Living TogetherHorses live in relationships. They seek the companionship of the herd and value harmonious togetherness. From living together, a communal consciousness comes to be among the individual herd members
-- the "herd mind".This communal sense is so all-important for horses that their self-awareness is, in comparison, rather undeveloped.
It is entirely different for a human being. Although we all wish for intact families, we do not often all live together.
Community is important to us, too.
But infused into our social sense is a strong sense of "I". We dream of partnership and friendship, but behave like individual egoists. The "other" is easily seen as a competitor, and then the only thing that counts is who prevails, who wins, and what is of use (and how much use) to the individual.Directing thinking inward (finding oneself) does not help to dissolve this fixation.
The human being for whom only his own feelings count remains limited to himself.