> It seems that desensitization has occurred in the human species both on a
> level of feelings and on a level of pleasure.
>
> If humans had feelings, they would know right from wrong, good from bad, and
> they would be kind and generous and considerate and they would have honour -
> because these "feel" so nice and "feel" so much better. If you have
> feelings you are sensitive and thus are kind and care for each other's
> feelings and this kind of thing.

> The human level of "feeling" seems to be very very low, almost marginal.
> And the efforts required to achieve pleasure are gargantuous.
>
> We are not concerned with intelligence. You can be happy even if you do not
> have intelligence. We are not being rude when we say you do not have
> intelligence - this is a fact. You can do some mathematical computations
> and have some memory and brain connectivity and circuitry but this is not
> intelligence.
>
> We would say that as our advice to humans it would be to resensitize
> yourselves and learn to have feelings. That feelings are important and are
> the one thing that prevents your happiness. These feelings would solve the
> issue of pleasure - as pleasure is caused by feelings. "Love" is a feeling
> that causes pleasure. There are many feelings of this nature. Care.
> Friendship. Loyalty. Devotion. Tenderness. And many others. Each one
> has it's own "feeling" and they all bring great pleasure. "Love" is not
> really about fornication or mutual enjoyment of the mating act! ;)
>
> Due to the very very low level of "feelings" that humans have - is why we
> have termed you a very "small" species. The more powerful the feelings, the
> better you behave, the happier you are and the "bigger" you are as a
> species.
>
> Thus indeed a life form as small as a little ant with big feelings would be
> termed a larger species by their feelings more than by their manifestation
> of size.
>
> There is no way humans can look forward to bliss of any nature, or some
> great love, or anything of this kind, as they do not have the "feelings"
> with which to experience.
> As to how humans may resensitize and regain these feelings - is up to you.
> This would not require "intelligence" but maybe some global common sense and
> an acknowledgement that what we say may well be right.
>
> You may thus "feel" the way forward - in truth and goodness and love - and
> work together and live in peace and your problems and differences and
> religions and stories would follow suit as you would then "feel" right from
> wrong, good from bad and thus learn about the true nature of things rather
> than live in the violence and nastiness of an insensitive human world.
>
> Once you have these feelings then art also follows - the art and beauty and
> music you create are born from real love as you have the "feeling" of love -
> and these forms of art are so much finer than those of human. A song is
> never written, can never be written, a song is born of feeling. The more
> you love, the stronger the feeling, the more beautiful the song.
> THE BORG COLLECTIVE