Of Course We're All Programmed

I Had Never Been Able To Believe That God Would Give Us Poor Frail Humans Only One Chance At Making It -- That We Would Be Assigned To Some Kind Of Hell Because We Failed During One Experience Of Mortal Life. ... So The Concepts Of Karma And Reincarnation Made Logical Sense To Me.

Never Be Arrogant Or Abrasive. Treat Your Opponent Respectfully If They Really And Truly Believe They Are Right.

As Human Beings, We Can Encompass A Vague Feeling Of What The Universe Is, And All In This Funny Little Brain Here - So There Has To Be Something More Than Just Brain, It Has To Be Something To Do With Spirit As Well.

So Long As We Continued To Attach More Importance To Our Own Narrow Group Membership Than To The 'global Village' We Would Propagate Prejudice And Ignorance. There Was Absolutely No Harm In Being Part Of A Small Group - Indeed, With Our Hunter-gatherer Band Mentality It Gave Comfort, Provided Us With An Inner Circle Of Friends Who Could Be Utterly Trusted, Who Were Absolutely Reliable. It Helped Give Us Peace Of Mind. The Danger Came Only From Drawing That Sharp Line, Digging That Ditch, Laying That Minefield, Between Our Own Group And Any Other Group That Thought Differently.

There Are Many People Out There (me Being One Of Them) Who Can Vouch That Animals Have Feelings; They Feel Compassion And Love, As Well As Pain!