There have been times when I feel this horrible sense of sadness, not just because of what I experience in my life, but to see the unfortunate things that happen to the peoples of the world! When I see an advertisement about poverty in Africa, I am aware that there is immense poverty and for some people food and shelter is a luxury! I don't know how that can be fixed, I do not have much control over it but what bothers me is that I might not see it being resolved any sooner! Natural disasters are not something we can avoid on a planet which is fluid. But it does break my heart to see people loose families and homes in the process. I cannot fathom what those people might go through, whether they recover from their losses or are able to be themselves ever again. I know I can't play god, but I just wish if god is seeing this then he is with their souls now.
And at other times I do deeply reflect upon the atrocities brought on by our fellow beings like war, murders, like the latest bomb blasts in Boston and Bangalore! Why do people do that? I fail to understand why would bringing misery on someone else's life bring any kind of contentment to theirs! I really fail to understand even the slightest reasoning behind this. I also fail to understand that why we cannot think beyond ourselves, our family, our country and our ideas! It is a bit funny to still have these questions unanswered for so long with all the crazy gurus around the world. I thought history would serve as a reference to understand the mistakes we as a collective species have made and would help us become better evolved beings. How could I have arrived at such an assumption? I am not sure! but when I read history, it was with an intent to know the suffering of the peoples of the world, to empathize with those who were innocent and who lost their lives because of the unreasonable behavior of a small majority of people who were in power.
The values that people endorsed, what happened to that? where are the days where we stuck to our values when nobody was watching? Are we being taught the right ones? Or are we taught to be nice, without being nice, be good when we cant be good or show care when we cant care a damn! I think something hasn't changed through the years, and that is us! The way we cannot make peace but war! The way we establish territories than brotherhood and the way we are out to possess than give! With all the technology and all the progress we have made, we cant help but think of ways to cause destruction! More the better! We cant make this planet a better one! Its like some coma that we are in, we walk and chant whatever is the current mantra.
I don't know what great force will be able to change the way things are or whether things will get any better than worse, but what I can hope is that god is watching over me so that when I leave this earth I hope to carry with me everything that's bad and leave back a lot that is good.
And at other times I do deeply reflect upon the atrocities brought on by our fellow beings like war, murders, like the latest bomb blasts in Boston and Bangalore! Why do people do that? I fail to understand why would bringing misery on someone else's life bring any kind of contentment to theirs! I really fail to understand even the slightest reasoning behind this. I also fail to understand that why we cannot think beyond ourselves, our family, our country and our ideas! It is a bit funny to still have these questions unanswered for so long with all the crazy gurus around the world. I thought history would serve as a reference to understand the mistakes we as a collective species have made and would help us become better evolved beings. How could I have arrived at such an assumption? I am not sure! but when I read history, it was with an intent to know the suffering of the peoples of the world, to empathize with those who were innocent and who lost their lives because of the unreasonable behavior of a small majority of people who were in power.
The values that people endorsed, what happened to that? where are the days where we stuck to our values when nobody was watching? Are we being taught the right ones? Or are we taught to be nice, without being nice, be good when we cant be good or show care when we cant care a damn! I think something hasn't changed through the years, and that is us! The way we cannot make peace but war! The way we establish territories than brotherhood and the way we are out to possess than give! With all the technology and all the progress we have made, we cant help but think of ways to cause destruction! More the better! We cant make this planet a better one! Its like some coma that we are in, we walk and chant whatever is the current mantra.
I don't know what great force will be able to change the way things are or whether things will get any better than worse, but what I can hope is that god is watching over me so that when I leave this earth I hope to carry with me everything that's bad and leave back a lot that is good.
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