California, questioner: There has been mass dying of animals reported in the United States, and other parts of the world (Supreme Master Ching Hai: Right.) during the past few months for reasons not (Supreme Master Ching Hai: Right, right.) completely explained.

Such as the two million dead fish in Maryland, USA; 4,000 to 5,000 birds falling from the sky in Arkansas, USA. Hundreds of dead birds in Italy; and 40,000 crabs on the beaches in, of England. A Chinese animal telepathic communicator spoke to one of the birds in Arkansas, USA, who said that day, the animals had sought permission from God to sacrifice themselves in that way, and that they were doing it to awaken humans to the sad state of the environment. Master, is this true? And has it been impactful?

Supreme Master Ching Hai:  It's true, and it's so sad, so sad. But the impact is not even enough. Humans are still asleep in their habitual ways of life. That is the sad thing. Even if they cannot explain why the birds or the fish die, they're still thinking of something else, instead of the spiritual way.

Instead of asking themselves about their way of life, they'll be blaming on something else. I'm so sorry for these animals. But, even then, if they die like this, it's still better than those who are raised in factory farming, and die every day slowly.

Or being harassed, or being tortured all their life. I cannot believe that I am living in this kind of world, that humans are torturing, killing, harassing each other, and then torturing, killing and harassing animals also. It seems beyond imagination that we as humans, the children of God, can be so blind.

So blind to reality, and so suppressing our own compassionate nature that we could even degrade our self into doing such kinds of things, and feeling okay about it. It's not okay at all. We are not civilized, not civilized enough.