Quote Motion 7

Man has risen above the survival instinct of the common animal to a level where he requires a purpose in life.  -  Kenneth Idiodi

In the animal world, existence is competitive. The strong, the furious and the fast is always the master of the realm. To survive, the animal must beat its way through oppositions, preying on some so as not to be preyed upon, that is, to exist. Within every beast of nature is the survival instinct, fixed in by the design of Mother Nature. Every beast must fight its ways through the jungle of life with claw and tooth, fang and venom, speed and alacrity, with the mightiest roar and the loudest flutter, in strength and in weakness, to have food, to secure space and to survive. This survive-or-be-survived-upon regime has continued up till this day right since creation came into being. Man, understood as an animal himself, has had to fight his way through the jungle of life, first surviving on other animals and also being survived upon, and then, second, by surviving upon his fellow men. The animal nature still characterize many individuals today both in the advanced and the less-advanced nations. Man's animal nature is not merely characteristic of salvage tribes, it is the very nature of man, wherever he may be found. But over the years man has risen, through the development of spirit, above the survival instinct of the common animal to a level where he requires a purpose in life.

With his increase in knowledge and the growth of his cosmic knowledge, man now seeks to emancipate himself out of the loop of insignificance to a position where he becomes significant, useful and indispensable to the human family. To stand in this position, he must embrace a PURPOSE, that personal definition which gives him a clear sense of himself and his responsibilities. A man without purpose equates himself with the animal who must employ tooth and claw to survive. Purpose gives meaning to life, in the grand scheme of life beyond Earth. The opposition to the man of purpose is less of his fellow men and more and more less of the wild beast in the field, but more of himself. He must live or die....by his own hand!