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You know, as human beings, we are selfish. That...is the plain truth. Call it survival of the fittest, our need to evolve as independent beings, arrogance, ignorance...whatever. It all boils down to the adjective selfish. And I suppose it's not just us. It's inherent in all living things. It's like "selfish" was written all over our genomes - in every protein's genetic code, in every molecular cycle that pumps out a product, in every movement of the cell. Replicate, replicate, replicate...for the sake of replication. Grow, grow, grow...for the sake of replication. Die, die, die...for the sake of replication.

I often forget that is our overall purpose here on earth. But ofcourse, there is more to the puzzle than just that. In order to successfully replicate, we must use tactics. That's why we have a brain. Wait...why do we have a brain? Because we need something to analyze all the signals that are out there. What signals? The ones that chemical messengers carry to the brain. Where do the messengers come from? That's where FEELING comes into play.

Tactics is all about feeling. An amoeba "feels" or more appropriately described "senses" it's way through a water droplet. A virus, no matter how un-lively it is, has those complementary proteins - the very same ones that, through the wonder that is thermodynamics, permits it to encounter a potential docking site (think about this one, how amazing is it that one virus particle can infiltrate our comparably massive bodies by interaction with just one cell?). A herd of lions feels its way through the tall brush towards their target. It's no different with humans. We feel just as much as all the other organisms in the world.

So does that mean that just as other critters and beings use feeling to survive, thrive, and conquer, so do we? ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY! Our feelings are just that...tactics.

We've fortunately (or unfortunately) distanced ourselves from natural mammalian predators....except for the greatest. Which is ourselves! I happened to watch the movie Fitna, which is about how Islam is OOH so horrendous. And it got me thinking about all the feeling in this world, and what purpose it serves. Feeling is exactly like our Kryptonite. Except humans have multiple Kryptonites. Love and hate are just tactics that permit our survival/demise. When we love, when we hate...it's our feelings that protect the prospect of surviving. We have viruses that annhilate vast populations. Why? Because they too use tactics, "feelings," and determine our survival/demise. Then there's global warming. How could we forget? Be it our own cause, or just the environment making a racket - global warming IS real and IS a determining factor in our survival/demise. Call it the Earth using self-preservation tactics! And last, but not least, the greatest ...GREATEST human feeling = Religion.

Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Atheist, you name it!.....I'm fortunate to have learned to respect all of them. And maybe it's just a natural selection pressure. That we use "feeling" as a tactic to root everyone but "ourselves" out. The problem with that is though, religion = rifts. Religion = separation. Religion = divides. Need I say this any clearer?

Maybe this will do the trick:
All We Are, Fischerspooner


Lyrics:
The breaking light
Sparks the human strain
And it is the dawn
Relentless again

With endless arms
Hot, holy light
Radiates and then it all begins

Chorus
We are as one and one is all we are
We are as one and one is all we are

Inhaling quick
When I see your being
Can’t define
The divine
And I’m born again
The limitless is within my reach
Particles passing through a microcosm
That is all we are (chorus 2x)

I can’t define
It is divine (chorus 2x)