Mike, I agree with you that I know of no other animal, or any other sentient being, that has that ability. But as I've said I'm not sure whether that is a blessing or a curse. It's a bit of both I guess.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > Merle,<br/><br/>That might be your point, but it's not mine. The tiger is > doing nothing wrong by following its instincts and eating you: it's nothing > personal - you're just lunch. I get that. But the tiger has no choice - it's > blindly following its instinct to survive. It has no idea of the suffering it > inflicts on you. Humans on the other hand can act against self-interest, even > if it harms themselves, because of they have an awareness of the other's > suffering. Just because there are more instances of the opposite occurring > doesn't negate that we *do* have that ability to a much higher degree than > any other animal. Like I said, it's not because we've been divinely chosen, > but because of the quirks of evolution affecting human development. We are a > spiritual animal. We know of no other animal that is > so.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
