Quote Originally Posted by saltyseedog View Post
What I was thinking today..... people don't believe that they are animals. They are so freakin convinced they are human. This idea of human is very unnatural. This belief of being human, it often keeps you from flowing naturally. When you don't flow naturally you become unhealthy. Animals flow with spirit. Humans often don't. Flowing allows yourself to heal.
I'm not sure where I stand on the whole humanity issue...but for the most part I agree with you. You know, it's amazing...animals are born without prejudice. A mother dog will adopt and nurse a lion cub, and raise it as one of her own. Each year polar bears come from hundreds of miles away to the same spot to play and bond with their beloved friends...sled dogs. Humans assume that the polar bears would attack the dogs...but instead, they form extremely close bonds with the dogs and play with them as though they are cubs and even protect them from juvenile bears who haven't encountered the dogs ever before and could be a danger to them. These animals share a language and an understanding. A human could not walk up to a polar bear and expect to befriend it. Humans have lost that ability...those animal instincts, and body language, somewhere along the way. Humans can learn the correct body language to bond with chimps or other apes, but that's about it. I'm curious if an ape could bond with a wild polar bear...that would be interesting to see. I guess what I'm getting at has to do with what you said, "people don't believe that they are animals"...it's true...and to be honest...I don't think they are in a lot of ways. Sometimes I can't help feeling like an alien species on this planet.

Quote Originally Posted by stonedape View Post
To really find stillness you have to do good, more than good, your best, in every situation. You also have to help others, they desperately need it.
So very true. I've chosen to help animals (and by extension, their human owners)...and this is the first time I've ever felt truly happy and fulfilled with a job. To the point where I really look forward to going into work every night. As I was driving home the other night, it occurred to me why all my other jobs had been so unsatisfying. It was because I was only doing it for me...I was never really helping anyone or anything that was truly in need. Now I can't imagine ever going back to a job where I wasn't saving animals lives on a daily basis.