed to flush out all possibilities and entice interest from the entire community.

One of these aspects is you. And it is perfect when it expresses naturally.

Take the first step, recognize your rightful place. You are a human herbivore. Express this truth and come to know the perfectly defined you and the place (biosphere) once amply enabled to engender your perfectly wonderful life's expression.

"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different."

Hippocrates (Greek physician 460-370 BC. Considered the father of modern medicine.)

One summer day in Penk, Austria in 1985, I looked into the eyes of two cows and the beings staring back at me were none other than myself.

And right there and then, a lifelong quest came to an end which was to understand the genesis of war and violence in human society...

For in that moment, these two cows revealed;

"What you do to me, you do to yourself for we are one."

It was my 'Eureka!' moment.

And I immediately realized,

"If what these cows have just 'spoken' to me is true, then it should be possible to prove that the violence we commit against them is immediately destructive to us in all ways including; psychologically, medically, ecologically, and economically."

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"As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields."

Tolstoy

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I was not free to do anything with this insight so I promised myself that if I survived and was able to return to the US, I would find a way to prove these things. But I expressed this certainty aloud to the one who controlled my every waking and sleep-deprived moment.

I did return over a year later but it would still be sometime before I could begin my investigations as I had been psychologically and physically impacted by years of torture and also had been financially ruined.

I carried a great gift from the two cows which I desired to share with all, but I was under enormous pressure lest those who had conspired to set me up became convinced to orchestrate a final attack...

To this day, I enjoy the contempt of many who have never met me. I have learned that this is the result of COINTELPRO type activites such as slander campaigns, and interference in everyday affairs and relationships.

So the task is not easy. But, I did turn my attention to the research I had promised myself and then discovered that John Robbins had already written a book,

"Diet for a New America."

I was overjoyed and thought we were almost home. But, I still had not fully comprehended the totalitarian nature of the elite corporate state nor its determination to maintain power and control in part by continuous outpourings of disinformation... so facts got spun, pseudo scientists got air time and responsible researchers and community activists were characterized as flakes (and sometimes much worse).

But what the cows told me is true. "What you do to me, you do to yourself for we are...

ONE BEING, ONE SPIRIT, ONE SOUL
The living consciousness itself is something we share.

So, it is not that killing is wrong, it is that killing is wrong when it is wrong... because each of us has an ecologically determined body and consequently, ecologically determined (allowed) behaviors.

Some creatures, such as lions, have bodies that have been co-evolved to obtain sustenance (in part or in whole) from ingesting animal matter.

And others are ecological herbivores and thus co-evolved to obtain sustenance from plants alone.

So, in the matter of killing,  it is clear that  natural hunters (such as lions)  will also be gifted with specialized abilities that assist in determining; who, when, where and of course, how many. Humans obviously lack the design faculties for killing as well as the natural hunter instincts.