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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  When outrage produces better results than peaceful compassion, I'll set aside time for outrage.
I don't typically observe people feasting on human limbs, so that hasn't been much of a trigger for me. The most common act of violence I observe is what people put in their mouths. Your triggers may vary. |
It does seem to me that with your SR POV that needless death would register too, and in a grander way than animals being chomped, because you have a chance to be desesitized to people eating animals but not to kids getting killed.
If we all are one, then having needless death of innocents, how does that reach you more? Being one with all, to me, makes things like this event hurt me BECAUSE of SR. In fact I have to back off of SR to keep from feeling too much of it (and not just this event, mind you - lots die needlessly).
I can appreciate your take on actually witnessing chomping on things being a trigger. That is very visceral, I'm sure. I'm sure that if we had witnessed the shootings, it would be more difficult to have a detached stance that seems to work for you. But, again, others did witness it, and if you are considering we are all one, how is it not also in your experience directly and a trigger as well?
OK, I hear you - you are going to say - view it as a dream and because it's not in my backyard I don't have to have the same level of concern. Well, is that how you want people to view you?
If you can rise above and not be effected by hearing news of killings, is it just because you don't see it that it doesn't have the same effect as people eating meat?