Curiosity and Wisdom

I watched my cat with curiosity as she was aroused by her curiosity of the water flow from the tap onto the bathroom sink. The sight of the clear organic liquid and the sounds of splashes and running rivers in a modern day sink kept her interest for about 5 minutes! That is a lot for a cat! Usually, she would drink up and jump off the counter but yesterday, she was filled with curiosity. She gawked at the water until her head tilted to the side looking at it with intense interest. After a long while, she even sat down in the convenience of the counter for comfort. It was a moment and sight that I had to pause and look. A Kodak moment you can say.

A click and snapped! The picture of her curiosity was impressed within me and I thought of curiosity. The element that moves us motivates us, and pushes us further into development, change, challenges and wisdom. Curiosity allows us to try new things, take risks, try different experiences and grow Grow GRow GROw GROW into the person we are now. Doesn't curiosity kill the cat? Not likely, unless the things of curiosity can cause harm such as a vacuum cleaner, the toilet, the heated stove, some dogs...etc.

Animals are intelligent beings, the difference in view is clarity.  To see clarity, we open our mind’s eyes. Our mind's eyes can give us much information, not just the appearance of image, but the colour, the texture, the dimension, the flavour, the feel, the taste, the foreground, the middle ground and the background if we observe deeply. To get the full picture, we have to look left, right, up and down, inside, outside and all around. This viewpoint widen so the picture becomes more clear. There are many layers of informations among other informations and illusions with our sight that we often do not see if we don't dig deeper enough. For instance, If we want to see a bottom of a lake, we have to wait until the water settles and calms because the suspended solids, the ripples; waves will blur our true sight.

All creatures have curiosity and wisdom; their curiosity and wisdom might be different from us, it might be use for a different purpose but it is there. If given the opportunity and freedom, they too can probably act with the same or greater curiosity and wisdom as my cat. Would I eat my cat? What!!! Of course, the response is NO and Never. Why?? She is my pet, my family, my friend, my teacher, my way of life and an important individual being that I value greatly.

What makes some animals pets and some food? Is it habits, taste buds, lifestyle, society, culture, majority of trend patterns that guides us? Why are there a need for commercials for meat purchase? Why are meat presented in nice packages? Why is it presented in chunks, pieces, and slices instead of the whole animal? What are there no cameras in slaughterhouses? Why do animals run in cages? Why does Chicken peck each other? Why do pigs chew each others tail? Why do dairy cows only live aprox. 4 yrs compared to 20 years naturally? Why do cows produce milk? Do animals feel pain? Do they cry, yelp, scream, kick, run, and push to free themselves from the cut of suffering and death? Will we act and do the same in the same circumstances?  

Curiosity is the drive and the tools for sharpening great skills, knowledge and wisdom. True, there are risks in curiosity but the benefits most certainly out weigh the negatives don't you agree? It is nice if our lives run as smooth as running water but it is the ripples, waves, and storms that make it more interesting and more meaningful. Flo thinks so too.

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