You are the lonliest people we know of. This in part relates to your not attempting in any way to override the embedded instincts left as vestiges of a more primitive self. Before souls were cast, the creatures of no reason from which you are ascended were largely governed by fear, and their lives were taken up in many ceaseless battles for survival. This is no longer necessary on this world, and yet it goes on ceaselessly in spite of this. There are few large carnivores roaming the city streets and yet most of you behave as though there were.   - Michael, from “Messages from Michael” by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro