25.2.11

A Cancer Called Civilization

I was  reading 'Eleven Minutes' by Paulo Coelho last week and this particular passage caught my deep undivided attention.

"...passed a group of students coming out of  a bar; they were all happy and slightly tipsy, they were all good-looking and bursting with health; soon they would finish university and start what people call 'real life'. Work, marriage, children, television, bitterness, illness, disability, dependence on others, loneliness, death." 

Civilization as we have come to understand is vividly presented in these lines. It's the same old story of following the same old road: education, job and death, a family in between maybe. Those who try to think outside the box and do something different are often considered outcast. I call them true artists.

Humanity has become a parasite, a cancer, malignant and ugly. We abuse nature and everything natural. We always think there are or will be more trees to cut to satisfy our gluttony. I don't mean to by preachy, I understand there are certain unavoidable circumstances, certain basic needs to be satisfied. But the overture is over and we are arriving at this crescendo - to a point of no return. We should definitely start thinking  twice at this point. But if you have a really good idea in mind to make this place a little better and happier, go ahead and do it. Don't think twice, it's alright!

2 comments:

Gravelled Road said...

I've said this before;
People living by the system seem to be better off, but they don't know that they're living by a system that's broken.

Benjamin Karam said...

I agree. but change is inevitable. it will come.