Unless
a grain of wheat is buried in the soil, it cannot grow into a new plant. Jesus said that, but it is a very obvious
truth.
The
mailbox in the picture is one which was in function until a few years
back. Now it stands like a relic in
Fatehpur Beri, South Delhi. It will
gather rust and fall down one day. Civilisation
has killed it already before time will kill it once and for all. No one will mourn its death any more than
anyone will mourn the death of the cassette player or the typewriter. The new takes the place of the old. And the old dies. Naturally.
Civilisation
keeps moving ahead with new technology and better ways of doing things. Life becomes easier and better.
But
has
life really become easier and better?
Is
the new life better than the old?
Such
questions are silly because their answers are as obvious truths as what Jesus
said about the grain of wheat.
Everything has merits and demerits.
Life
goes on. Changes are as inevitable as
death and new birth.
But
I’m
just wondering why we, who keep creating marvels in technology, architecture,
medicine...
why
we can’t create the marvel of tolerance in place of strife,
cooperation
in place of terrorism...
Well
maybe
a genetic mutation is awaiting mankind.
Maybe
the ape who walks on two legs will die to give birth to a new species.
That's a better hope than awaiting heaven in the hereafter :)
we are slowly evolving technically speaking..The Homo Sapiens has become Homo Sapien Sapien. Wonderful post Sir
ReplyDeleteThere's another evolution that we need, Datta: at the consciousness level. A lot of people had imagined it, Bernard Shaw, Nietzsche, Teilhard de Chardin... Evolution is a slow process, I guess.
DeleteSomething profound in this
ReplyDeleteI kept it short in order to prevent scaring readers with too much "profundity" :) Thanks.
DeleteWe have reached a stage when we are realizing that progress came with a cost. Some us will learn and change and the rest of us will adapt.
ReplyDeleteTrue, the change has already started with quite many people questioning the prevailing dominant world view.
DeleteThe old gives way to the new but always at a cost! Good read.
ReplyDeleteMany civilisations perished when they lost touch with the roots (traditional ways), according to a scholar on the topic, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
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