Meshmerize

In the 6th century BC a Zen Buddhist proclaimed that “all who behold the sacred cows shall be eternally kept together.” However, through there friendship a certain disagreement would come about. A few of the followers enthralled themselves in this dispute and eventually committed a mass suicide in the center of Shinagri Lo, an ancient city that was supposedly swallowed by the Indian Ocean around 200 AD.

From this mass suicide, the native people in the southern region of China declared that all cows shall be banned from their lands. Thus, in those times, many died from lack of protein in their diets. As a side note, this is where the “Where’s the beef?” campaign came from and was based upon. However, since nobody knew about the concepts of proteins, all believed it to be the wrath of the gods raining down upon them for not eating them and removing them from their lands.

The emperor, a firm Buddhist, immediately had hundreds of thousands of cattle brought back into China to satisfy the gods. About this time, the first Roman ships were arriving in the China Sea and beginning trade routes in the area. They saw the booming cattle industry that was up and coming in the China/Mongolia areas. And so the Roman Empire began to actively participate in the cattle industry by taking a few back to Rome with them and breeding them there.

Breeding was a science in Rome due to their legacy of raising horses, sheep, and other animals that were used for food. Quantities of beef began to rise steadily at an exponential rate. People moved to Rome by the hundreds and thousands to enjoy themselves while sitting back and eating a nice steak. It was a prosperous time for all the people of Rome. This is also where the saying “When in Rome.” Came from because all were happy and all wanted to live there.

However, due to the rising population and cramped housing in Rome, the people soon became discontent with each other (Hint: this is the “closer we get” part). Then as if overnight, a great civil dispute erupted and it seemed all of Rome was burning with anger and spitting fire upon its people and its people on it. Those who were rebellious left Rome to begin their own nation so as to thwart Rome itself (Hint: this is the “further apart we all are” part).

This is the shortened version of my explanation of the insight for today.

Hope this cleared things up for yeah.