Michael Patterson
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To echo David Bailey's sentiment, perhaps we are missing something. Something big and important. So big and important we cannot make a good judgement here.
But really?! The beings need energy?! Sorry, but seriously think about it...I can go into detail, but probably will not do so.
All beings need energy. Energy is transferred between form states all the time - whether it is you sucking a milkshake through a straw or a spider sucking a catydid au natural. If you want to get caught up in emotional connections do remember that you are being selective and preferring what has meaning for you.
Nature is inherently energetic. You might say 'violent', but that is a selective sentiment - because many forms of violence are pleasurable. Violence is a term we use when we want to convey a negative implication. A good stir fry is inherently violent, but we vote it delicious and not destructive - even thought it is actually controlled destruction. Boiling water is violent, but do we weep for the violence when we want coffee?
A being is a formulation of energy into a discrete pattern which holds for a time. To survive it interacts with what surrounds it by letting energy pass through it, albeit modified in many ways. That's how evolution works - forms evolve and so too does experience of being.