"People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times."
~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
The transition from ‘human’ awareness to an experience of the divine is mightily unattractive to the ego. How often have I not heard: "But it is only human to ... " (fill in the blank, keeping in mind that the blank is invariably a form of ego expression I wish to justify). It is time, perhaps, to cease making desperate attempts to glorify humanity and surrender to our True nature which we share with all we see. This being ‘human’ has not worked so well for us over the few thousand years we have made every effort to club each other into oblivion, has it?