Seriously, greed, aggression, hatred, suspicion are all driven by fear. If you have no fear, then the root cause of these drivers goes away. Greed comes from a fear of powerlessness or irrelevance, hatred and suspicion also come from fear of the unknown. Aggression is the implementation of one way of fixing these percieved problems.

When you next meet someone who rubs you up the wrong way, derides you or disrespects the things you hold dear, try to remember their base instincts, their “Lizard brain” is driving them.

Fear creates monsters, often where they do not exist.

Understanding that frees you from their grip.

Seeing it in others, helps understanding and grants compassion.

Knowing that should not be abused.

This post has been hanging around for a while, just needing some gentle images to complete it.