A pan-dimensional scooter can take you many places, but most importantly it just gets one out of the house and into the world. While speeding through towns, farms, and miles of open road, a small danger awaits. It snaps one out of the zone, reinforces the need for silence and keeping the mouth shut. This danger are Insects and Bugs. As the weather gets warm they will only multiple in turn increase the danger of splat.
Splat, smears, and stings are only a small drawback, and not one to keep any true rider grounded, but one good hard splatter can keep one away from the zone. The zone is a portal into other worlds and transcendental nirvana. Splatter is also the sound of a kill. Some life form committing suicide, or just happening into an area of negative karma. Somehow humans can not help but get themselves into situations that require decisions of life and death.
Jesus a young prophet continuously preached for non-violence. Moses another messenger presented two tablets with 10 rules for humans to follow as conduct for living in a civilized society. Ten simple rules that go over looked by most humans, and by not even attempting to follow these few rules, humans keep all others from reaching their next step in evolution. While living before the time of Jesus, Siddhartha, the Buddha, discovered 4 noble truths:
-First: Life contains suffering.
-Second: Suffering has a cause, and the cause can be known.
-Third: Suffering can be brought to an end.
-Forth: The path to end suffering has eight parts.
These truths are a summery for what it is to live as a human being. People of European decent have trouble in excepting that human living is that simple. They built cities and complicated social networks and layers just to complicate their living conditions. It made them happy to struggle and then competed with other humans for entertainment. As populations grew a need to keep peace followed and the 10 commandments came into being. It was a system for living together in peace. It was then that the notion of thy shall not kill became an expression preached by many who lived.
It was this simple human conviction that elevated their societies into partnerships with other living societies. A notion that is just as relevant today as ever in any time before. It is this choice that humans can make that separate their species from that of other animals. Thy shall not kill is a choice. It is not to say that in times of life threatening events humans do not have a right to survive nor does it mean that humans can not defend themselves from harm. Yet, in modern social living, honestly how often do we encounter life threatening situations? These situations do exist, but we can choose how they end. Life is a choice.
As far as the bugs in my goggles? All the human prophets, and messengers from above have given the promise that if all recognize this gift of life as that, a gift, cherish it and honor it. Then, there is life for each soul after the body has died. Buddha stated that there are eight ways to end our suffering.
-Right view or perspective
-Right intention
-Right speech
-Right action
-Right livelihood
-Right effort
-Right mindfulness
-Right concentration
In existence since 1959, the Universal Life Church has congregations around the world. Their common thread is adherence to the universal doctrine of religious freedom:
"Do only that which is right".
"Every person has the natural right (and the responsibility) to peacefully determine what is right. They are advocates for religious freedom."
This is the only real issue from this point forward for the people of the Earth. Peace and Universal acceptance with all its human citizens. Animals kill out of the need for survival. People do have the right to kill for food as long as it does not put the Earth's ecosystems out of balance. Life, death, and renewal are all part of the circle of life. The Earth is but a small part. More bugs will be born, and some may end their time in this life on windshields or in the mouths of birds. It is the way things are, the best humans can do is make the most of the time that is given to them.
Humans must rise above hurtful pursuits, then think about how they relate to the world and become a significant part in healing this Earth. The first step is to forgive themselves, forgive their trespasses, and forgive those who trespass against them. To be mindful of each moment gives each person the ability to effect change.
Bumba, Dee, Da,... Happy Trails!
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