I noticed a butterfly with pretty blue wings fluttering through the air. I watched as it danced from flower to flower, and then as it became suspended in mid-air. The butterfly had landed in the middle of a spider's web and the spider had emerged to claim it's prey. I watched then as the spider wound up the butterfly into a small white pouch and placed it neatly away next to it's egg sac.
What kind of lesson is there to be had in this?
2007-06-23 02:18:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that life only exists
by consuming other forms.
we have lost touch with this
because we pay other people
to kill our food
but its not all bad
when you begin to question
the validity of "self"
you may realize
that the killer and the killee
are one and the same
2007-06-23 02:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
None of us are going to get out of this alive, so you might as well flutter while you can.
Another lesson: what looks like a tragedy can be a blessing. Sure, it was rotten for the pretty butterfly, but the spider is getting a good meal, will make lots of webs, and might catch mosquitos next time around.
The most appropriate lesson for you is one you come up with yourself. If there isn't a lesson in there, maybe that's OK, too. Things happen in life that are hard to explain.
2007-06-23 09:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by Madame M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A spider has to eat.
To a spider with a web a butterfly is like a fish is to a man with a net.
2007-06-23 09:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nature is red in tooth and claws (and has been since the dawn of times), but it has been (and still is) an essential survival and evolutive tool of life.
Millions of years later, now that we empathic and compassionate animals can taste its bittersweetness, we have to decide how we can maximize happiness and minimize suffering for as many sentient beings as possible.
Nature can be cruel, life is short, gods (if they exist at all outside the minds of men and women) are indifferent, and delusions are rife. What should we do about it? Some answers will require more courage than others.
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2007-06-23 09:49:37 · answer #4 · answered by par1138 • FCD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That nature is not the sweet sappy feel good world of greeting cards and children's books. There is beauty, there is death. We need both. Think about that the next time you cut into a steak.
For the person who accused this person of being cruel because he didnt free the butterfly, spiders have to eat, too. Its all part of our world.
2007-06-23 09:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Food. I am vegetarian but aware that most human beings kill and eat flesh. The spider ate the butterfly, and if he doesn't watch out, a bird will eat him. And a hawk will eat the bird, a snake will eat the hawk, a dog will kill the snake, and so on and on and on. Life.
2007-06-23 09:42:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even a spider has sense enough to save for a rainy day.
2007-06-23 09:26:32 · answer #7 · answered by Laredo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Butterflies is tasty. At least to spiders.
2007-06-23 09:23:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is the Universe all wrapped up in a simple lesson. It is not all love and roses, some of it can seem harsh.
2007-06-23 09:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The lesson is: if you are a butterfly, look where you are going.
2007-06-23 09:22:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