This is a very illuminating perspective on man’s relation to animals. It also brings to light how our “factory forms” are such an abuse of this relationship.
“Many animals enjoy work and purpose. They enjoy working with man.
“Consciousness is filled with content – any kind of consciousness. [The farmer’s] animals understand that in a certain fashion he is a midwife, responsible for some of their births. Food comes from his hands. The animals understand, on their own, that life on any terms that are physical ends with death – that the physical properties must be returned to the earth from which they came …
“[Animals] do not blame [human beings] for anything. If as a species you really found yourselves communicating with the animals, you would have an entirely different culture, a culture that would indeed bring about an alteration of consciousness of the most profound nature.”
(Dreams, “Evolution” and Value Fulfillment, Session 878)
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