MEAT/FLESH
I was driving to work today and something I saw made me write this poem!!
I WONDER IF THEY KNOW....
Crammed into lorries they cry out in separation,
Cooped up in small spaces with little ventilation.
From their caring mother they have had to let go,
I wonder if they know...
Arriving at unfamiliar places,
Loaded off with panicked faces.
Huge psychological torture they undergo,
I wonder if they know....
Inside the slaughterhouse they are made to wait,
For showing distress the beating is great.
They are hit with sticks and their pain really shows,
I wonder if they know...
They watch their family being murdered for their meat,
With chains they are hung upside down from their feet.
As others watch on, hearing screams and moans,
I wonder if they know....
The time comes for them to meet their fate,
What crime have they done with a punishment so great.
The knife is inserted and the blood flows,
I wonder if they know....
An everyday story of an animals life,
To satisfy the human they must face the knife.
Just like the Jews were herded onto trains,
their fate unknown and no one to explain.
Animals face the same torture everyday,
for this pain and suffering we must surely pay.
Think before you eat! How would you feel,
If you had to experience such an ordeal.
Your body is not a graveyard,
It's the temple of God,
With care and compassion where love is stored.
Do we not feel the suffering and pain of these animals? We eat meat to satisfy our own taste buds yet forget about all the torture we are held accountable for. When we eat flesh, we are accountable for all the karma the animal has brought with it into this life. We eat all the rubbish the animal has also digested. How would we feel, if our loved ones were killed and eaten? Have we forgotten we are Sikhs (the army of God) and we are supposed to see God in all? Have we forgotten that a human being should be compassionate to all beings?
To eat flesh is a NO NO! No Sikh should tell you otherwise!
Bhagat Kabir Ji Says, "You say that the One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens?
O Mullah, tell me: is this God's Justice?
The doubts of your mind have not been dispelled. You have not understood spiritual wisdom and compassion."
Vaheguroo!
I was driving to work today and something I saw made me write this poem!!
I WONDER IF THEY KNOW....
Crammed into lorries they cry out in separation,
Cooped up in small spaces with little ventilation.
From their caring mother they have had to let go,
I wonder if they know...
Arriving at unfamiliar places,
Loaded off with panicked faces.
Huge psychological torture they undergo,
I wonder if they know....
Inside the slaughterhouse they are made to wait,
For showing distress the beating is great.
They are hit with sticks and their pain really shows,
I wonder if they know...
They watch their family being murdered for their meat,
With chains they are hung upside down from their feet.
As others watch on, hearing screams and moans,
I wonder if they know....
The time comes for them to meet their fate,
What crime have they done with a punishment so great.
The knife is inserted and the blood flows,
I wonder if they know....
An everyday story of an animals life,
To satisfy the human they must face the knife.
Just like the Jews were herded onto trains,
their fate unknown and no one to explain.
Animals face the same torture everyday,
for this pain and suffering we must surely pay.
Think before you eat! How would you feel,
If you had to experience such an ordeal.
Your body is not a graveyard,
It's the temple of God,
With care and compassion where love is stored.
Do we not feel the suffering and pain of these animals? We eat meat to satisfy our own taste buds yet forget about all the torture we are held accountable for. When we eat flesh, we are accountable for all the karma the animal has brought with it into this life. We eat all the rubbish the animal has also digested. How would we feel, if our loved ones were killed and eaten? Have we forgotten we are Sikhs (the army of God) and we are supposed to see God in all? Have we forgotten that a human being should be compassionate to all beings?
To eat flesh is a NO NO! No Sikh should tell you otherwise!
Bhagat Kabir Ji Says, "You say that the One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens?
O Mullah, tell me: is this God's Justice?
The doubts of your mind have not been dispelled. You have not understood spiritual wisdom and compassion."
Vaheguroo!