As we can only understand something if we can first understand – so you can only know another, if you first know yourself – and as it states, “from myself I will know God” and as God says, “I have made man in my image” – therefore a. there are five things we all share (and this is shared by literally infinite creamers, angels, animals, and the soul of trees, rocks etc. and even the source) a. existence (of-course, which all comes from the original) b. (besides G-d) a body (of some sort) c. emotions (the will to exist, itself is an emotion – it’s based on a love for self) d. intelligence (or perception – to outside stimuli) 5. The desire for love (and not separation)