Awake people don’t hurt life.
Said to me a few days ago
Is it true that awake people don’t hurt life?
Not really. It’s more complex than that.
We still have hangups, wounds, trauma, and sometimes act on it like anyone else.
We still live in a social and economic system that’s deeply harmful to life and Earth, so our everyday life is harmful to life, Earth, and future generations.
At our human level, we are still a living organism that needs to eat other living organisms to survive. Even if we eat only fruits, nuts and vegetables, we still hurt life. (Just the production of these is often harmful because of modern agriculture.)
We are still a human being who makes mistakes, and who don’t know or cannot predict the consequences of our actions. We cannot really predict the local or short term consequences, and we certainly cannot predict the far-reaching and long term consequences.
There is another side to this, of course.
It’s probably true that we generally harm life less the more embodied awakening there is, especially if it’s combined with healing of emotional issues.
And in the bigger picture, it’s perhaps all Lila, the play of the divine, and nobody to get hurt and not really any hurt.
And yet, that’s no excuse to not live as well as we can, and minimize harm and support life as well as we can.
And there is yet another aspect to this. If we are very concerned about not hurting life (which is impossible although we can do or best to minimize it and make up for it), it may point to an emotional issue or a belief that’s not quite aligned with reality.
It’s natural and healthy to have it as a guide and orientation, but if it gets stressful and bordering on an obsession, it may be worth looking at a little more closely.