That’s a logical question. 

 

After all, at first glance the word bloodless invokes images of Norwegian death metal bands paying homage to the Dark Lord…and no, we don’t mean Voldemort.

 

Unlike previous iterations of the word, becoming bloodless has nothing to do with becoming merciless, cynical or a mascara metal head screeching like a banshee. 

 

No.

 

Quite the opposite in fact. (Though we do like metal.)

 

Here at bloodless, we have one simple mantra that we have chosen to live our lives by.

 

"Ascension Through Intention.”

 

Cute right?

 

We know.

 

But let’s talk about what we mean by that.

 

Ascension

 

We, the human race, are ever evolving. From gatherers to groceries, horses to horsepower, bows to bullets, blimps to Boeing, medicine man to modern medicine, science fiction to science fact, manpower to power tools and a whole other assortment of like comparisons that I’m too lazy to think of right now.

 

The human race has a tenacity for growth. 

 

It’s because of this growth that our planet has evolved in ways that we once thought were impossible. Modern drilling and plumbing freed us from the need to solely colonize next to water sources. Social technologies link friends and families together regardless of geographical constraints. Advancements in travel and trade bring vital goods and services to countries in need. Throughout our history, with our scientific and technological advances, we have never had so many options for all aspects of life right at our fingertips.

 

But that’s not all that these advancements grant us.

 

This evolution of our race gives us the ability to no longer live at odds with our planet, it’s inhabitants, our ethics and our morality. In the developed worlds, grocery stores abolish the need for hunting and gathering. Modern day contraceptives negate the need for killing babies. Vertical farming has been increasing yields without destroying natural habitats that would’ve been leveled with traditional farming.

 

These technological advances allow us to align our choices with our morals.

 

And good thing too, since science has also proved that humans, no matter how small, don’t like dying and that animals enjoy breathing.

 

Ya, we know.

 

It’s batshit crazy.

 

But you need to trust the science on this one. Just ask Fauci.

 

Living in harmony with our planet is the next step in our race’s evolution. It’s for this reason that we have chosen to use the word, “Ascension.” The choices that we have available to us today allow us to live a life that’s either progressive, stagnant or regressive.The point being is that now, at this place in time, because of our advancements, we have what we never had before.

 

A choice.

 

Now, on the topic of choices, let’s talk about the other word that makes up our mantra. 

 

Intention

 

We use the word intention because we are realists. All of this talk about ethics and morality makes it seem like if anything dies at your hand then it’s a one way ticket to a flame sauna.

 

This simply is not the case.

 

It would be, quite literally, impossible to eliminate all death and suffering from this planet. Only the asinine would believe one could. Just by walking out of the front door, you are now endangering the lives of countless insects crawling beneath your boots of slaughter. The simple act of driving your car transforms you into death itself, bringing forth the apocalypse for our tiny winged companions. Driving a tractor through a corn field is bound to kill mice and small critters alike during harvest. And there truly are medical emergencies where families and doctors need to choose between either saving the mother via abortion or risk losing both the baby and the mother.

 

These are just facts of life.

 

To think that it’s possible to live a whole lifetime without causing a single other living being to suffer or die is about as believable as Epstein’s suicide story.

 

But this is where our word comes in. Intention.

 

There’s a Grand Canyon size difference between needlessly killing an animal on purpose versus a crop farmer accidentally killing small animals during the harvest of their crop.

 

It’s the difference between hitting a dog that ran into the street with your car versus swerving onto the sidewalk to hit that dog. In both scenarios the dog died. But only one is morally justifiable. 

 

Intention is everything.

 

When talking about intention, we also use the word “needlessly.” 

 

This is important.

 

The reason being is, like we said, we are realists. If a wolf is about to attack my child, that wolf is going to suffer. Be damn sure of it. The need for me to protect my family vastly outweighs the need to protect the thing that means me or my loved ones harm. In this instance, though my intentions would be rooted in violence, there’s a necessity for it. It always comes back to intention and if that intention was necessary. Most of us would do anything necessary to protect our loved ones, even if it means playing tag with a fanged fiend.

 

Why?

 

Because nothing says, “I love you son” better than receiving a healthy morning wolf maiming.

 

Or how about the earlier example about a life threatening pregnancy complication? The necessity to protect at least the mother through abortion rather than losing both mother and child is supremely different than the intention to use abortion as a form of birth control.

 

One’s intention is to protect a life. The other, to take it.

 

It’s as simple as that.

 

But that’s necessity of protection. What about food? What about necessity of survival?

 

Sure.

 

In most countries around the world, animals do not need to die in order for humans to live. The whole buddhist culture has healthily thrived off of this principle. 

 

If your intention is to kill an animal for sustenance because there are no other alternatives, enter every ancient tribe for centuries, then yes, you can make that argument and it would be a sound stance rooted in reasoning. Though the intention is to kill, the necessity for survival of you and your loved ones depends on it.

 

But what about today?

 

Are we running around half naked through forests, scavenging the land, fearful that we might not eat tonight?

 

No.

 

Are we surviving off of bugs and the occasional berry or mushroom because we haven’t seen any game in days?

 

No.

 

Instead, we have our faces buried into our phones reading some tweet about Kim Kardashian’s ass on a beach and wondering which take-out to call for dinner.

 

For most of us, we are blessed to live during a time when the only question we have about our next meal is, “What’s in the fridge?”

 

Is there a necessity in buying chicken or beef in the meat aisle, supporting a seemingly endless cycle of needless slaughter, when there are alternatives that cause no intentional suffering in the next aisle over?

 

Again, no.

 

Unless of course that aisle is being set ablaze by some super-duper peaceful protestors. 

 

Then we might understand your “necessity.”

 

But we digress.

 

The point is that there is no reason that something needs to die for the sake of our taste preferences.

 

With the plethora of food options that we have available to us today, food choice has comfortably relinquished it’s title of “necessity” and now dons the moniker, “desire.” 

 

And killing something that didn’t want to die for the sake of desire is the antithesis of ascension.

 

Remember, the power of intention is the cornerstone for ascension.

 

Is it morally ethical? Is it just? Is it right? Is it wrong? Is it benevolent? Is it malevolent?

 

What was the intention?

 

It’s when we begin to define and refine our intentions to align with our morals and our ethics that we begin to evolve as a species.

 

Hence, ascension through intention.

 

As a consequence of refining our intentions, unnecessary pain and bloodshed retract.

 

It’s through this retraction that we as a species now begin to become…

 

Bloodless.