Humans.
We are identical in function to any other mammal. We experience a chemical cascade and interpret it as emotion. But we're more than just an interpretation of chemical signals. We're essentially animals, but there is something more.
We have this 'thing'... ...somewhere
Where ever it is, it seems able to translate chemicals into a human response. A higher response. Something an animal would just not get. Which means we as humans live in the tension between animal and something greater. We know that. We have cognitive thought, moral and ethical development. Our mental capacity extends beyond the hunt: mate: survive.
Most of the time.
I think that because we live in the human:animal tension we have the opportunity to experience existence on each side of the scale; animal and human. I picture it like a canyon, where you, the human, is suspended in the middle. Each decision you make alters your balance, you sway from animal to human and vis versa. And that 'thing' that interprets your chemicals get louder on the greater-than side, and softer on the animal side.
So, animals. We've got some of it. I think when you are incapable of treating another person like a human, you're as bad as an animal. Simply mating on a one night stand. Disregard in any form is animalistic, it's all derivative of pack instinct. It all comes down to value. And sometimes we all need to be reminded of our value, as humans., of what it is to be human. On how to save a life. There is something more to life than existing as an animal. We're designed for greater things, and anything below those designs simply won't attract a human response, or a human appreciation and satisfaction.
What got me onto this....
Human emotion at it's purest. Love...
©2010 Sean Tuckey
