Human Nature

[Angrboda]

I'm reminded of discussions asking what spiritual means. My answer has always been that it is the quest to understand that aspect of human nature which we can't readily introspect or demonstrate. I think there is a great chasm of unknown about human nature and the ideas presented here pose a simplification of what for some is a lifelong question. Yes, humans do evil and behave selfishly, yet they also are imbued with altruistic impulses, hold doors open for each other, and sacrifice much of their lives to raise their children. Why isn't the average father elsewhere, sowing his oats, and letting mother and child fend for themselves? Why aren't more men rapists? Why do people band together to provide each other with water and roads and police? There is, perhaps a yin and yang here, that one can view humans as positive or negative depending upon what filters we use. Yet so much of human nature remains a mystery, that trying to tie it all up in a neat bow seems destined to distort and misrepresent.