by
Ejtebaa
This is the age of knowledge and information.
Every day, hour, minute and every second our minds are being flooded with loads of letters, pictures and sounds.
From Metro to Sun, from FM radios to STV and iPlayer and from iPods to iPhones, we are getting tremendous amount of data,
but believe me most of it is just a spam or junk.
It has nothing to do with the entertainment, infotainment or any kind of soothing effects on us.
The only purpose is to keep us happy in our illusions- our so called comfort zones.
Their only purpose is the “total mind control”.
Here I narrate a story for you.
It’s the story of a scientific experiment on monkeys.
Monkeys love bananas as we love stories:)
Don’t be bothered it would not be as dry as it sounds and I am not gonna perform it here as well.
I am keeping it brief……
Scientists kept four monkeys in a lone room and put some bananas on a ladder. But when monkeys tried to climb ladder to get bananas – they showered them with cold water.
No monkey was allowed to climb the ladder.
After few futile efforts they gave up and even if a monkey tried to get the bananas – the rest of the monkeys would beat him. So the things got settled down.
After a while no one was daring to eat bananas.
Now, scientists replaced one monkey.
As soon he saw bananas he tried to get them but was broken down badly by the fellow three monkeys. He tried couple of time but was severally beaten by the rest.
They replaced another monkey- tried to climb the ladder to get bananas.
But was beaten by the rest of monkeys.
Interestingly the monkey who never knew that climbing the ladder would result in showering of cold water was also beating the new monkey.
They kept on replacing them and the result was the same. All the four monkeys were replaced but they were not going after the bananas anymore rather would beat anyone if one tried to.
Without knowing why they were doing this!
Their ancestors knew why; but the rest were performing just a ritual- without questioning it…
This is happening with most of us, in fact all.
Irrespective of creed and culture, countries and continents, whether we are religious or not, political or a-political, knowledgeable or ignorant; our approach has transformed into a ritualistic one.
Our eyes are open but we cannot see, our ears are sound but we cannot hear.
We move but cannot travel; cannot travel to the destiny where were initially bound to.
We have brutally wronged ourselves.
The only way of regaining our lost pride is through thinking independently.
So whats the independent thinking; but first a side note or comment; in early modern Europe a practice was started called
witch-hunt.
You might have heard about it.
In this practice, women with so called mysterious activities were caught and burnt alive.
Hundreds of thousands lives were lost!
Actually these women were not doing anything superficial-but just had started questioning rituals and habitual practices.
In fact they were the independent thinkers.
The society wasn’t capable of answering their queries so they responded by quarantining them.
Beware! This can be the price of independent thinking.
But someone would say, it’s rather easy to think than wink or blink, some say if they think, their brain would shrink.
But literally it’s as easy as drink:)
Isn’t the insult of our intellect, that someone else would decide rather dictate;
What we should wear? What we should eat and what to drink?
I am talking specifically about the fashion.
Whether media, cricket or football, the opportunists craft heroes and celebrities for us and then drive us crazy to wear, eat and live like them.
Result; we lose our all belongings and they get all the bounties.
So I advise myself first and then to all to live a conscious and independent life.
Because; it is the conscious which distinguishes human from other creatures.
By thinking and acting independently, we can stand higher than the angels,
doing otherwise can throw us below the animals and stones.
Thanks for listening and not climbing the ladder:) — consciously!
