Noel
Will
One of the most controversial, yet inspiring, philosophers who spoke of humanity was Nietzsche. He believed that humans have yet to tap into their true human potential. But many may ask, �How is that possible in today's society with what we have done?� What I say is, �What have we done?� Humanity has created many things that often cause more harm than good from the lack of fore thought and mindfulness. But we have yet to create become something that keeps them in harmony with the universe yet still stand out as a species. How can this be achieved? By learning about ourselves, and discovering our �will to power� and what can be greatly achieved by it.
A Taoist philosopher and Neijia artist, Li Kuei-Yuan, said, �In the universe, fauna and flora prevail. Man is also a creature of earth. If we understand the theory of plants and animals, we can understand the way of our own body. This depends on using our minds to analyze and to feel. As you think, you become�when you concentrate, you can make yourself anything. The mind is everything.� All living beings have what can be called a �will to power�. However, humans overtime, have lost touch with their true Will. Instead they have their �will to power� scattered, divided, leaderless, running wild like lost children. You can see it everywhere. It's used to get more money, more or stronger drugs, bigger and faster cars, bigger bombs, more sex, more guns, more territory, more gold, etc. But what do any of these things accomplish? Do we really become fulfilled after stuffing ourselves with more material possessions? No, we don't. We want more, we want bigger, and we want it sooner. We stretch ourselves thin trying to find something to fulfill our indescribable thirst for greater. It is our �Will to power�, but it is being starved, as our bellies grow fat. But this isn't what the Jensari wish to do. We try to see what our Will to power is and wants. So as Li Kuei-Yuan said, we must understand the Will of animals.
To most animals live very simple lives. This may be, but to an extent. In simplicity comes the true complexity of life. Consider an eagle and a rattlesnake. Both are predators in their own right. In the wild, an eagle will swoop down on a snake, catch it in its talons, climb high up into the sky and drop it on the rocks to dash its brains. Both could be killed in the encounter. The rattler can surely bite and poison the eagle for its trouble, although it probably would not have a chance to eat it. Does the eagle hate or feel anger toward the snake or feel it is inferior so the eagle feels it must kill the snake? No. To the eagle, the snake is food. It does not hate the snake. Nor does the snake hate the eagle. Neither is in competition with the other. This is the simplicity. It is simply the day-to-day dance of survival, predator and prey doing their part in the endless food chain of life. Animosity and/or other personal issues are not involved. It is kill or be killed. This is the Will of flora and fauna in nature. Their �will to power� is the will of life. That is the complexity. Knowing how to use their Will to live and survive. Attack without getting their selves killed.
Nietzsche believed that when humans can realize, understand, and use their �will to power�, they could truly become human. Other wise, they are doomed will stay as beasts. Humanity, as externally �strong� as humanity has become, we are still at the mercy of nature (wild animal attacks). We are seen as not the keepers of flora and fauna, but its virus. The Jensari will be True humans. We must use our Will to realize the potential of our capabilities as humans. We must understand ourselves; by further understanding flora and fauna. We must see how nature works, and work within its boundaries, while still advancing through life. Nietzsche said �Error has transformed animals into men; is truth perhaps capable of changing man back into an animal?� This statement is correct. Humanity is flawed; they are ignorant of their own Real magnificence, the ultimate of downfalls. They have the greatest of tools (the mind, the spirit and the body), yet have no understanding as to how to use it, or even know it is there.
�The spirit is great. It exists but you cannot see it; you can sense its existence, but never hear it. It is very full, yet lacks nothing� � Confucius