I have seen animals behaving more humanely than humans.
I remember visiting a client's farmhouse and witnessing something rare: a tiny Min Pin was trying to wrestle a big greyhound and the greyhound embraced the innocent stupidity of the smaller one.
Later, the Min Pin accidentally wandered into a stable full of award-winning stallions, each nearly 70 inches tall. And yet, this tiny dog chased four or five of them around the stable. The stallions ran, sensing that a single natural reflex of theirs could hurt him. They kept running until the caretaker arrived and scooped the dog away.
That day, I saw humanity more clearly in the greyhound and the stallions than in most people I know. “A single kick, a single bite”, It would have taken them less than a second to hurt that little dog. And yet, not one of them chose to.
Ancient Indian wisdom teaches a simple law: when you hold the upper hand, use your strength to shield the weak, not to crush them. The moment your strength starts serving your ego, fear and survival, the divine quietly rearranges your life to place you in the weaker seat, making you learn gracefully what you once refused to see.
So maybe the real question isn’t what you are, but how you are: Whether you are an animal or a human depends on your nature, not your skin :)
— SCD Balaji
