11 Last Wishes - 3rd edition

*That it is those in our lives seen as the “heathens” or the “damned” or the
“heretics” or the “unsaved” (i.e. those who do not share our own particular religious beliefs)
who attack us – by reminding us that we ourselves are not adhering to the fundamental
tenants of Goodness imbedded in our own faiths ...
We can best Forgive these
“enemies” by openly telling
them that they we refuse to
condemn or judge them (indeed,
that we have no standing to do so);
by humbly serving them as the
Brothers & Sisters they truly are;
by going to their place of
worship & sitting with them in
respectful, non-judgmental
silence.
*... and that it is the sentient yet “stupid” & “ugly” farmed animals, along with
those “annoying” & “arrogant” humans who champion their rights to life & freedom,
who are attacking us as well – reminding us that, as long as we treat other sentient beings
as mere commodities, we are not truly as Kind or as friendly or as compassionate or as
Good as we outwardly pretend to be ...
And we can Forgive these “perpetrators”
best by showing living as compassionately as
they live, by extending the same Kindness they
extend, and by championing the same justice
they desire (and to which they are entitled) –
something we can do most effectively by
simply going vegan for a day – every day.
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