Salaam (Peace) to all...
nature:
[c.1300, "essential qualities, innate disposition," also "creative power in the material world," from O.Fr. nature, from L. natura "course of things, natural character, the universe," lit. "birth," from natus "born," pp. of nasci "to be born," from PIE *gene- "to give birth, beget" (see genus). Original sense is in human nature. Meaning "inherent, dominating power or impulse" of a person or thing is from c.1386. Contrasted with art since 1704. Nature and nurture have been contrasted since 1874.]
-noun
1. the material world, esp. as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
2. the natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization.
3. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers.
4. natural scenery.
5. the universe, with all its phenomena.
6. the sum total of the forces at work throughout the universe.
7. reality, as distinguished from any effect of art: a portrait true to nature.
8. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution; native or inherent character: human nature.
9. the instincts or inherent tendencies directing conduct: a man of good nature.
10. character, kind, or sort: two books of the same nature.
11. characteristic disposition; temperament: a self-willed nature; an evil nature.
12. the original, natural, uncivilized condition of humankind.
13. the biological functions or the urges to satisfy their requirements.
14. a primitive, wild condition; an uncultivated state.
15. a simple, uncluttered mode of life without the conveniences or distractions of civilization: a return to nature.
16. (initial capital letter, italics) a prose work (1836), by Ralph Waldo Emerson, expounding transcendentalism.
17. Theology. the moral state as unaffected by grace.
Living things retain the effects (data) of their experiences with their environment. This "experience data" produces specific neuro-network associations in the brain. The more relevant to survival the association is deemed to be, the more likely that association will be passed on through the genes to one's progeny. If the progeny is born into the same environment which formed the association in the parent, then the association becomes more "engrained" in the consciousness and the genetic make-up of the progeny, making the association (or "assumption") even more fundamental.
Consequently, every generation that is born into the environment that produced the association becomes more and more genetically disposed toward that association, which would also have a significant effect on each generation's interpretation of reality.
Since all Life has its root in the Divine Supreme Being, then all Life possesses the same Divine Essence. This could be referred to as our "Spiritual" or "Essential" Nature. The manner in which we express ourselves, as a result of being affected by our environment, could be referred to as our "Carnal" nature.
The Caucasian was grafted by an Original Black Man, meaning, he was produced in an isolated environment as a result of a certain "teaching" that took them away from "original".
The So-Called Negro was also grafted...but not by an "Original" man. The so-called Negro was grafted by a "grafted" man...in an isolated environment...and subjected to a "teaching" that took us away from our "original" state.
Who, then, is in the worst state...the one who was grafted by the "original" man? Or the one who was grafted by the "grafted" man?
If the grafting that produced the caucasian affected/changed his nature, then, did the grafting that produced the "negro" affect/change Our Nature?
Looking forward to all feedback...
RM
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