you ever feel that you're acting somewhat outta character, yet.. still you? more like.. a you, but a new you or a different part of yourself?
I read a book a while ago called Half-Human and it offered an idea about something and i've been thinking about it ever more recently.
here goes.
Theory of our Animal Sides
We are HUMAN. yes we are, but I've heard that we're not really using our entire body or minds to the maximum. that we're only utilizing part of our potential.
In this book i read they explore the possibility that maybe the rest of us not SO human.
My theory is that this might be true in a spiritual sense.
We're always characterizing people by animals.. "cunning as a fox" "proud as a lion" "stealthy as a panther in the night"... you get my drift.
So in spirit, can't we really be partially animalistic?
i'm being a bit out-there i know. but why not?
different animals have different characteristics.. but they share some too, so that's not to see lions are ONLY proud for example. you could be a bunch of other stuff too.. and the combination of your characteristics and the one that sticks out the most is the animal that matches you. is basically the animal inside you.
I'm not the first person to come up with this! American Indians always had the idea of Spirit animals and one that suits you and guides you. so see i'm not completely crazy.
after doing some research about it.. some psychologists took it a bit too far, saying things like .. "fish living in the sea are associated with the unconscious mind and symbolize a deep mind." or "by meditating on the various qualities of reptiles and their mythical associations, it may be possible to access the reptilian aspects of the mind that correspond to the limbic system in the brain, which deals with sensory impressions, pleasure and pain. Likewise, by meditating on various mammals, a path is opened to the mammalian aspects of the human psychic corresponding to the thalamus and the hypothalamus in the brain associated with the emotions, a sense of community, and instinctual wisdom."
ok i didn't really GET all of those words, and i don't totally agree with what they're saying but it proves my point that animals are integrated into our psyche in some way. think of it basically this way. if you were an animal. what animal would you be? what is the characteristic in you that sticks out the most? you could in your life or in a day show different animal qualities, but i think generally in our lives overall.. there's one animal you act like more than the others.
Haven't you ever looked at someone and just imagined them as some type of animal? no i'm not talking about their physical characteristics... i mean, just something about the way they talk, look at you, or even how they assess situations. It could be what kind of parents you are, different animals react to parenthood in different ways. maybe it's what good of a home you have, building like a beaver? or like the quran implied that the house ruled by the woman is a house of a spider = web (females spiders are usually in control) people mesh into groups and situations in different ways and i think that part of our characteristics, especially when it comes to integrating with other people, is our animal sides coming out. that's how we know who is the king of the jungle in a group, who are the predators, who are the preys, the livestock.. or just plainly the
bottom of the food chain.
Whatever animal you are, it's primal, and therefore when that side of you appears it'll be very clear to the people around you and i think very seductive in it's simplicity. because you're letting out a very "basic" side of you.. with no inhibitions.
I say try to figure out what kind of animal you are and embrace it.
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