tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post4199534568951776887..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: BAD BEAR?Peter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-52323651105854448012010-07-31T11:04:24.006-07:002010-07-31T11:04:24.006-07:00Perhaps it is really overpopulation that causes ou...Perhaps it is really overpopulation that causes our human plight. I lived in a wild area with my family when my boys were just born and as toddlers they were allowed to play freely in the steel fenced front yard we could easily see from our house at all times. <br /><br />Bears, mountain lions, elk and eagles were sighted every day. The boys learned very early to run into the front yard if anyone saw the four legged predators. <br /><br />We often went to gather dead down trees to cut into specific lenghts for quartering into wood stove fuel to heat our well insulated home. We stayed the forest for a week each fall to do this a shot an elk during this harvest to feed us rather than eating the beef from the market.<br /><br />I kept Ridgebacks outside the perimeter during the day and Siberian Huskies at night. One Husky was shot by a rancher for coming too close to a new born calf. One Ridgeback was killed and eaten by a mountain lion. The boys lamented the loss but knew that this was the price for living in the wild.<br /><br />It was a human predator that drove us from the valley. A sociopath that leveraged his violent ways<br />that compromised our balanced lives by intimidating my family while I was away working in China. He is now in prison with other like him.<br /><br />Have we made progress or are we simply repeating<br />history? The BP Gulf greed and our related fossil fuel addiction sure does raise this question. <br /><br />Although I bought a Leaf to drive I remain very concerned that the carbon footprint the rechargeable batteries will leave is little better than the pollution my old Honda produced. The electricity that charges my new vehicle is produced at a power plant that uses fossil fuel. <br />working now to make my last home in a walking and biking community soon in rural Brazil. <br /><br />Here's hoping for a wiser and more compassionate world.CHI SPHEREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278628028066177635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-30086645821611910462010-07-30T15:12:00.483-07:002010-07-30T15:12:00.483-07:00"....who are only following their nature and ..."....who are only following their nature and the survival imperative that motivates their actions. They need to hunt and kill their prey." The same might be said for sociopaths...your analogy stands.mandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.com