Well, the dance between a necessity of modern day medicine for many ailments, such as the virus managed into a state of constant suppression in my body, and the industry that is in effect for profit to further research. The ethics of that space over time.
Is human life sacred, well yes and no. The many humans of the past whose whole existence has simply been a key learning for a larger understanding. That list is endless.
Sanctity in the system.
Let us refer back to the microbiome, this cornerstone at the core of our health. But first consider, the small similarities that unifies across religious difference. What each religion defines as sacred, that is used in ceremony. To anoint, used to revere god.
The antimicrobial resins and saps.
Frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, copal, amber resin.
Pinion pine, dragon’s blood.
Nature’s healers at the microscale.
The noble metals.
Gold, silver, platinum, palladium.
The trees and plants.
Fig.
Pomegrante.
Date, ginger, garlic, acacia, sweet basil, cedrus and athel tamarisk.
Hyssop, mandrake.
Tulsi, sandalwood, neem.
Terminalia chebula
Wild oregano oil.
What many cultures and faiths have revered for generations, are in effect plants or byproducts that impact the microbiome for pathogen resistance.
There may always be a classism in society, however when we focus on health and respect another’s ability to self heal, there is a unifying power in that space.
So while I struggle to accept normality’s of plastic surgery and tech as modes of addiction with more acceptance of my own follies that have impacted my reward pathways such as coffee, marijuana, cocaine and tobacco.
I see and know I am a plant person, and the ethics I have developed through my follies is around respect to substance and self.
Reverence for the ecosystems that sustain the growth of what I desire, building knowledge on the detriments to ecosystem harmony of “cash cropping” plants for “product creation” as is the flow on effect when an industry is created around a plant.
The detriment of legal and illegal industry. For even if a plant is legalized, environmental malpractice can in fact be at a higher risk.
Humans shall always err, the lessons for me for the times I have disrupted my reward pathways, is to consume with respect from source to sink. There are many layers to this, hence I fear the normalcy of addictions with a source to sink that impact the environment detrimentally along the whole chain.
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