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Why is it that people concluding that "we are all one" get into yoga, esotericism, and reiki healing as opposed to aiming to contribute to the field of wild animal suffering, foundational valence research, and cosmological qualia? I never understood it.
@algekalipso Iād venture that most that go yoga + reiki route donāt āconcludeā that we are one, they feel it, and those embodiment practices lean toward that feeling Most action is local, so tuning to self energy (yoga) and an immediate others energy (reiki) is oneness at super local scale
@algekalipso Why do you think that wild animal suffering can be substantially reduced without negative unintended consequences? Pain is a survival strategy and wild animals generally seem to want to live, so unless you have a better way to judge that their continued life is net negative..?
@algekalipso - almost all humans try to help if they see a wild animal suffering - if you listen carefully many enlightened ppl talk about aliens, sending metta to āall beingsā - doing stuff is hard and second order effects are real and most people correctly judge they might make it worse