Vegan lifestyle articles that discuss ways of living in peace with humans, animals, and the environment.
Going vegan is the most powerful singular thing you can personally do to help stop the destruction and begin to heal our planet!
Yay, today I celebrate my two year vegan anniversary. Being vegan is not just a diet. It is an opening of your heart when you recognize the immense suffering we cause to the animals. With a heart of compassion for them, it is the easiest and most natural thing you can do. Just not harming or eating animals is not enough, I need to help them. I do this by promoting this dynamic and healthy lifestyle and engaging in activism. (I love my fellow activists, such amazing people!) I also mentor in Challenge 22, a FB vegan support group for new vegans. In Challenge 22, we show you how to do it. There are now so many delicious plant based foods available and more coming out every day.
This is my vegan story: On August 24th 2019 I was in NYC for a Buddhist Bodhisattva Vow ceremony. After the event, I was walking the streets of New York when I stumbled across the Animal Rights March. I was blown away. There on the streets of NYC were the Bodhisattvas I was trying to become. They were out there speaking up for the most exploited and defenseless beings on the planet, the animals. I saw in a vision the immensity of their suffering across the planet. Billions of animals being slaughtered and the world in a karmic flame because of it. I was so moved and wanted to join the marchers. My heart melted in a puddle of tears. I went vegan on the spot. I am so grateful for all those compassionate marchers who moved me so much that day. I am forever changed for the better.
Our planet is dying. Pandemics, pollution, destruction of the natural world and climate change are ticking time bombs that will explode on our children. They will resent us if we do nothing to reverse this course. We need to change.
Going vegan is the most powerful singular thing you can personally do to help stop the destruction and begin to heal our planet! You CAN make a difference! This vegan awakening will happen one heart and one mind at a time.
Today I am healthier and happier because of this change (and 35 pounds lighter). So thankful to have been shown this compassionate way of living. Please join us. We are the future. May all beings be happy and free from suffering.
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