We were born fearless, all of us, each single one of us. Until one day our induction began and we were taught be scared of eating dirt, or worms we played with sticks, of strangers who take away small children in sacks, of teachers who yielded cane sticks, of grades cos' they decided whether we would be loved at all, of god if we do not behave, of society if chose to be outlandish, of telling lies, in turn of telling truth, of failing in turn of succeeding, of being hated in turn of being loved. We were trained, at every step of the way, in careful, well practiced, almost predictable skill, how to be scared that the world will one day end, and the ghosts will come for us and they won't be nice!
But every once in a while, there's a picture of a boy playing with tigers, a movie of a kid befriending a ghost, a realization that probably dirt wasn't as filthy after-all, that grades probably still couldn't get you jobs/ nor girlfriends! That it's all just a training program, so that you all just behave, as per the norms, walk the line eh? Every once in a while the Trueman finds out the boundary of the set, neo discovers its just a computer program. Reality? Well simulated reality, to control the activities of the brain.
A friend says we're scared of dying. If we're scared of dying then why are we so scared of everything in between? Why don't we wear seat belts and why do we jump red signals? Why do we care so much what the person next to us is thinking about us? Why do we continue in the maze, as if our life depended on it! Why do we, even after it was named "rat" race, continue to participate? Are we really just scared of dying. Because if we were, life should have been simpler, won't you say?
But is it? What happened to the fearless?
But every once in a while, there's a picture of a boy playing with tigers, a movie of a kid befriending a ghost, a realization that probably dirt wasn't as filthy after-all, that grades probably still couldn't get you jobs/ nor girlfriends! That it's all just a training program, so that you all just behave, as per the norms, walk the line eh? Every once in a while the Trueman finds out the boundary of the set, neo discovers its just a computer program. Reality? Well simulated reality, to control the activities of the brain.
A friend says we're scared of dying. If we're scared of dying then why are we so scared of everything in between? Why don't we wear seat belts and why do we jump red signals? Why do we care so much what the person next to us is thinking about us? Why do we continue in the maze, as if our life depended on it! Why do we, even after it was named "rat" race, continue to participate? Are we really just scared of dying. Because if we were, life should have been simpler, won't you say?
But is it? What happened to the fearless?
umm....actually i said we are scared of "ending", be that any kind :P
ReplyDeletedying is the final ending...but status quo is such a powerful sedative, it impedes any kind of change...you are right, fear is inculcated in us...it starts very innocuously with safety precautions, but once the inception of fear has taken place, an entire edifice gets constructed whose foundation is just fear of dying...
even worse is the fear of scarcity, which basically rules all the crazy rules that hold together this society, what drives this dumb economy where nothing is ever enough...but it demands a separate blog i think ;)
Yes, I think even one blog isn't enough! ;)
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