I was browsing
around a parrot forum the other day, to check whether some vegetable from the
garden would be safe to give to the parrots. As I was reading through a thread
about Parrots and diet, I read one post and I got a bit angry.
Giving your Parrot
sunflower seeds (only or a lot) is bad for its health as it is very fatty and
will cause liver problems later and your Parrot can die from it. Now, there was
one person on the forum who disagreed with everyone about not giving your Parrots
sunflower seeds, or at least very little. She stated that she herself doesn't
follow a healthy diet, but she eats what she likes and this makes her happy --
so she does the same for her Parrot in the name of letting him do what he wants
and 'love'.
So I got upset at
that point because that's an absolutely ridiculous excuse as to why you're not
feeding your animal a diet that's in the best interest of its body. Yet at the
same time there's no point in getting angry as we've manifested these type of points
all together -- myself included.
I
forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to react into and as anger when reading
that someone does not give an animal a diet that support their body best
because they do not do it to themselves either
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that getting
angry is not a solution towards human stupidity and ignorance
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself wanting to save the parrot
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to contribute to a world where
self-interest prevails over what is best for all and within that what is best
for each individual
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to contribute to a world where it is
okay to abuse yourself and others because we all have the right of "free
speech" and the right to do whatever we want as our human happiness is the
only true and important measuring stick in terms of what has worth in this
world and what doesn't
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that to defend
opinion and doing "whatever you want" from the starting point of
'free choice' is also the acceptance and protection of abuse
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to react to ignorance and the right of
"free choice" instead of seeing and realising that I too am part of
the cause of ignorance within this world
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that it is not
justified for me to become angry at another as they are simply a reflection of
my own human nature
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to value "what I like" and
"what makes me
happy" over what's best for all
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that if I start
caring more about how I feel and less about how long I will live and support my
body -- that there is a problem
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to disregard my body in how it
functions, what it needs to take care of itself and what might be harmful for
it -- all in the name of how I want to feel within my
mind as energy --
completely disregarding the unconditional support the body provides me every
day, every breath -- keeping me alive on this Earth.
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that without my
body I am just a thought
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to impose my opinions and beliefs unto
my pets as what I believe they will like and will like me for it
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to care about what makes the body
happy
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to only care about my minds wellbeing
and within that neglect my body's well being
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to not care or regard my body because I
have no clue how it works and it's just kind of "there" doing all
these "things" -- instead of
pushing and moving myself to find out how me as every part of myself including
my body and all aspects which make up my body work and function and together
hold together "me" as the sum of all the parts together in one body
When and as I see
myself giving my mind precedence over my body -- I stop and I breathe. I see
and realise that within feeding the mind I am starving my body and in essence
killing myself slowly.
I commit myself to
the creation and establishment of a world where the human physical body and
animal bodies are part of basic education so that we may know how we function
and act in a way that actually benefits us as bodies
I commit myself to
the creation and establishment of a
world where people won't have to stuff
themselves with food for the sake of "feeling happy" in contrast to
not being when not eating the particular food -- instead one is in a place of
support where one is content -- all the time -- period.
I commit myself to
the creation and establishment of a world where diet and food are part of basic
education as one of the building blocks of the educational foundation within a
child's life -- as food next to breathing is one of the most essential parts to
living as we are currently living within the world and is thus really something
that we should know about
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself wanting to save every parrot that I see
being in misery
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that wanting to
save all the parrots that I see as being in misery in terms of wanting to take
care of them myself is practically not feasible and does not address the real problem -- which is us human
beings and our economic system as a reflection of our inner greed
I forgive myself
that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that there is
nothing I can do for all the parrots, birds and animals suffering in the world
as long as we don't fundamentally change the way we live and value things
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to feel sad that I cannot make a change
or have a "quick fix" for all the animals suffering at the hands of
human idiocy.
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to feel sad with myself within the
realisation that I am part of the problem and cause of this horrific
manifestation
I forgive myself
that I haven’t accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that I and
everyone else as myself created this world, this condition -- it is not a sad
situation "by accident" -- we created it to be this way
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to contribute to a world where it is
okay to
disregard other beings and where they are defined as "other
species" which somehow makes it okay to treat them as "less
than" and do with them whatever we want
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to contribute to a world where we trick
and catch other beings so we can sell them and make money
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to contribute to a world where it is
seen as normal to take away and destroy the homes of other beings because
"hey we need more space to do "our thing"!"
I forgive myself
that I haven’t ever accepted and allowed myself to WAKE UP in the face of all
the atrocities that are happening in the world
I forgive myself
that I have accepted and allowed myself to believe that it is all too much and
too hard to change -- instead of seeing and realising that if we can create a
perfect absolute fuck up we can create an absolute fucking paradise
I commit myself to
the creation and establishment of a
world paradise where all beings may live
equal and support one another as ourselves as we would like to be supported --
a world where humans are truly changed and treat all other beings as animals and
plants as equals
