BIRDS/AHIMSA

I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept

Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters

I get upset when people kill insects

I stopped being friends with a man who stomped on an insect that was crawling past us when we were sitting outside.

Imagine the damage done by 8 billion humans needlessly killing insects

And also the damage done by this species poisoning “weeds”

I fed the local birds from when i first moved to Goowal (1998)

A mindless automatons told me

“Do not to feed the birds -they are meant  to find their own food”

It didn’t occur to her that the human plague  (of more than 8 Billion) has destroyed the homes and food sources of all other life – making so many extinct.

I feed the crows too –one neighbour has complained about their noise

The other has told me that she likes the Ibis (that I feed) but not the crow.

Crows like many other life forms are disliked because of cultural programming

The crow I feed, feeds the baby before she? feeds  herself

I wasn’t able to take a photo because the baby flies away when I walk outside – comes back when I go in.

Humans have this effect on me — have said I am anthrophobic for decades

I have always been a misfit in a culture –

Where sociopaths are successful

Psychopaths glorified

And it is necessary to be a mindless automaton to fit in.

Considering all the positive changes in my life time I am optimistic that

the caring, intelligent people will prevail and stop all life from becoming extinct.

https://populationmatters.org/

Enjoy your day

I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic

The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet

The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures

He idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this

I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation

I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians