Nietzsche in the Marlborough Sounds
Caption: Nietzsche, my German Shorthaired Pointer companion walking the Marlborough Sounds with my wife and me

Others are not a distraction from our spiritual path - they are companions with us on the path. We are all journeying together toward the light.

Woe to those who distract others from the way - and to those who end the journey for another, they will have to carry this burden. Before I went vegan, I was responsible for the suffering and death of many others. I will carry this responsibility the rest of my days.

End the suffering of others for which you are responsible.

May all beings know peace!

Aroha nui,

Tūruapō

30 Jul 2025, 12.42 (GMT +13)

The Peaceable Kingdom

We are not of this world, but are redeemed out of it. Its ways, its customs, its worships, its weapons, we cannot follow. For we are come into the peaceable kingdom of Christ, where swords are beaten into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks, and none shall hurt nor destroy. — George Fox, Epistle 203 (1659)