My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

My poor plant is looking droopy.

I have been reading "Transforming the Mind" By His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is one man I have a lot of respect for, and Buddhism is one religion I have a lot of respect for, mainly because it is the only religion I have found that can accept other religions. However, as much respect and admiration I have for the Dalai Lama, this book put me off from the beginning:

"What distinguishes us as Human Beings from other forms of life is that we have far more mental experiences in the form of thoughts and emotions"

How can anyone say that we as humans have more thoughts and emotions than animals? No matter what way you look at it, we are of the same planet as every other living organism. We all experience the same thoughts and emotions. Animals feel: lonely, sad, pain, and love. We are animals. Emotionally there is nothing that sets us apart from the vast majority of any other living organism.

I do not understand why man has this us vs the rest of nature attitude --> in utopia we would be living as one.