I find it important to take responsibility for ones actions – or lack of such – even when that means shying away from all the “shoud-do’s”. Sometimes, when I talk about not eating meat from the meat industry, I get the respones such as: “Oh, I could never do that!” or “I could never manage [...]
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Taking responsibility
Posted in Awareness, tagged choice, responsibility on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dealing with the uncomfortable
Posted in Awareness, tagged uncomfortable choices on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes I make choices that some of my friends and family might not understand - or might not even like. Sometimes I might even do
something that is right for me and which might make someone dislike me or my actions.
Should that make me not do it? If my actions can lead to an uncomfortable
confrontation, should that be the reason alone for not doing it?
Doing what’s easy and comfortable for the people that surround you is safe. It’s
scary to question that, and to find out that what is right for me
and the direction I am heading might lead me to break with those safety standards.
People might disagree with me, or even dislike me. And that is ok.
Buy Nothing Day – my thoughts and muses
Posted in Awareness on November 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Today was Buy Nothing Day in Europe (or: all other parts of the world except North America). So here are some of my thoughts and reflections that I had today.
I was on my way to work today, so I had bought myself lunch yesterday instead
of buying something expensive and unhealthy at 7-eleven or a similar place. I usually listen to my mp3-player when I take the bus to work and lectures, but I had lost it at uni earlier this week, so [...]
Imperalism, capitalism and arrogance
Posted in Awareness, tagged arrogance, capitalism, imperialism, Western culture on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have just watched the movie “The Mission” from 1986 with Jeremy Irons and
Robert de Niro. This post isn’t about the movie in particular, but about what
feelings and thoughts movies of that kind gives me.
I have - over the years - seen a couple of movies portraying the European
imperalism, not to mention been to uni lectures regarding the subject.
For some reason, there are few things that angers me as much as the
European imperalism. I do not know why it is so, but the arrogance
displayed by the Western way of thinking makes me sick to the bone.
I also feel almost the same when it comes to the capitalistic thinking
where profit and economic growth has turned animals into products
and nature into an endless resource.
The capitalistic and imperialistic thoughts has given us loads of
luxury and profit. But what have we lost along the way? When I see
how we exploit earth, humans and animals for an eternal search
after more and more growth, money and luxury, it makes me want
to step away from it all. I honestly don’t want [...]
Controlling the influences
Posted in Awareness, tagged affect, influence on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we live in a complex and many-layered society, there are many people, themes and forces that affects us every day. Even if we don’t consider it or want to believe it, we are affected constantly by our surroundings. Of course, we do the same to those around us.
Now, what affects us partly decides our thinking processes. I.e., if we hang around with people which is very occupied with politics and we are in an environment where politics are debated daily, [...]
Conscious choice and how to respond
Posted in Awareness, tagged choice, conscious on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s interesting to note the different kinds of replies I get from people when I mention the fact that I don’t eat meat. It is not something I blurt out after saying “Hi,” but when the subject of food or dinner habits are brought up, I mention it when it seems like a natural thing [...]
Too many people…
Posted in Awareness, tagged eco-village, too many people on September 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My thoughts on the problem of overpopulation and how to solve the environmenal crisis in the long run…
We are too many people on this planet. There isn’t enough resources on the Earth to feed everyone – at least not at the level of luxury we indulge ourselves with here in the West.
I personally do not believe that capitalism and liberalism is the key. As far as I [...]
Idealism and consistency
Posted in Awareness, tagged consistency, idealism on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are more than one way to look at “idealism” and “the ideal life”. I always strive to fulfill my ideals, to reach my goals of how I view my ideal life to be. Being consistent is important. First and foremost to be true to yourself, but also because you don’t get any credibility [...]
Change and Habit
Posted in Awareness, tagged change, habit on July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two-and-a-half years ago, I stopped eating industrial meat. I also stopped watching TV. Two or three years of processing and mental preperation was behind those decision.
For many people, it would have been a very easy decision, but it wasn’t so for me. Just a few years ago, I was completely convinced that stop eating meat [...]
