Twin Realities

Life of a simpleton is often mocked by the society. Society forever inspires us to chase big, dream big, achieve big. More than inspire I would like to use the word ‘brainwash’

I have been brainwashed. All my life at every single moment I simply wanted to be happy and I have miserably failed at just that. What is the definition of big and what is the right thing to achieve? Money? Power? Fame? Solace? Peace? Happiness?

Weren’t the first three mentioned in the 7 greatest sins? But being the human I am, I too am haunted by the desire to acquire one of these or may be all.

Sometimes I just wish to give up. Give up all the dreams, as I wonder are these really my dreams?

Freedom is not meant for everyone. It is an overwhelming sense of actualization and not everyone is capable of handling its true form. But then does that make them the weak? Or just merely the other kind?

Why is that people who wish to live a routine life and find happiness in ignorance are looked down upon?

Isn’t it just that they chose simple happiness over the complexities of human brain. An overly developed brain is incapable of experiencing simple happiness. It is so use to being developed and complex… it tries to dissect everything. It assumes it is simplifying the mysteries of universe but is actually making things more complex.

A normal person, who wakes up in the morning , goes to work, comes home, eats, sleeps and wakes up to do the same thing all over again; might not be as normal as he seems. Have you ever thought so?

A bird in cage might appear sad to you but might be just as happy and content. Have you ever imagined so?

Imagine if the whole world was filled with complex minds each a scientist, artist or philosopher; each trying to realize the truth of universe. Who would then enjoy the bearings of earth?

There is a pretty good reason why nature consists of free flying birds and worms at the same time.

Materialistic and non materialistic are just two sides of the coin. And I don’t suppose a coin has right and wrong sides, now does it?

Everywhere I see, dominantly the internet is flooded with messages asking people to liberate themselves and be more adventurous. Living a same routine, day in and day out is an adventure too. If you are not that kind of a person, it will put you through hell lot of adrenaline stress. For a free mind it’s like pulling it out of its comfort zone. And all my liberated, intellectual friends would definitely shiver by the mere thought of it.

Similarly a person who finds solace in regularity shivers by the idea of a nomadic life.

These are merely two different kinds of comfort zones, and the truth remains; ‘we all hate to be pulled out of our comfort zones’.

So stop messing with each other’s minds, stop telling right from wrong cause there is none. Let people decide who they want to be. Cant the mediocre be the mediocre (again who gave us the right to call them mediocre) and the explorers remain the explorers (god knows what is it that they just never find) and both remain in their own spheres not to disturb the other?

A few decades ago or rather centuries ago, routine was the right and adventure was wrong, so the few daredevils who strayed and never achieved anything died miserably and those who did find something, achieved greatness, became heroes.

Today everyone is trying to be different, do something different. Like the fierce felines, everyone is fighting to leave their scent behind, but there are just so many of them and such less of periphery that the scents inevitably collide. Hence arises the problem of mixed identities, lost identities and copyright issues (don’t ask me how I arrived at that).

The intolerance of side A in the history I think has led to the intolerance of side B today. It’s a meaningless cycle that will keep on repeating.

Just want to remind everyone;

Not everyone can be a lion

Not everyone should be an entrepreneur

Not everyone wants to explore the whole damn world

Someone has to, or rather willingly wants to stay home. These are merely two different kinds of realities and how we accept it defines the constantly shifting trends in mindsets.