Re: [Zen] rise above

[uerusuboyo]

Joe,<br/><br/>Those examples are still man's projections of spirituality onto 
those animals. Note that they are all artefacts created by man (including the 
statue of the dog in Tokyo). It could also be easily argued that animals might 
be able to have spiritual experiences as their brain structure is similar to 
ours. But the difference is that we have taken those experiences and live a 
life revolved around them (A spiritual path or religious system). Animals have 
not. Whether this is because 'they know something we don't' is a possible 
explanation, but I suspect not.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! 
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