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The fact that a post like this needs to be written is unfortunate. The question is so basic and simple: an innocent animal is living its life and causing us no harm, so why should we kill it merely for our pleasure or convenience? The question is so simple that even a child can understand it.

Yet non-vegans often do so much mental gymnastics to construct elaborate arguments to defend eating animals. Vegans are then forced to enter the same debate, responding to one justification after another. In this post, however, I want to approach veganism from a different direction: spirituality.

I understand spirituality as a deeply selfish philosophy, in the sense that its central concern is liberation from suffering. It asks: Why do I suffer, and what can free me from that suffering?

Spirituality identifies the ego as the source of psychological suffering. In Acharya Prashant’s AP framework, the psychological ego is described as follows:

“The psychological ego, the sense of ‘I am my thoughts, my story, my history,’ lends meaning to existence. Objects do not come pre-loaded with significance. The significance is the psychological ego’s contribution. Remove it, and the world is not more real; it is simply differently organized.”

The ego is sustained by its stories, identities, preferences, fears, and beliefs. Therefore, freedom from suffering requires us to honestly examine these inner constructions rather than blindly defend them. As false beliefs and borrowed identities weaken, the ego becomes thinner, and suffering begins to diminish.

This also determines the right relationship between human beings and nature. To use nature in a way that weakens the ego is auspicious. To exploit nature for pleasure, domination, habit, or identity strengthens the ego and can therefore be called sinful.

From this perspective, the spiritual argument for veganism is straightforward.

When we defend the unnecessary killing and exploitation of animals, we are usually defending our conditioning: our taste, convenience, traditions, social identity, or attachment to habit. The ego does not want these attachments questioned, so it invents arguments to defend them.

Giving up this exploitation, we do not merely help animals; we weaken our own attachment, entitlement, and self-deception.

That is why veganism can reduce psychological suffering. It frees us from the constant need to suppress our compassion and manufacture justifications for harming innocent beings. There is less contradiction between what we know, what we feel, and how we live.

People may adopt veganism for ethical, environmental, or health-related reasons. All of these arguments have value. But the spiritual argument may be the most transformative because it does not merely ask a person to change their diet. It asks them to examine the philosophy underlying their choices. When your philosophy supports veganism, it becomes easy.

When the ego becomes lighter, life becomes less conflicted. And what greater reward could there be than freedom from one’s own suffering?

Do you think eating animals strengthens attachment, entitlement, and self-deception? Can compassion be genuine if it excludes animals used for food?

On one side stands the entire weight of human history-thousands of years of traditions, customs, beliefs, and inherited practices. On the other side stands the life of one helpless rabbit.

I choose the rabbit.

If choosing compassion means rejecting centuries of tradition, then I reject them without hesitation.

You can tell me that our ancestors ate meat. It changes nothing.

You can quote scriptures or religious texts that justify the domination or slaughter of animals. It changes nothing.

Because love is not determined by history, tradition, or authority. Love is determined by the truth we see today.

Today, we know what earlier generations did not. Science has shown us that animals experience fear, pain, stress, and suffering. We know what happens inside slaughterhouses. We can no longer claim ignorance.

Once the truth is known, the question is no longer about culture or religion. It is about conscience.

Love does not ask, "What has always been done?" It asks, "What is the right thing to do now?"

And if love demands that I stand against the entire current of history to save even one innocent life, then that is a choice I make willingly.

Here is a question for every reader:

When history stands on one side and compassion on the other, which one will you choose?

Here’s some memories from London.

“Khalak Sab Rain Ka Sapna” - Sant Kabir Saheb | London Sangat Session

What a beautiful reminder from Sant Kabir Saheb : this entire world is like a dream of the night. The people, possessions, victories, defeats, and identities we cling to are all fleeting. Sant Kabir Saheb calls us to awaken to that which is real and everlasting.

This video was recorded during our time in London, where friends from Canada and Germany came together after attending the enlightening sessions of Acharya Ji. Brought together by a shared love for Truth and Saint’s wisdom, we spent time singing, reflecting, and simply enjoying each other’s company.

The setting couldn’t have been more vibrant, a colourful park filled with life, while BMX riders performed incredible flips in the background.

May these songs inspire us to look beyond the passing dream and seek the Truth Kabir Saheb points towards.

Recorded in London, UK
With friends from Canada and German
In gratitude to Sant Kabir Saheb, Baba Bulleh Shah, and Acharya Prashant

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location:  Strútsfoss, Iceland 

What is he doing?

