This is just one of many reasons (women’s liberation, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, and on…) that our priority is on the liberation of humanity first and foremost. This is also the fastest way to save animals. You aren’t going to get anywhere by begging the rich elites to change things. They’re busy laughing on their yachts while the world burns. Only when humanity is free from their control will major change occur across the globe. Once we free humanity, humanity will be free to create an exponentially healthier environment for animals where they will have the opportunity to grow and evolve. Major change will only occur when a shift in consciousness has occurred. This is why Hyperianism promotes a revolution in consciousness as the way forward.
The good news is, as we fight for our freedom and the freedom of all, we can do our best to reduce the suffering of animals in any way that we can and begin to live a future-oriented lifestyle now. If you can live in such a way that will help other minds optimize, without any negative consequences to your optimization, there’s no reason not to.
“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” – Pythagoras
What Makes Transitional Veganism Different?
Transitional Veganism is a plant-based lifestyle on a spectrum rather than a binary option. In other words, there are different levels, including an easy level and some that are a little more challenging. You get to choose the level that’s best for you and your lifestyle. You can stay at one level or choose to level up. Even at the easiest level of Transitional Veganism, the sprout level, you will improve your life and the world.
Let’s be frank. Going vegan can be difficult. In a Faunalytics study that included 11,000 Americans, data showed that 84% of vegans/vegetarians ended up going back to eating meat. That’s insane! By implementing the level system of Transitional Veganism, not only will we be able to get more people on board but we’ll get fewer people backsliding as well, leading to an overall net reduction of meat intake, in other words, overall less animal suffering. The first level (the sprout level) is not only easy, but it’s also fun.
Some of the biggest complaints about going vegan and causes of backsliding to full meat intake are: being alienated from friends (since you may not be able to eat at the same places), missing meat, the cost of food, and time consumption. Transitional Veganism solves all these issues.
For Hyperians there is also an important and powerful symbolic element: Our bodily avatars are formed from what we eat. Your skin regenerates so quickly that every 2 – 4 weeks, you have an entirely new skin. Every 7 – 15 years, you have an almost entirely new body, including your bones. While the avatar of the average person is formed from the dead flesh of animals, we are formed from the plants of the earth. As Hyperians following Transitional Veganism, we literally have different avatars, purged from suffering. This is a powerful symbol for getting closer to light.