Demian Meyer wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question that has been stuck in my mind for sometime, I was > wondering if you anyone might have some insight into this. > > Say someone gave me a snake, a Boa or the like. If I feed the snake mice, > then I am putting the snake before the mice. If I do not feed the snake the > mice, it will die. I could give the snake to someone else, but that is not > really the answer to my question. > > Now in the "wild" the snake will find it's own food source, and the mice can > avoid or be caught accordingly. However by me being in charge of the snakes > life, it would seem that I am in an ackward position and as such would have > to choose between the life of the snake, or that of the mice. The one for > the many, or the many for the one? > > Thank you, > > -Demian
Dear Damian, If you have a snake, feed it. Understand that in having a snake you willingly take on all the Karma for the act of feeding it, and disposing of its waste. It might mean you have to go around a few more times, but hey! that's the breaks! It is more important to feed the snake, than to worry over much about the condition of your own skin. do not kill the snake, do not kill the mice, and do not kill the snake killing the mice...do not even kill killing. If you do not have a snake, do not make up troubles you do not have. Be Well Fudo ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
