Friends and Enemies.

Now that we understand opposites as explained in "The rule of opposites" we know that two opposites exist which are called friends and enemies. This is a critical question for every species in the universe. Our great enemies can and would destroy us if they could. Our survival dependes on being able defeat our enemies in the universe.

As I said before, opposites are not 100% male or female. they come in degrees. A man comes with a male and female part in him, as well as a woman. The major female and male hormones can be classified as estrogens or androgens. Both classes of male and female hormones are present in both males and females alike, but in vastly different amounts. Nothing is 100% pure. The maximum is 99.9999....%. This is true for all things. So then it is true for friends and enemies also.

So friends come in degrees. Great friends that would actually die for you they care so much. (99% friend and 1% enemy) And not-so-good friends that would hardly lift a finger to help you out or even worry. (51% friend and 49% enemy) The opposite is true for an enemy. A great enemy would stop at no cost to destroy you. (99% enemy and 1% friend) And a small enemy would be more of a nuisance than a threat.(51% enemy and 49% friend) Then you got all the other degrees of friendship in between those two poles. When the friend-enemy relationship is around 50/50 they neutralize each other making them almost not be friend or enemy but something neutral like a stone or something that almost can't affect you or a person you don't know but exists and does not affect you.

49% enemy 51% friend

99% enemy 1%  friend

33% enemy 67% friend

 

The friend-enemy relationship is not limited to humans. It is between everything and every species in the universe. An object as well as an animal is friend or foe. We must also remember that the friend-enemy relationship is relative. So what is "good" for one person, unit, or entity is not necessarily good for another. The same goes for what is "bad." A friend to one, is an enemy to another. And the universe does not choose sides. Furthermore, enemies and friends will always exist. We will never have a universe full of friends or enemies. There will always be both. So be prepared and don't believe that the tooth fairy will protect you or that someday everybody will live in a perfect universe where everything will love and be nice to each other. That will never happen.

Venemous insects and other pests are undesirable and must be killed by the human race. They represent a threat. They are "bad" in humans eyes. They are pesky little enemies. However, in the point of view of cockroaches, scorpions and others of their kind, we are terrible killers of their race. To them, we are "bad";we are the enemy. They are justified in their eyes. How can we say that humans are the ultimate judges of what should or should not exist? How can we say "Our nation or planet is on God's side and theirs is not." Bad and good are relative. It just depends on who you are and your point of view. And by the way, the universe is not on any side, it is both sides.

When on thing or species attacks or is undesirable or dangerous to another they become enemies.

When a lion stalks a man and eats him. The lion is the enemy. We might even send a group of people to kill the lion because it is now looked as an enemy. But, to it, we're just dinner . It didn't do anything wrong in its mind. We are the bad ones to it. Who's bad  between the two is relative. Nevertheless, who eats who or what defines the friend-enemy relationship. When something is our prey and we try to kill it to eat, it is automatically our enemy and we are its enemy.

When something tries to eat something else, both automatically become enemies of each other

If a meteor is on its way to hit earth with enough impact energy to destroy us. It becomes a great enemy even though it is an object. It must be destroyed, or it will destroy us.

                

"non-living" objects can be enemies too

 This relativity can also be seen in many political situations. For instance, depending on whose side you're on, the same person can be a hero to some, and and outlaw and fugitive to others. To one set of people a certain person is a hero or friend and to another set that person is a foe or outlaw. Pancho Villa was an outlaw in the U.S. while being a hero in Mexico. The same goes for Nelson Mandela, who was a terrorist to some, and a hero to others. This has been true for many people throughout history. It's just your point of view as with anything else in the universe.

Friend or foe? Hero or villain? It just depends who's side your on

                                                                                                                   

Virus and other microbial threats can also be enemies. Anything that threatens your structural integrity is an enemy. At the same time, there are microbial friends like the bacteria in human's intestines. We are surrounded by friends and enemies of different degrees daily.

Bad virus

Good bacteria

                                                  

Friends are things or beings that help or cooperate with you in some way which benefits you. They help build and are part of the structure you need or desire to live and thrive. They can come in many forms just like enemies. An antiobiotic can be a friend if it benefits you in some way. People obviously can be both friend or enemy. Creatures as well. The saying "dogs are man's best friend." is pretty close to the truth. 

