etc etc

*internal* things

not *external* things

the only thing that's real is your soul

everything else is irrelevant

But cooking any animal to eat is requires that

no

You still have to kill it

you don't need malice to kill something

the point is, that in torturing the dog you['re choosing to be evil. you dont need to do any of those things to the dog, but you're choosing that. you dont need to torture a pig to eat it, you just kill it and cook it's meat.

^

what matters is what is going on in your soul

not what is going on in the world

If you kill something incorrectly, it causes a massive amount of torture to the animal

intent

not actions

making a mistake is different

not consequences

only intent

only what is inside matters

this reminds me of that drunk russian

So if someone, in the best of intentions, ends up causing massive amounts of torture, death, and pain, are they still good?

Or are there degrees of intent

yes

the consequences literally do not matter at all

intent is intent. you indend to do something. you know if you intend to do something or not

the world is not important or real

You need to really grasp and internalize what i'm saying when i say "the world is not important or real"

Are the other people living in it important or real?

no

Only your soul is real

the world is not important or real

So are demonstrations of love or care for others fake?

Or is that person just deluded

fake?

ok this is epic

If you feel strongly towards something that isn’t real, isn’t any action you take fake

demonstrations of love and care for others, just like killing the dog, matter because of what is happening inside your soul that causes them to manifest

everything you experience

everything in "the world"