it is all there

One cannot presuppose the beginning of time or the universe because it is self-contradictory. When one says that the universe begins it implies that time already existed prior to the beginning of time. The whole operation of the universe amazes mankind. When one stares into the sky, witnesses the waxing and waning of the moon that calls the rising and falling of the tide, what is the force behind such a phenomenon – one asks. I am not sure if animals and inanimate objects feel the same. I guess maybe not because they don’t fall out of the natural flow of universal laws.

The faculty of mind which hosts the power of reasoning and imagination sets us apart from animals and plants. The irony is that the ability to reason and think pushes mankind away from the centre of the universe when animals and plants remain loyal and intact.

Since primordial times, man created stories and rituals to explain its relationship to the enigmatic universe. Man wondered why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west. How can trees that are immobile be self-sufficient while man who is free to roam has to struggle much more? A plant automatically faces the sun to absorb heat as if there is an unspoken law and hidden hand that pulls it towards that direction. You don’t see a plant turning away from the sun, from its source of nourishment. However, we see a man doing that. We see a man denying the very essence of life. We observe man going against and not endorsing life. Then everything becomes difficult. It is not just mere acceptance. It is not about saying, “I know I am like this and that.” It is seeing that the person who says “I know” and the doer is the one and same individual.

Life lives on life. This is a fact and it is something that we all have to accept. Vegetarians or not, we kill to survive.