I’m not an insect person. I’m not a huge fan of things that are very small, that have more legs than I do, and crawl about. However! I can very rarely bring myself to kill an insect, bug or anything. Spider, moth, fly, whatever. I think killing them is very cruel, simply because they’re with in {distance} of you is harsh.
I hate moths in my room. They scare me… As do spiders, and any other bug. However, the thought of killing one simply because it’s in my room is always something which makes me feel bad.
A while ago I remember telling my Mum there was a spider in the kitchen. It wasn’t bothering me, or anyone for that matter. It wasn’t even big… It was just a spider in the kitchen. Now, both my Mum and I share the same fear of spiders. When I made the simple statement that there was one in the kitchen, she got up and killed it. That made me feel like I was entirely responsible for its death, and I felt quite bad about it.
Whenever I study a situation, I always study it metaphysically. I look at things with no aspect besides raw power and energy, and think… That spider is no different from a human, in metaphysics.
When people kill moths for flying around a room at night: Is it a moth’s fault that it’s naturally attracted to light? Would you kill a human for breathing? No? Then why kill a moth for being in your room? Just ’cause it’s smaller than you, and it’s annoying you by flying around the room. I’m sure the moth is pretty damn pissed off with you too, flailing that newspaper about, and leaving your window open when your light is on. Lightbulbs burn, you know!?
I think people should learn to have a bit more appreciation for living things on this planet, regardless of what species they are, what colour their skin is, how they talk or what they do. That includes eachother. Moths were born attracted to light. Humans were born to breathe. There’s no difference, really.