I sometimes feel i have too much compassion for animals and even the insects and bugs,am i alone here?

Question

i just care for the little guys,and i definately can't kill a living creature(i'm talking about the bugs)

Answer 1

Congratulations!

Compassion for insects and small beings is a clear sign of entering a high level of awakening.

I propose you to read something about Buddha's philosophy on COMPASSION. You will love it, and, as I see you now , you will run soon on the enlightenment highway!!

Clari.

Answer 2

The evolutionary process (or an intelligent designer, or Nature, or God) obviously had a purpose for putting every species of animal, plant and insect on this green Earth. Being at the top of the food chain, we were also given dominion over all other creatures, and were made stewards of our planet. So, having compassion for all other living things SHOULD be a normal consequence of our our being.

Unfortunately, most human beings lack such compassion or intelligence. Hubris, avarice, arrogance and sheer stupidity causes many homosapiens to believe THEY are the only species that matters.

So we continue to chop down the rainforests at alarming rates to create more grazing land for cattle, so McDonald's can sell
us 'billions and billions' more cheap hamburgers.

And we keep drilling for oil in the oceans and in the middle of caribou migratory paths without realizing that there's a delicate ecological balance between all living things that needs to be maintained. Let "nature" and "survival of the fittest" take its course; human interference destroys such fragile ecosystems that someone a helluva lot smarter than US seemed fit to allow to evolve, or create.

And we keep asphalting over our rich farm land so we can build glitzy shopping malls and elegant housing additions, without realizing that once the rich farm land is all gone, farmers can't grow crops. And without crops, there is no food (contrary to contemporary believe, food doesn't come from a supermarket; it comes from the land). If there's no food, we will starve to death.

Most of us think recycling is a waste of our precious time and effort. So we don't bother to REuse, REturn, or REcycle all the scrap paper, oil, cooking grease, steel, newsprint, cardboard, phone books, magazines, plastic, styrofoam, and aluminum we use everyday. It's just much more convenient to have it hauled to a landfill where in a few generations it will leach toxic poisons into our air and water supplies. But why should we worry about all that? Let our great-great-grandchildren deal with it; we won't be here anyway!

CARE about those bugs and insects - because for some mysterious reason they must be important to our ecology. You are the hero; those who ridicule you are insensitive, calloused, selfish, and egoistic. They are the ones who deserve YOUR ridicule and disdain (not the other way around). RKO 07/22/06

Answer 3

I dont want to kill animals but plants and bugs are ok to me un less the bug cant hurt you if the bug is a scorpion or a spider or ants (which im allergic to) then i can kill it and not feel bad...as long as it dies fast but if you kill a lady bug or a grasshopper or a cricket or a butterfly thats just mean and i wont kill an animal

Answer 4

Well, it's good not to kill anything unless necessary...life's kind of a gift, and not to be squandered needlessly...then again, you're at the top of the proverbial food chain, and from your/our vantage point, most other things could concievably become lunch, with a side of fresh salad and a nice vinaigrette dressing.

I think some people get their jollies out of mashing bugs, but after you get past the age of about 10, that rapidly loses its' attraction...if you really like bugs, you can become I think it's called a herpetologist(no, that's not the study of herpes, that's something else) and really get into studying critters. Maybe you'll be the one that figures out how the bumblebee cheats physics...

Answer 5

You're not alone. Quite a few people are compassionate when it comes to insects. As for myself, I can't just indiscriminately kill things. Of course I may accidentally step on ants or something if I don't see them, but I consciously avoid swatting at things and stepping on them, plus quite a few bugs out there are actually quite cute, which just goes to prove that in order to like a thing, we don't have to see qualities in it that are distinctly anthropomorphic, such as cute-cuddly faces, big sad eyes, or something like that. As for bugs...well, I was a typical boy in that worms and snails and puppy-dog-tails sort of way, and even now if I see a critter with 6, 8, 14, 40+ legs, I'm more apt to watch it for a while and wonder how something with that many colors and inherent elegance and grace could actually be considered "ugly" by some.

My friends and family know me as a bug person, and I've been known to simply catch things in my home and transport them to a safe place outside (or in the basement if it's too cold outside) and I even try to avoid killing cockroaches when possible. Thankfully I don't live in a home with cockroach roommates, and some breeds of cockroach I will kill...since they will damage electronics or anything with unsulation. But even then, I try to kill as quickly and "humanely" as possible.

Mostly though, I don't think that people actually stop and consder what the terms "life" and "death" actually mean, and to be fair, in western culture, we've been conditioned NOT to think about this. We're the "masters of Earth" and all of that stuff, according to contemporary Western Dogma and so those who kill bugs and consider them icky, are probably just unaware of what they're actually feeling or saying.

Having said all of that, I do think that a mosquito biting me is a bit...well...predatory, and I won't hesitate to swat at something that's making a meal out of me, even if I survive that particular predation, but I'm certainly NOT going to go out of my way to destroy something that's minding its own business and looking really pretty while doing it.

Answer 6

No. they don't experience the experience like we people do. that is because we've a critical fearful equipment operating via our vertebra (backbone) which sends messages to our mind. this signifies that if if our leg is damage, we experience the discomfort on the coolest mind. on the different hand, the insects are non-vertebra and they don't have critical fearful equipment. to that end if an ant's leg is overwhelmed, purely the leg will experience interior sight discomfort. apart from, their discomfort importance is short, considering they produce great style of off springs and their life is short. they could also reproduce their lost organs. that is been said that in case you reduce a cockroach's head, that is going to die after a month using ravenous. Scientists have reduce a lobster's leg and feed him, which he ate. it really is likewise genuine that except for people no different animal knows its life.

Answer 7

No, your not! My boyfriend always teases me when I pull over on the side of the road to do a "catch and release" of bugs that are in my vehicle. I feel a twing of guilt every time a bug hits my windshield. Living in northern Ontario=a lot of guilt!!

Answer 8

No your not alone, I try to remove the critters to another spot, instead of using the shoe. It works most of the time. There are not enough people to care for the ones who can not defend their selves. Keep it going.

Answer 9

I think that's really sweet. I couldn't bring myself to kill a living thing either...except for plants. I don't trust them for some reason.

Answer 10

No, you are not alone, and I am delighted to see that in this mad and cruel World, there are others who feel the same.