The path to peace begins with your plate. #vegan #govegan

. . . abide in the bliss of yourself . . . #meditation #quotes #enlightenment

After studying religions for 40 years, it still brings such sadness to consider how these systems disregard animals. #Jainism is perhaps an exception, but even they advocate #ahimsa as a way to avoid karma - so, self-serving. Non-violence should be the beginning of spiritual growth. #vegan #govegan

I was asked why I am vegan. My response was one word, "Compassion". He couldn't fathom this and asked about health benefits and such. I watched him move uncomfortably away from my response and I realised how out of touch with compassion we are. People want self-serving responses. #vegan #govegan

A powerful #meditation involves contemplating Dependent Arising - all things are interdependent and we all need each other to come into being and to continue to exist. This creates wonder, #gratitude and #respect. Sit and think - and imagine - all that was required for you to exist! #meditate

We can feel guilty if we have #gratitude in a world so terribly messed up, but gratitude is a powerful force for #joy in our lives. When we imagine how we want things, we get saddened by reality. When we look for things that are good, we feel #grateful and joy comes. Consider the good, too! ❤️

Vystopia - the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world vystopia.com #vegan #govegan

These two piglets were born today in a prison camp somewhere in #Denmark Their lives have been taken from them even before they were born 💔They will have no freedom no natural life and will never be outside😢#EndAnimalExploitation #StopEatingAnimals #LiveVegan because you care ✌️

Working on a therapeutic model centred around compassion. Yes, there is CFT, but it is lightweight and Gilbert's books I have read do not mention compassion for animals, so not adequate. Working through conceptualising issues as an absence of empathy and compassion. #vegan #govegan #therapy #cft

As I wake up here in #Aotearoa, I see the global news. Yes, there is a lot of suffering in the world, but you are part of the comfort and peace we all need! When we strive to do no harm, we are lights shining in the darkness. You’ve got this! ❤️ #vegan #govegan

People take up causes that require protest, but when we discuss the violence on their plates, they get offended. A more cynical person would imagine that they care for causes that require no personal change. Standing on a street corner seems easy, compared to changing diet, perhaps. #vegan #govegan

I was an undergraduate studying religion all day and then I would go to the canteen at the end of the day and tear apart flesh with my teeth. I would consume stolen mother's milk and eggs produced by exploitation. I imagined I was enlightened and a feminist - I was neither. #vegan #govegan #peace

You imagine yourself spiritual, but you are full of corpses and their excretions. You imagine yourself compassionate, but you are full of suffering, fear and death. You imagine yourself evolved, but you are a walking graveyard - a holocaust drawing breath. Do no harm and evolve! #vegan #govegan

In addition to the spiritual evolution and being in much better health, our diet introduces me to so many new things. Super healthy gut biome, get ready for beet greens! #vegan #govegan

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Silence can be a beautiful and needful thing, whether sitting in meditation or as a form of worship. Contemplating dependent arising and metta meditation are profound personal examples. I am radiating love for all beings - including you! May all beings know peace! #vegan #meditation #govegan

Evening #tramping #aotearoa

The Peaceable Kingdom begins inside of you. The world will not change until your heart does. “ . . . none shall hurt nor destroy . . . “ Go vegan! #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

It is the greatest spiritual experience to begin a life of non-violence. Your heart opens to the whole universe. You see family all around you. It is your natural state and you marvel at the deceptions you accepted. You know that you are not better than others and you cherish all. #vegan #govegan

The free-produce movement was an international boycott of goods produced by slave labor. It was used by the abolitionist movement as a non-violent way for individuals, including the disenfranchised, to fight slavery.

That milk belongs to a baby who died so you could consume. The baby cried for mother and milk. You are directly responsible for their death. As long as you buy, others will kill for YOU. You are as responsible - you have torn the baby away from their mother and latched onto mum. #vegan #govegan

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Friend Lay was disowned by Quakers for 280 years for speaking out against slavery. 'Lay told the gathering, which included wealthy Quaker slave-owners: "Thus shall God shed the blood of those persons who enslave their fellow creatures."' #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

The countless trillions of beings you kill to satisfy your gluttonous appetites are sacred. They have the same spark you do. You will never evolve physically or spiritually as long as you are murdering others. Go vegan - for yourself as much as them! #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

Imagine your father has died and, rather than wandering through his house and gardens to be close to him, you go to your home and sit in your closet and think of him. These are your “churches”. The divine is in the natural world, not your steeple houses. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

You want to worship a creator, but you destroy creation. You look for the divine in buildings, but disregard its manifestation in the natural world. You kill the divine in the world and wonder why your heart is so empty. What you seek is all around you, but your eyes are closed. #vegan #govegan

We treat the innocent worse than the worst criminals.

Hi. I am Tūruapō, an #atheist #vegan #Quaker. The inner light (direct revelation without the need for scripture) brought me to #Quakerism, along with an understanding that all sentient life shares in the divine. My background was in another Protestant group, where I studied religion as an undergrad.

Saturday morning in #Aotearoa

Look inward - the answers are there. Peace is there. Strength is there. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

#Compassion and #gratitude are two of our greatest ways of being. I try to live a compassionate life - go vegan - but sometimes have to slow down to live in gratitude. I remember the kindest and bravest influences of my life and I am grateful! Thinking of you all while sitting in front of fire.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

Kia ora from our vegan German Shorthaired Pointer, Nietzsche! #vegan #govegan

The testimony of Equality extends beyond our own kind, for the same Life that is in us is in them. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan (1/5)

I came across a post about a "Quaker hunter" (shudder). I am not going to link to it here, because I don't want to give any mileage, but it is on a popular #Quaker site. Why do we need to promote #veganism as #Quakers? This is one reason (and our stances against slavery and for peace are others).

Have been thinking for 24 hours about Psychology Today post about mules with #PTSD. Remembering my own experience with and research into PTSD, thinking wider world is beginning to appreciate (slowly) the sentience of others, etc. Mostly, though, I have suffered empathically. Open your heart. #vegan

From the beginning, #Quakers have spoken of Kingdom - both existing and coming. Do you want to imagine a Kingdom where countless trillions suffer and die each year? This is the Kingdom, Friends, that you actualise if you are not #vegan. Create peace! Go vegan! #govegan

Saw walking home from dinner.

“Peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, sustainability” - I used to walk past this #Quaker Meeting and wonder how they could not be #vegan.

You don’t need dusty old books, you don’t need the approval of those sitting in darkness - the light is within you. It tells you murder is wrong. It tells you separating families is wrong. This is slavery in our time and you are called to bring it to an end. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

Where there is no hope, the people perish. Where there is no vision, we come to an end. Embrace non-violence. #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

Tonight’s walk #tramping #aotearoa

Do you remember those bullies you didn’t like in school? If you aren’t vegan, you are much worse. #vegan #govegan

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Peace starts NOW. We don’t have to wait for some future series of imagined events. We decide in this moment that we will not be a part of exploitation, murder or inflicting suffering. You create the world you want. You are peace, now! #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan #peace

Atheists, according to a Birmingham University academic, comprise a rising 14% of professed Quakers, while a full 43% felt “unable to profess a belief in God”. They come to meetings for fellowship, rather than for higher guidance. #quaker #quakers #atheist www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australian fur seal and 15 cormorants die in Tasmanian salmon farm despite Tassal assurances of wildlife safety www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... via @ABCaustralia

Amidst the current chaos, keep your empathic heart open. We will only get through this with compassion and kindness. Continue to speak out, to bear witness to what is good in ourselves and the world. Kia kaha, whānau! #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine! #vegan #quaker #quakers #govegan