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Originally Posted by Michelle  For example, does the LOA not apply to animals? For any animal with the intention not to be eaten it is universally impossible that the animal attract being eaten. In the end, there are no victims only co-creators or participants. |
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Originally Posted by rei but the consciousness which exists in the animal CHOOSES to be in that situation. it allows that experience to unfold, perhaps to repay a karmic debt or for some other reason. |
If you believe in such things, yes. But then the same applies to a murdered human person, a beaten wife or a raped child.
In my eyes, what counts is that no matter what someone chooses to experience at soul-level, or attracts based on karma or LoA, we still are facing the choice to inflict violence upon others or not. This is not about them, it's about us.
Killing someone, whether you feel compassionate or not when you eat them afterwards, is an act of violence inflicted upon them. I'm not saying there's anything "bad" or "wrong" with that. It's just something that we choose to do or not.
I agree that guilt is a poor reason to do anything. However, the choice of non-violence is not necessarily based on guilt or moral judgment. It's simply about the kind of energies that we choose to create in our lives or bring into them.