Having a heart full of love but no ferocity with which to defend benefactors of said love, you its vessel, nor to vet out users, is folly.
Why is the duality of nature so hard for so many to come to terms with? The meek will not inherit the earth; that is a lie people who got much benefit out of subjugating the weak invented to make it easier for their progeny to continue to do so throughout the ages.
For example:
This is a shrike lovingly nuturing its young
This is a shrike skewering its prey on a spike
This is a grizzly bear raising a family
This is a grizzly bear preying on the flesh of the innocent in order to facilitate a reality where it gets to raise a family
This is a community of chimps who love and take care of each other
This is a community of chimps doing what it must to live a mode of life that the established order has refused to accept
The truest awakening of the human spirit will not be when the many learn to separate forever that which is good in them from the bad, but when the many learn to reconcile that which is good in them with that which is bad in them, and move forward in balance as complete beings.
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In all these examples I don't see good or bad. I see nature. It isn't always what we see as being kind or nice. It is what it is - survival, sometimes cruel.
Human nature can transcend beyond survival. There is beauty and strength from human endeavors. We can reason and think beyond survival. We can create as well as nourish and protect. That is the beauty of humanity, it's ability to grasp and feel and think beyond our nature.
I'm reminded of the great thinkers, of the Buddhas. Einstein and others who expand our awareness beyond the mundane, beyond being hunters and gathers.
There's more to humanity than dualism. There's a spark of transcendance among us that can reach and pull and bring forth the best of us.
