I believe he is talking about more shallow things; such as picking the color of your shoelaces.
That much I figured but I was waiting for a response of his that I\'m pretty certain will be.
I\'ll go ahead and make my point though.
Can you explain what it is that makes you compelled to do what you do?
Nope. You can\'t explain why people get their best ideas when they are not thinking about it or why they are able to think the way they do. They just do. Like everything around you it\'s as simple as
is just
is. In other words, that which we have labeled nature. You are part of it.
"I think, therefore I am confused."
We are creatures of action/reaction from which you obtain habit. That is why we you are doing something familiar you don\'t even think about it...you aren\'t making any choices whatsoever, you just do what you do and it gets done.
I believe we waste much of our brain capacity on the trivial things. I\'ll quote directly from The Tao of Pooh:
"Gathering, analyzing, sorting, and storing information-these functions and more the mind can perform so automatically, skillfully, and effortlessly that is makes the most sophisticated computer look like a plastic toy by comparison. But it can do infinitely more. To use the mind as it\'s all too commonly used, on the kinds of things that it\'s usually used on, is about as efficient as using a magic sword to open a can of beans. The power of the clear mind is beyond description. But it can be obtained by anyone who can appreciate and utilize the value of Nothing."
On the animal thing...IMHO, we are not superior to them. They live on nature alone as they utilize that around them without even thinking about it. They just do.
Apart from them we are able to build artificial homes, pollute the air, and act on our egos...superior? Can you say that any of those have helped us come closer to understanding ourselves?