Why is he dragging a baby calf on a dance floor into the middle of loud music and flashing lights? Sometimes he pulls the calf by its front leg, sometimes by its hind leg, then pushes it around the dance floor as if it were a prop meant for entertainment.

The calf has no idea what's happening. Honestly, I am just as puzzled. The deafening music is terrifying and disorienting for animals. Yet no one around seems to think anything is wrong.

To me, this is not just cruelty. It is a sign of weakness. It takes no courage to dominate someone who cannot resist. The calf cannot fight back, complain, or even understand why it is being treated this way. Would he dare to do the same to another person who could resist him?

What even more disturbing is the crowd. People are dancing, recording videos, and watching, but no one came to stop him. Most of them probably don't hate animals. But in a crowd, responsibility dissolves. Everyone thinks, "I'm not the one doing it. I'm just watching." That is how cruelty becomes normal, not because everyone is cruel, but because no one chooses to question it.

And then there was a child watching all of this. What lesson does that child take home? That it is fine to use a helpless living being as entertainment as long as adults accept it.

What kind of inner emptiness makes the suffering of an innocent animal entertaining?

A person who is inwardly secure does not need to seek attention by dragging a helpless creature for attention. Such acts arise from something hollow within looking for validations, applause, or cheap entertainment. Unless that emptiness is understood and questioned, it will keep finding new victims, whether animals or humans.

Climate change is often discussed in terms of carbon emissions, fossil fuels, rising temperatures, and melting glaciers. While these are real and urgent problems, they are only the visible symptoms. Beneath them lies a deeper disease that receives far less attention: "Overconsumption".

The crisis is not simply that humanity consumes. Every living being consumes to survive. The real problem begins when consumption is no longer about need but about psychological emptiness. We consume not because we lack necessities, but because we hope the next purchase, the next upgrade, or the next luxury will complete us.

Our wardrobes are already full, yet we buy more clothes. Our phones work perfectly, yet we rush to replace them. Our homes are filled with possessions we rarely use, yet advertisements convince us that happiness is always one purchase away.

The Earth pays the price for this illusion.

Every unnecessary product demands raw materials extracted from forests, mountains, rivers, and oceans. Every factory burns energy. Every shipment consumes fuel. Every discarded item becomes waste. Behind every object sitting on a shelf lies a hidden trail of deforestation, mining, pollution, water depletion, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change, therefore, is not merely an environmental problem. It is a reflection of the restless human mind.

Modern society celebrates endless economic growth. Companies are rewarded for selling more. Advertisements are designed to make us feel incomplete so that we continue buying. Social media glorifies lifestyles built on constant consumption. Success is increasingly measured by what we own rather than by who we are.

The result is a planet pushed beyond its limits.

Ironically, despite consuming more than any generation before us, anxiety, loneliness, and dissatisfaction continue to rise. If consumption truly brought fulfillment, humanity should have been happier than ever. Instead, the hunger only grows stronger because no material object can permanently satisfy an inner void.

The solution is not to reject technology or return to primitive living. The solution is to rediscover the difference between "Need and Greed".

Before making a purchase, we can ask ourselves:

. Do I genuinely need this?

. Am I buying this out of utility or insecurity?

. Will this object improve my life, or am I simply seeking a temporary emotional high?

These simple questions can transform our relationship with consumption.

When millions of people consume consciously rather than compulsively, industries change. Markets change. Policies change. Most importantly, the burden on our planet begins to lessen.

The climate crisis is not only about changing our energy sources, it is about changing the source of our desires. A mind that is constantly seeking fulfillment through possessions will continue exhausting the Earth, no matter how green the technology becomes.

Perhaps the greatest act of environmental responsibility is not recycling one more bottle or driving one more electric car. It is learning to live with enough.

Because when the greed of the mind ends, the exploitation of the planet begins to end as well.

The climate crisis is ultimately a mirror. It reflects not just how we treat the Earth, but how we try to fill the emptiness within ourselves.

Here is a question for every reader:

If every unnecessary purchase leaves a footprint on the planet, then before blaming climate change on governments and industries, should we first ask ourselves: What am I consuming, and what is consuming me?

Peace Be Still with Relaxing Rain. Let your mind slow down to the sound of this soothing rain, enjoy. NapCapSleep

Tucked deep inside the forests of Oregon, USA, this breathtaking waterfall flows into a crystal-clear turquoise pool surrounded by towering trees and lush ferns. Nature at its finest.

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