Our first nature, as a human being, is encoded in our DNA. Without our conscious interference, our heart pumps and blood flows, we inhale and exhale. We do not need to understand how our cells work in order to fight infection or store a memory for this is the job of our first nature, and is intelligence at cellular and molecular levels. Our first nature describes our common Earth-bound reality as well as the evolutionary position of our species. We share the same senses, the same skeletal structure, organs, appendages, and emotions; and with them, we try to evolve further, for our first nature is open to all directions and every potential. (Within/beneath/beyond our “first nature,” intelligence lies at atomic and quantum levels.)
While each of us might have our own theory about why we are here, none of us actually knows if there is some Big Metaphysical Purpose beyond what our powers of observation can tell us. All we do know for certain is that this is a wonderfully sensual world and if we are to enjoy its pleasures, we must refrain from irresponsibility and maintain our equilibrium. The harmony of our first nature (whatever its combination) compels us to develop a balanced perspective, so that all we create and embellish as second nature echoes that equivalence. It does not tell us how to do that because becoming is the trial-and-error nature of physical evolution, and the way in which constant variety is ensured.
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