So in this universe everything can be classified as friend or enemy to different degrees. The universe takes no sides and is neutral because it is both sides. Both sides are there for a reason and all things are relative so a being must find his/her place in the universe and promote his/her own unique ideology. Not only this, but each being must find other beings which have similar ideologies and goals as their own to work in conjunction with. Beings are usually made up of smaller beings working together in harmony to reach the ideological goal of the whole. These component parts are called friends. One example is the human body with many cells which make up organs and work together to form a human being. Each cell is a smaller being within the bigger being (the whole human) and work towards the same goals and ideology. The body's functions are conducted by organs. Each organ is a recognizable structure (for example, the heart, lungs, liver, eyes, and stomach) that performs specific functions. An organ is made of several types of tissue and therefore several types of cells (see Cells). For example, the heart contains muscle tissue that contracts to pump blood, fibrous tissue that makes up the heart valves, and special cells that maintain the rate and rhythm of heartbeats. The eye contains muscle cells that open and close the pupil, clear cells that make up the lens and cornea, cells that produce the fluid within the eye, cells that sense light, and nerve cells that conduct impulses to the brain. Even an organ as apparently simple as the gallbladder contains different types of cells, such as those that form a lining resistant to the irritative effects of bile, muscle cells that contract to expel bile, and cells that form the fibrous outer wall holding the sac together. All the cells which are beneficial are friends.

Different cells make up different organs which have a common goal

Friends work together in harmony and keep building larger and larger beings which have the same goal and ideology. As we have seen in the case of a human, it is made up of smaller friendly beings called cells, which get and work together to form organs. The next step is these composite beings, called humans, getting together and forming communities, cities, states, nations, and planets (worlds), then sets of planets, etc. It goes on and on with each level or scale becoming bigger and bigger and more and more powerful and even more intelligent. On this bigger or elevated scale, in the same way cells form organs in a human body, humans form organizations that do specific tasks oriented towards the ideology or goals of their component parts just the way cells promote the goals and ideology of the human body. Organizations are for nations what organs are for the human body. At the end of it all, they are all organizations just at different scales and levels. And they are all friends or enemies of each other. These things are true on earth as well as the rest of the universe. These themes come up again and again on all the planets in the universe which harbor life. The same thing is happening right now on a myriad of planets and is occuring at different levels with beings extremely more advanced than us as well as places where primitive life or cooperations of beings is barely beginning. Things aren't so different on other planets. They abide by the same rules as this planet. It is part of the great design of the universe. And it has a purpose and reason.

So now I will state a great law of the universe which is, care about your friend like you care about yourself. This also depends on the degree of friendship. And we don't need to or should care about our enemy. We must beat our enemy. We must be wary of our enemy. In many cases we must destroy our enemy. This also depends on the degree of enemyship something is. A great enemy must be destroyed, a small enemy maybe can just be avoided or ignored. Furthermore, friendship is relative. A friend to one, can be the enemy of another. All things can be classified as one or the other. Even extraterrestrial beings. Also, the universe chooses no sides. It is both sides. We should not be naive to think we are protected by some loving being or all extraterrestrial beings are going to be friendly to us. We also cannot think that the universe is baised towards us. The universe and its design has its purpose and reason the way it is, without being on our side or on the other. It's design and purpose is much greater than us. In fact, its purpose and reason are so great, that we don't and cannot override it. It won't change or protect us. On the contrary, we must change and harmonize with it if we want to survive and evolve.

Extraterrestrials might not be friendly. We must be prepared.

                                                                          

We should help our friends. It helps us in return.

We must also always be prepared and ready for war against our enemies. We cannot sit back and be lazy thinking everything is going to be nice to us. We cannot be content. We must be aware and constantly analyzing our situation. Even so, something will get us sooner or later and we must die, at least later rather than sooner if we apply these principles. At least, we can live well and learn and progress. At least we can progress a step, or scale, in our lifetime. It isn't a waste of time. It has its purpose. But if we don't try, it will take longer to get to our goal of all-knowing and all-being, just like the designer of our universe himself.  So choose your place in the universe and defend it from your enemies and help your friends. Define what and who is your enemy and to what degree then act accordingly.