I think the human condition is the thing that makes us cry when we love, makes us hate so harshly. It is the extreame polarity of our consiesness. Its the planet we are on and the way we have found to loose all the ancient teachings that seperated it from some of us. I think being human is the great light and the horrible darkness we are all cappable of.. I think this page is to small and I dont have the kind of time to TRULY answer that. I think the gathering of thoughts and the OBSESSION to learn, the never ending thirst for knowlege, the wondering of what life is, what it was, and what it will be, all makes us HUMAN! " I have got life , I have got laughter, I have a happy ever after, I have got dreams and there finaly comming true, I have joy, I have got music, I have got a love and I'll NEVER loose it, I have got heaven on earth cause I got you (my love/my wife )" thank you to B.J Thomas, its funny i was listening to this song right when i needed it! love n light, rob

I think our ability to feel is what really makes us human. We have a gamut of emotions that we experience at varying degrees throughout our life and I think the ability to really feel and find an authentic way to express these emotions is what contributes to a healthy human experience.Sometimes we experience pain and fear, other times joy and happiness... both are equally vaild experiences of being human and only become right or wrong when we label them so.

This can often mean getting in touch with those emotions that we label as wrong and realize that they do play a part in our human experience and are only unhealthy when we let them define who we are.

I think a crucial part of being human is making mistakes and learning from them. Often those who are truly successful have had to make many mistakes and experience many failures before realizing true success.Mistakes and failures then become something positive on our journey.

When we trod a spiritual path we sometimes tend to forget that we are human and chose to come here for a human experience. I think we can only live that experience to the fullest when we integrate both our spiritual being with our human being. Personally I believe that the heart of humanity is ultimately good and the more we realize this as individuals, the more it will benefit our species as a whole.

it may not be a case of either or but how to balance the two forces.
ancient wisdom discusses the revealed hierarchy of ourkind, where we came from and where we are going.
may not be the same story line as your beloved bible, but related many years before. most gods no longer have physical form, they are transformed into more ethereal beings or more distance from earth.
so the 'made in the image and likeness' may instead be the spiritual likeness, the possible attainment of the man-christ.
is it our to choose

I would like to say that one of the hallmarks of human behavior is Senescence. We are self-aware. We know we exist, and we are aware of the passage of time, and know we are going to die. This awareness makes us uniquely different from animals. But I also believe that perhaps some "animals"-perhaps dolphins, whales, and the higher apes- might have some of this awareness also. It would be very interesting if what Adam and Eve found when eating the apple was actually the point of senescence for humankind. Just a thought to ponder!

Blessings, Jaianniah

I don't know, out of all of the species that have roamed the earth, only one learned how to build a rollercoaster. And ride it :)

In a nutshell, it is the fear of not knowing who we really are as humans that makes us humans, for the spirit that lives within us is of the spirit!

Our ability to think ,analyse and our Conscience make us different from animals.