I have just been watching another episode in the BBC TV series with Simon Reeve reflecting on his travels around the world in the last ten years. He is an extraordinary man, demonstrating so many Aquarian age qualities of deep interest in every culture, loving tolerance and compassion. The most recent compilation of his travels featured his visits to nature reserves and time spent with people who are dedicating their lives to caring for and protecting endangered species. Some of the facts he gives of the rate at which many are fast disappearing from our beautiful planet is horrifying. But there is hope! The sad things which are going on are brought out into the light of public awareness by people like Simon Reeve, but more than this, he also educates his viewers with new understanding of the importance of sharks as top of the food chain and the way they keep the whole eco-system of the oceans in balance.
The problem, as we all know, is the extent to which humankind have for years abused the animal kingdom without any thought of the long term consequences. But that is starting to change, and I think our current pandemic is helping this happen, even if only through the realisation that the virus probably originated through the consumption of animal parts. More people are starting to think again about their consumption of meat, and our TV now has many advertisements promoting the value of vegetarian and vegan products. Plant based diets are becoming the in thing, as the message becomes clearer too, that it is the desire to produce meat that is one thing which is fuelling global warming and the destruction of our rainforests and environment.
I have been a supporter for some time of the charity Compassion in World Farming and am very proud of the fact that it was started many years ago by brothers of the Lodge who were inspired by White Eagle`s teaching. Ylana Hayward, (now working in heavenly spheres) was one of the founding trustees, her work being continued by my cousin Jeremy. in their most recent magazine, writing about their work in this past year of the pandemic, they report that their `activists, donors and volunteers from around the world have come together in powerful new ways to:
End farming practices which cause animals pain and suffering; Change consumer attitudes about the food they choose; Transform the food system for a humane and sustainable future.` Wonderful Aquarian goals which I totally support and hold in my prayers. Our world is gradually changing and true brotherhood with our animal kingdom will come.
I can still remember White Eagle saying, (speaking through the mediumship of my grandmother, Grace Cooke), that one day a vegetarian diet would be the norm because `there would not be the animals there to eat! And in the book `White Eagle on the Great Spirit`, he is quoted as saying,`The time is coming when conditions will be such on the earth that men and women will be fed entirely by the purest food supplied by the great Mother Earth.`
*Averting Farmageddon is a headline in Compassion in World Farming`s magazine which `spoke` to me!
