Re: [Zen] rise above to where?

[uerusuboyo]

Merle,<br/><br/>The use of  ">" indicates a cut and paste of *your* 
words.<br/><br/>>you seem to have it in for animals and insects 
etc.<br/><br/>This is what you wrote about me. As I have said over and over, 
this is simply not true. My point is that we have the ability to transcend 
instinctive behaviours - something unique in the animal kingdom. It's such an 
obvious point that I don't know why you'd need examples or further elaboration. 
A human can refuse to kill a tiger even to the point of dying for that belief. 
That same tiger would rip him apart given the chance. It's nothing to do with 
the tiger being "bad". The point is that a human can act on higher principles 
of compassion, mercy, altruism etc.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from 
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