What runs in my mind is nothing more than an illusion, of what i want the world to be. If it weren't for this quality which we all have, a quality of expecting expectations from things we do, this wouldn't have been such a big deal, but the problem is - we do. some of us want a dog, a new house, want to get married, want a relationship with that "someone", want money, want friends, want peace - the list keeps on going; and its not that we all have only ONE want, each of us 6.5 billion people have more than one.
To different people, the world appears in a different way. What is "defined" as sane in one culture is completely preposterous in another - i mean, i always thought girls/women with sleeveless clothes are more un-traditional and more open. Hmmm, now picture yourself in a world filled with yellow sand everywhere, with very little or no electricity, with white clad men wearing turbans walking around, in what the world calls Afghanistan, those girls/women are not that acceptable anymore now, are they?
Anyway, i'm beginning to drift. What is it we want from this world? To live comfortably? To earn money? To be happy? Its funny we have these wants, because though we know the harsh reality is that one day we wont be here anymore. And yet there are these things we seek, these things we start each day hoping we would get "somewhere". This is exactly the same that most religious books preach. It wont get inside our heads now will it?? It cant, for our heads are SO intricately wired that every attempt to thwart this want of "wants" will delete itself by default. Our brain almost treats it like a virus. So though we know that we are transient, though we know that what we want and aquire is lost anyway, we still pursue these, which isnt that funny now when u come to think of it in a different perspective.
A human mind is about selfishness, a friend once told me. All about it. Just that one quality about us makes us so pathetic, and yet so human. We are all here for the immediate thirst quenchers, the more immediate results are what we look for. The obvious choice between a coke and warm water to quench actual thirst would be the coke by most. And even IF we realize it at the time that the former would actually dehydrate us, we still overlook that very conveniently. The immediate satisfaction got by the coke is a lot better than warm water. SO what if we get obese, SO what if we dehydrate.... SO WHAT? Its better to live a life satisfied rather than not. Right??
What i have written above is not fact, but can be looked more upon as an opinion. To which some people will agree to as SO RIGHT, and some partially, and yet others completely against it. To satisfy everyone is mission impossible, and its not like in the movie where it becomes possible. I sure hope the reader is not bored by what i have posted here, since this is a product of my downright joblessness, and would diplomatically apologise to those who are.
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"A human mind is about selfishness,... All about it. Just that one quality about us makes us so pathetic, and yet so human."
I restate in Bold.
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ooye the write up was good.....bt then u kinda drifted a lot frm the idea in the second para.....life is about illusion....mystery thts the best part abt life....!!
it so much of fun.....there are always two ways of lookin at things....say a glass is half filled/half empty.....it's the way u look at it....I do agree tht there are selfish ppl around bt then better nt b selfish.....why do wat others do i mean i have a persona of ma own.....so i live it up the way i want to.....
say if it's time to rain...it wld rain...bt then ppl wld expect the sun to come out.....i mean comeon go out there n get wet....feel tht if u haven't thts fun....thts life....so live it king size.....!!
nyways keep goin ur doin jst great buddy.....!!
@sayak: u cannot-not be selfish in today's world...if u live like Jesus u'll b crucified...the trait u r talking abt is optimism n free spiritedness which is very imp too...all said, this blog does have its shortcomings
it was a nice trailing write-up monoda...
selfishness, well..ahem..i donno, but i guess the world wouldnt be as diverse a place had it not been for live emotions..and selfishness is just one of them..
@ushati: yup, selfishness itself would b happy to learn abt that
Well,it was a nice write-up... but.. selfishness....-Let me tel u a surprising thing about mankind:
We lose our health to make money and then lose our money to restore our health,..Thinking about the future,we forget the present such that,we live neither for the present nor for the future,..we live as if we will never die and.. at last we die as if we never lived... Life's precious,Live it!But not by being selfish..because by being selfish u will lose twice of what u gain..
I like the disclaimer at the end of your writeup, not to mention that i liked the article on the whole itself.
Personal attribute including selfishness are characteristics of life, which is indeed a reality but the only definition i believe in, is that its an illusion which lasts a little bit longer.
Nonetheless, good metaphorical usage..kee up the good work!!
Monoda, I have come back to this blog and arnd 2 yrs later when I have taken up the idea of bloggin on a more serious note - And I was surprised that the responses that it evoked werent very different from the first time round. But since I know about one more thing than I did last time I read this blog is a speech by Steve Jobs. The link to it is as follows - it deals interestingly with the concept of death. I was reminded of it midway thru ur blog.
The link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
Anupam
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