Comments on: The Day I Saved a Drowning Bug and Why

By: Arvind

Arvind — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:20:14 +0000

Amit, yes and so the circle of life goes on and on.

We can only do our own thing as much as we can – such as by saving a bug in a tissue or refraining from eating animals:-)

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:12:56 +0000

LOL hmmmm it’s all part of the circle of life. Your fly will undoubtedly feast on the smaller ‘unseen’ bugs too! :-)

By: Arvind

Arvind — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:27 +0000

Amit, great story about your spider kitchen mate. Clearly likes your cooking – or maybe it is keeping the flies away:-)

But how compassionate is it to allow the flies in your kitchen to be eaten by your spider?!

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:09:48 +0000

This piece is so timely. There is a spider (A mahooooooosive one may I add) living in my kitchen. I see it every few days. I let it be and always say hello. I’ve always had trouble causing harm to insects after watching ‘Charlotte’s Web’ when I was a young kid.

:-)

By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:56 +0000

Madeleine, it seems that are lots of us bug savers out there!

As for the snake being fed the mouse, I can see both viewpoints, but would preferred it if the professor has just fed the snake a large chunk of meat. But then again the demonstration would not have been as memorable as it clearly was:-(

By: Madeleine Kolb

Madeleine Kolb — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:55:12 +0000

Hi Arvind, I had no idea that there were other Bug Savers out there. I often sav e spiders and bugs that get into the house and liberate them outside. It’s good to know that other people do such things.

I’m not particularly religious, but I have huge respect for living things, probably from studying zoology in my student days. I’ll never forget the professor who brought in a rattle snake and fed it a mouse, so that we could see how the snake’s jaw opened wide and then closed over its prey. Some in the class was repulsed, but our professor said, “The snake’s just trying to make a living, like everyone else.”

By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:51:55 +0000

Thanks Paopaola – good to now that there are so many others out there with the same tissue habit:-)

By: paopaola

paopaola — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:40:45 +0000

A little bug in a little tissue of paper! So… it’s not my habit only :-) Thank yo Arvind, it’s a delightful metaphore to talk about compassion.

By: akhlis

akhlis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:38 +0000

haha, who cares about the correct pronoun we must use to refer to god or God (whichever you want). It’s not grammar lesson after all. ^_^
screenshot of your blog? perhaps someday..But actually, I’m not really sure it’s tosca. Oh, just realized I’m sometimes bad at recognizing colors

By: Arvind Devalia

Arvind Devalia — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:19:56 +0000

Thanks Akhlis for clarifying what you meant about Green Tosca – I had no idea that’s what it looked like. Maybe you can send me a screenshot of my blog!

As for Joan Osborne’s song, it has some great lyrics.

I love your distinction between thorny and barbed issues:-)

As you say, you dont to need whether god exists or where he/she is, but just feel his/her existence.

How can we be sure whether god is a he/she/it?!