Where are we heading???

We have been told that leading a successful life means adhering to some conventional unwritten rules. Graduating with a good percentage, securing a stable job, acquiring phony assets and some others fall under this category. Once those so called achievements which almost every average human being will be able to achieve are achieved, the achievers become happy.

One pronounced quality about humans is that they tend to show good will when they are happy. Some pay their thanks to God, the Almighty; some treat the people around; some others do something for the society. I am not much different; after all I am one of us. So, some part of my mind wanted to do something to this extolled earth which has held us since the beginning of beginings.

That thought barely exists in my mind now, for I have changed. We think change occurs tout de suite but it doesn’t. We assume certain crucial incidents bring about the change but they only point out the change that has happened in us. In the past few months there has been no short of those incidents. The infamous ‘Delhi Case’ and the beheading of a soldier in LOC might elude the memories of us with time but now they are still fresh.

Most often when brutal and barbaric behavior is noted in humans it is termed as animalistic behavior. I have to say that I strongly disagree with it. Animals act by instinct, hunt for hunger and attack for self-protection. We have that so called sixth sense still act much more devilish than animals. Maybe a new term should be given for that sui generis human behavior.

The above mentioned are just two of many which are happening all over the world. Thinking about all these, one question arises in my mind – Where are we heading? We believe that with the technical advancements, we are marching towards an era of human glory. But I fear that behind that thin layer of prosperity and glory there is a huge wall of destruction hiding from us.

Most of the crimes and incidents like these are not planned and executed. They just happen out of the beauty of human mind. It takes in everything that goes on around over the years and when that moment arrives which challenges the basic human mind’s architecture, those things come out in a very different way; a way which we hadn’t even dreamt of.

The thing which makes us drive forward amongst all these scenes is the hope that there are at least few good minds. It is like two faces of a coin; it’s just that the good side is rusted with only a few bright spots.

I don’t know if there is a solution to all these; just a couple of thoughts. At the end it all leads to what we let into our mind with or without our knowledge. Our actions will be only as good as our thoughts. Another thing is about the 4 C’s. Okay, you would have heard about the 3 C’s – Colour, Caste, Creed. The fourth C is Country which comes as my personal addition. Unity within the first three divisions have well been documented at times of dire need but unity amongst countries is a very hard thing to come by. Maybe we will have to be attacked by aliens in order to witness that.

Easier said than done I know. Things might happen to any of us. So in a way we need to secure this world for our own cause of fulfilling our own wishes. Respect others and you will respect yourself.

Swasthika Sang