What is My Nature, really?

Have you ever questioned honestly what we mean by "Well, that's my nature," or "That's just human nature"?

Let's look at what Dr Bob had talked about this subject on various occasions.. 

School Talk # 42 - The Necessity of Purpose

.... human nature is that the person is trying to be non-disturbed by gaining pleasure and comfort; attention and approval and a sense of importance of being appreciated or trying to escape pain on all of its forms or that we’re trying to escape being ignored

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School Talk #21 Mountain Climbing 

See, the average person feels that emotions are human nature, so it’s human nature to get angry if you’re not treated exactly as you want to be. It’s human nature to be frightened of the unknown. It’s human nature to be resentful. It’s human nature to feel apathetic when one has been rejected or disapproved of or in some other way disappointed. 

So as long as that is just accepted as the nature of the human being, of course, nothing is going to be done about it. We find people still indulging in it, even though they have been going through the motions of studying self-knowing and self-remembering and higher consciousness for Lord knows how long. It doesn’t make any difference; they’re probably still using these to a great extent.

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Q & A

What is meant by ''Human Nature"? I frequently hear someone say, 'Well, that's only human nature." I usually hear this statement when someone seems to he trying to justify some very unbecoming behavior. 

A: Mankind, humans, seem to have two natures - one ruled by emotional reactions, which can be considered animalistic, or carnal, or materialistic. This is the nature you seem to hear justified. 

The other nature man is, is so rarely expressed it hasn't been noticed by most. That is the Spiritual Nature. It is objective awareness and expresses unconditional love. 

Check on both human natures and see which you prefer to cultivate. 

Arizona Newsletter (what's going on here?) Vol 1, no 6

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The Bible and the Innerman no 4 of 30

The fundamental nature of man, his purpose, is to evolve, to rise to a new level of being - to be transformed, to be a new man. Man is not raw material for a planned society, but raw material for the kingdom of heaven. 

When one recognizes the basic nature of man, his purpose on earth, one understands the source of much violence, even though those engaged in the violence.don't know their purpose.

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B13. "I" BELIEVE that human nature cannot be changed.

(Place of Language in the Teachings)

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my nature is to what I am created to be

(From.a Salt Lake City workshop 1971's)