Why I Choose a Vegan Lifestyle

Call it a mission statement, dub it a monologue, or simply read and label it yourself.

Yes! I no longer eat animals and here’s why…

Although I detest the baggage the “Vegan” label comes with, I AM AWAKE and proud to publicly state that I no longer use or consume any animal products, nor do I support companies and brands that subject sentient beings to the barbaric practices of animal testing. I no longer see a difference between piglets and puppies and not afraid to say the only movie that ever made this Vegan man cry was Earthlings. 

I’m also not a fan of religions, philosophies, and belief systems that claim animals exist for us to exploit and do with as we please, but that’s a story for another day…

I’ve always felt an indescribably intense reverence and profound respect for animals, but that is not the reason I choose to follow a strict Vegan lifestyle. Yes, “Veganism” is a lifestyle, not a diet, a fad, or some freaky new age cult. One look at how we are built will tell anyone willing to really find out that we humans are not suppose to derive our energy from the rotting flesh of animal parts like vicious cavemen. 

A vegan lifestyle is a personal choice and a journey few ever have the compassion, discipline and conviction to embark upon, but I did my homework and discovered that the cheese, milk, bacon, and steak I was stuffing my face with were all slowly killing me in a variety of ways.

Ultimately, my choice comes down to one simple but powerful idea: I want to live and let live longer. If that means a gourmet sun-dried tomato and soy mince bolognese, smokey lentil and bean sprout burger patties, and home-made mushroom biltong instead of SOMEONE’s force-fed, tortured and slaughtered babies on my plate, so mote it be. Despite the shimmering neon signs advocating the opposite, we are living in the digital dark ages where might is right and silence is paid for in blood. Everything we think we know about “protein”, “fluoride”, and GMO is propaganda and, as hard as this may be to swallow, Peta is not your friend because loving animals does not mean you have to hate humans. 

A scary old scribe once said: “Convinced myself, I seek not to convince”, but if we frail creatures are going to prevail on this planet, isn’t time we accept the responsibility that comes with such bold claims?

The biggest weight off my shoulders is that I don’t feel guilty anymore because I know that for every bucket of genetically modified chicken I don’t buy, I’m taking positive action and doing my part to let the faceless food and drug companies know that I will not support genocide, no matter how pretty the labels or fantastic the promises. 

A wise old shaman once told his young apprentice an ancient tale about the battle we face. He said: “Inside every human heart there rages two lions for control. The darker lion feeds on misery, fear and the lesser emotions while the lighter lion lives on joy, compassion, and love. The boy asked the shaman which one of the two lions will win and the shaman replied: “The lion you feed my boy”. 

My body is clean, my conscience clear, and my will adamantine. How about yours?

Reviews

[charlie]

Nice monologue. I really enjoyed your arguments, and think you put them forward well.

What often intrigues me about stories and lifestyles like yours is how little a lot of vegans actually know about food production. And I'm not saying you are one of those people, because you probably already know how soy production is one of the most ethically and ecologically imposing monocultures in practice today. Take for instance the clearing of parts of the Amazonian rainforest inorder to supply the UK (and who else?) with soya beans...
I'm no carnivore, myself. And my personal opinion is that veganism makes sense simply for the health benefits it provides. As for the rest of the associated arguments, ranging from political, ethical, and environmental charges, they can be, and often are, as misguided, trifling, and one sided as any other of those sensationalised or fashionable social causes...

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and your closing question, D.F. Bothma.
I, for one, look forward to reading more of your stuff.

[D.F. Bothma]

Thank you Charlie and keep watching this space! Your porn poem rocks! I detest having to label myself as "Vegan", but for me personally, it's simple; all life is precious and murder is murder, no matter what the beliefs or eating habits of the parties involved. We humans may resemble predators on the outside, but we are built like herbivores on the inside and cannot handle digesting flesh and secretions from other animals. I'm part of a natural order that demands I "kill" something to stay alive, so I just prefer to not eat "things" that would normally attempt to escape from being eaten. Plants react to stimuli, beings respond, and its exactly here that things get blurry for most. Long story short, it's a personal decision with remarkable benefits.

[Rene Salinas]

I don't normally do prose but I got hoocked and read. The thing that I liked is that i felt the passion (for lack of a better word) and it has that element where it draws you in. I dont like the formatting which makes it seem as if it should go into one right wing vegan websites metaporically speaking. What also came to me is that it becomes a little unfair for a reader if the writing is out of balance bcuase then it is like pushing them to read what you want to read. Maybe is the passion coming through.
I hope that it is not expected to throw personal opinions but if I just share with you the only time I change my diet and it was a slight change I got sick which was funny and ironic.The whole point on environment and so I did quite some research into something called bio - dynamics in fact a solution as the German goverment not only promotes it but has proved to some extent.

Anyhow engaing read

Thankyou

[Edward Lancheister]

vegan or not just a lifestyle choice. both side have a good value depend on the people principle. nothing seem a perfect choice there always a lack side inside in every human choice, philosophy or whatever they stand for. what make good depend on human attitude them self.

thanks for sharing your point of view