I remember someone saying that it was less of a sin to kill plants for food because they had the least number of senses to understand dharma with. After a lot of meditation on this subject i had a dream. I could feel the life of a giant tree. from the seed that origionally burst open when water touched it to the sprout and roots and trunk forming.. all the way to being cut down. i felt the roots sucking up all the water and minerals, and the leaves releasing oxygen and taking in the carbon monoxide, and with those things taking in the energy of the universe around it, and releasing similar energy into the air with the wind.
i could see faceless humans ripping up plants and picking berries and eventually cutting down 'our' trunk and burning it for firewood.
towards the end of the dream as i was floating towards being awake, a thought came into my head : that plants actually have the most ability to understand dharma and how it works. its been proven that soothing music and other environmental stimulants help plants grow bigger and faster. the environment surrounding it affects how everything grows. and trees can live longer than anything else on earth really, so they have longer in each lifetime to experience life.
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