Introduction

By Peter Koenig

Are we ever thinking what LIFE means?

Probably. Philosophically, theoretically.

But imagine, what it means taking a visible life, an animal or a human, means also, eliminating an invisible soul.

How can you see your own soul? Not by looking into a mirror. But perhaps by looking into the eyes of another human being, or the eyes of an animal, a beloved animal… from there you may expand the thought onto all animals, those you know and love, those you have never met, wild animals, insects, animals that scare you – animals you eat, but never think of their soul?

Now, turn that thought back to the first one, recognizing your own soul, by looking into the eyes of another human being, no matter whether he /she is a friend, and enemy or someone you never met before – you my experience a moment of Love.

As you recognize your own soul as an Equal. An equal to life – to all lives.

Would not the next step be realizing what we are doing in wars, killing lives, eliminating souls, souls that belong to lives, who love, who are loved by someone?

If there was peace to break out, the killing stops. World Happiness may happen. A feeling, difficult to describe, because we never really lived in a world of irreversible peace, no fear – just being content, surrounded by equally content beings.

Could that be?

Perhaps we could start thinking of our souls, as equals to the souls of animals – then look back at us, ourselves and the sparkle in our eyes, a reflection of our souls, the sparkle in the eyes of others that we see – and if not, because “others” are everywhere. Their souls are real. Their eyes’ sparkle is real. They are lives deserving respect and love.

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And then Nicole asks the “impossible” question, “How would Jesus Christ kill an animal? — He wouldn’t.”

Nicole receives a load of partially long and controversial questions. Some of them she describes in the link below, but also the bigger answer to the question: He wouldn’t. Period. 

Except there is no period. There are opinions, references and realities.

If Jesus Christ is in all of us, also in animals, through our souls, how can he allow that animals devour each other? Why does a lion suddenly attack a zebra, or a giraffe? 

Both lions and giraffes have souls. 

Are some more privileged than others? Such a thing would not be God-like.

Carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores (plants-and-meat eaters) eat other wild animals. Examples include lions, tigers, wolves, bears, and foxes.

Then there are the obligate carnivores (like big cats) are biologically dependent on animal flesh to survive. They need Taurine, an essential amino acid; Preformed Vitamin A, found in animal livers [obligate carnivores cannot convert plant pigments (like beta-carotene) into vitamin A]; and Arachidonic Acid; a vital fatty acid found almost exclusively in animal fats.

They kill and eat other sentient beings with souls.

Are humans different?

Yes. Supposedly we have a choice between living as vegetarians respecting the souls of animals – and humans), or as omnivores, not respecting the souls of animals, if there is meat we like…. And power we aspire to, when we make wars.

The pressing question is, why did God, or rather Mother Nature create two kinds of souls, those that can be sacrificed for the survival of others, and those that are not the object for the survival of others?

There is no ready answer. So, the question remains standing in the room.  

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Click here to read the following articles by Nicole Hammer:

The Soul of Animals

How Would Jesus Christ Kill an Animal? – He Wouldn’t.

Nicole Hammer is a journalist, photographer, and founder/editor of Wissensgeist.TV, an independent media outlet that describes itself as covering politics, science, power, and figures behind public debates. Nicole has run Wissensgeist.TV since 2020. Her work includes interviews, written reporting, and photographic / editorial production. She presents Wissensgeist as a platform for examining non-mainstream perspectives and “looking behind the stage curtain,” with a stated focus on politics and science. Nicole is fluent in German with professional English, and knowledge of French.

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst, regular author for Global Research, and a former Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book “When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis” (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020).

Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

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