Tangible proof of animal sentience — Part I: JOY …

In July of 2012, a prominent group of scientists from all around the world (including cognitive neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, neurophysiologists, neuroanatomists and computational neuroscientists) signed at the University of Cambridge a scientific paper entitled “The Declaration on Consciousness”, which stated – among other things — that “the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.”

But this “discovery” is not what is amazing to me … What is amazing to me is that we humans have become so distanced from reality that we needed to wait until 2012 for scientists to tell us what had been so flagrantly obvious for the thousands of years before — namely, that animals are self-aware; as self-aware as you or I … that they they want to live like you & I want to live; that they have emotional Love for their offspring and close friends like you & I have an emotional Love for ours; that they — just like you & I — feel happiness & contentment & Joy in times of peace & plenty.

“When you can no longer tell the difference between being yourself and being love, you are not far from waking up … The shortest interval between two points is the awareness that they are not two.” ~ Eric M. Leventhal

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