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Originally Posted by naturesflow
I can relate.
When nothing is excluded one has to take full responsibility for themselves even when it might appear they "shouldn't" have too. We are designed in such a way that the mind will always try to dictate the need to make itself right when things are so "wrong" in the world. Yet a mind holding right and wrong cannot truly know what true nature is while it holds itself one way or another. A settled mind at peace with all beings is inclusive in the way you show..
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Yes mind can be the way you describe. I call it mind being defensive about its function to think and reason correctly. One can imagine the conditioning which resulted in that outcome when its conclusions about what was best for the organism it serves were challenged by condemnation and physical punishment.
So of course a mind that had received a great deal of that is likely to be more defensive than one that had not. The level of defensiveness always makes sense when seen in context, The problem is that its often difficult for ourselves and others to see the detail of the context because the mind has kindly cast it out of memory because it was to painful to remember. But we can maybe generalise a little by describing it as some level of painful punishment.
When seen in this light our view of ourselves and others may be a little less harsh.