I have just finished my dinner and settled down with my trusty iPad when, across the screen ran the tiniest ant I've ever seen! I've seen 'em big, bigger and biggest but never as tiny as this little critter!
The first instinct was to brush him/her away but in the next nano-second I remember to have respect for any living thing, a la Buddhism. So my hand did not descend as rapidly or as strongly as it once would have. But how far do you take this respect for life?
Moths, ants, cockroaches abound. So, do we have to tolerate those invaders equally? The Buddhists, God bless them for their patience, would insist that so-called pests be allowed their right to life. Not only Buddhists of course. I was in Africa and in Lambarene in the Congo (can't recall what it is called now) there is the hospital set up by Dr Albert Schweizer who set great store by the respect for life principle. Only problem was his compound was overrun by mosquitoes and cockroaches, to the great dismay and frustration of those who went there to learn from him. Read more…http://www.drmauramcgill.brickworksclinic.com.au/how-far-should-we-go-to-have-respect-for-life/
I have just finished my dinner and settled down with my trusty iPad when, across the screen ran the tiniest ant I’ve ever seen! I’ve seen ‘em big, bigger and biggest but never as tiny as this little critter! The first instinct was to brush him/her away but in the next nano-second I remember to […]