Very many of us regard humans as something separate from animals. We are, in actuality, a strange kind of animal.
(Please watch the attached short video.) 😉
Short Video entitled “Animals Acting Like Humans”…
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If one sneers at another, one may be smothering one’s own intelligence and goodness.
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If one sneers at another, one may be smothering one’s own intelligence and goodness.
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[Mating Virginia Tiger Moths. Virginia Tiger Moth caterpillars are very fuzzy and are often yellow, or red, or even black colored.]
Together as one! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
(Multi-photo)*** The highest intelligence goes beyond the triviality of the ego… beyond a “central I” or “central me”!
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The highest intelligence goes beyond the triviality of the ego… beyond a “central I” or “central me”!
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[Grasshoppers prefer to eat grasses, leaves and cereal crops, but many species of grasshoppers are omnivorous.  There are 11,000 valid species described to date and many undescribed species exist.  This particular one is resting upon a colorful, red lily flower.]
Dennis Hopper (close-up). Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
In a beautiful place. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Deep intelligence sees that the psychological dichotomy between the “controller” of ideas and the “ideas” is essentially fallacious and…
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. Â Â Deep intelligence sees that the psychological dichotomy between the “controller” of ideas and the “ideas” is essentially fallacious and illusory; one’s ideas and feelings are what one actually is… not — as we were erroneously taught — something at a distance that one “has.” Your reactions and thoughts are not truly separate from what you are. Conflict inwardly can project as conflict outwardly.
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At an end and a new beginning… female Widow Skimmer Dragonfly … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The deepest intelligence isn’t merely remembering a lot of patterns. It is…
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. Â Â The deepest intelligence isn’t merely remembering a lot of patterns. Â It is warmhearted, all-encompassing care.
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Boxelder bugs — larvae and adults — remove sap from seeds, flowers, and leaves… but they do not do much damage. Â In the fall, they can congregate on the sunny side of buildings. Â When i lived in Kansas, there were tons of them on the warm side of the house in the fall!
Blood-shot-Red-eyed Boxelder Bug … by Thomas Peace 2013
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