August 17, 1981
August 17, 1981
Have you ever asked yourself which is better, a vegetable or a man? Have you ever asked yourself that? Think about it: which one is better, a vegetable or a man?
What do vegetables do to harm Nature? Nothing. “Yes, but the vegetable is omissive,” someone might say. No. The vegetable stays still and man walks. Men have arms, legs, they move around. “Yes, but the vegetable stays still!” Yet, even staying still, the vegetable does something very important: it gives flowers, it gives fruit – to you. It’s not selfish. The vegetable feeds the animal. And man, who does he feed?
“And the animal?” The animal only kills to eat. The animal only steps when it needs to grab to feed or for a pressing need. And man? What does man do with his hands? Man takes to kill.
Which is better? A vegetable, an animal, or a man?
Once again, within you, the concept of Mind appears. What lies inside this so-called mental aspect that makes man the worst beast on the face of the Earth: he takes, kills, and gives nothing to anyone. All give! And man…?