Conflict is an universal feature of the living world. It arises from the struggle to survive. All living things struggle to overcome the natural world which, it would seem most of the time, is trying to kill them: droughts, floods, fires, earthquakes, asteroids, pandemics and the sort.
Then there’s the struggle against other living things — the prey versus predator variety. Add to that, there’s the competition against one’s own kind for food and mates. Nature is, as often described accurately, red in tooth and claw.
For us humans there’s the universal struggle against nature, and the competition against others of our own kind. There’s one additional dimension: the struggle of man against himself. That’s the toughest of all. The great philosophies of the world have addressed that final bit — particularly the Sanatana, Buddhist and Jain dharmas. Continue reading “Conflict”
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