Instinctual animals face no dilemmas or difficult choices; instead, instinct always provides them with one, clear path forward. They don’t second-guess themselves, regret past choices or feel anxiety about future predicaments. By operating purely instinctually they are one with nature and feel no inner tension. Only we, conscious human beings, do all those things, for “we have turned away from the certain guidance of instinct and are handed over to fear”
