The cost of freedom

Everywhere in debates, you hear 'humans are born free' as a justification to libertarian arguments. But nobody asks about how we live after we are born. Humans may be born free but they can't live free-at least not in its ideal sense. We have to fit in the society, learn the regional language and get accustomed to the prevailing culture. It is a great sacrifice to the major part of that freedom-as-a-birthright we make even before we are capable of making conscious decisions. 

The fact that we see followers of religions, ideologies, cults so invested in them that they will do anything the leader says also speaks of the innate desire of humans.

Ok, that is just a rant. There exists the freedom in decision making for an individual as he grows up. The society has the roles set and it is up to us which role we accept. I guess that's the freedom most of us wish for and enjoy-to make that decision on our own. Once we choose a role for ourselves another part of freedom is lost. Now you have to perform as society expects from that role. If you lag behind you can only blame yourself because it was your decision in the first place. If you want to switch the role to suit yourself you have to take the blame of being a failure because it was you who chose that.

That my friend is the cost of freedom. 

It is a lifetime burden if things don't work out or a lifetime joy if everything works fine. It is in the truest sense a coin flip. 

Are you willing to take the risk? 

Apparently few do. I guess that's why you see a few leaders and many followers. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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A SCHOLAR AND A MARTYR

The prophet (s.a.w) once said that the scholar’s ink is holier than the martyr’s blood. There is a reason why?

For a martyr, the only pain to go through is the blood oozing out of his body that ends with death. For a scholar or the one looking for knowledge, there comes an even tougher stage of ‘perseverance’ after pain. There is yet another amazing thing about the knowledge that no matter how sophisticated our tools and machines became, the ‘pursuit of knowledge’ has never been less challenging. It is only ‘information’ that is flooding on the web, on our mobile phones or any e-devices. If piling that information is what this is all about then what a luck computers have got to be bloodless!!!

And we have got an edge over computers in a way to say ‘no’ to the commands sent by the brain by something we like to call a heart.

And that’s where all that pain lies. Saying ‘no’ to your desires.

That’s what it takes to be a scholar or an e-scholar!!!

How scientific theories guide our beliefs:Evolution in perspective

I have always wondered why there are so many diverse opinions and ideologies that people believe in. And why few bother to know which ideology actually is true or nearest to it. Do we really lack that particular reference of absolute truth or are we never going to get it?

A little thought into this gave me an answer to my question. Our ideologies are more or less related to the scientific theories we believe in. In this blog, I am going to talk about evolution theory particularly.

Evolution is a theory, a perspective of how humans could have come on this earth to grow as intelligent species. Now the movement you accept the theory you tend to leave the religion because almost every religion (at least Abrahamic ones) believe in our common ancestor. That is the first difference of ideology: A step towards atheism or agnosticism. A belief that rationale is a creation of time, not divine, evolving continuously . That is just the moment you start believing in this theory that a divide is created.

Let's move further. To say that Humans Evolved from stupid creatures to intelligent species, it is imperative that human history is full of errors, at least in comparison to present. There goes another fragmentation of ideology : Our belief in human history and our conviction to draw inspiration from it. How can we take inspiration from the past when we believe we are more intelligent than people before us. Another divide.

Now when we believe in the evolution of human race we also believe that no matter what, we will never have the perfect political, economic or judicial system as we are tending to it, not reaching it. If we have a human history written in chronological order we won't be able to point at a particular page and say 'ok here is where we evolved to the potential that we can propose laws for us and yet to come'. So within this comes an acceptance to the chaos. There is large section of people who are not bothered by the wars, social tensions or economic conditions of people. They have accepted that this will happen no matter what. Here is another divide.

Within the theory of evolution is another theory called survival of the fittest that tells us a very basic thing. "only those members of a particular species live who are adaptable to the changes'. The problem with this basic statement is that this lab rat experiments, when applied to humans, justifies every calamity on the victims. The way Nazis exploited the theory is exactly the divide of ideology I am talking about here. This grows the acceptance towards people's disabilities and economic disparities in this world. Here, another divide.

I can go on but I think you have got the point. That, a simple scientific theory can guide your ideology to such a level that you may become exactly opposite of the one who doesn't. We should be informed enough to believe in the scientific theories. What is right or wrong is left to a man himself. we are intelligent species after all!!!

Scholars and E-scholars

The prophet(s.a.w) once said that the scholar's ink is holier than the martyr's blood.
There is a reason why?
For a martyr the only pain to go through is the blood oozing out of his body that ends with death.
For a scholar or the one looking for knowledge there comes even tougher stage of 'perseverance' after pain.
There is yet another amazing thing about knowledge that no matter how sophisticated our tools and machines became, the 'pursuit of knowledge' has never been less challenging.
Its only 'information' that is flooding on web, on our mobile phones or any e-devices.
If piling that information is what this is all about then what a luck computers have got to be bloodless!!!

And we have got an edge over computers in a way to say 'no' to the commands sent by brain by something we like to call heart.
And that's where all that pain lies. Saying 'no' to your desires.
That’s what it takes to be a scholar or an e-scholar!!!!!

Rivers and Humans

Something melted and you originated from the mountains,tossed up and down,your fresh waters so pure,one could look through your bottom.You fell from the height,yet you rose and made your way through rocks.

As you moved down and walked through civilisations,
Some of you washed away the people of their dirt and some turned out to be of no use.

Some watered dry fields while some flooded the homes of people,robbed the innocents of their life and shelter.

Some hosted a life inside them while some were void of life.

Some were deep and moved hummingly,yet swiftly.And some were tossing up high to produce disturbing noises,for they were so shallow.

You walked joyfully sometimes and sometimes you were calm,sad and smooth.

But,as this all happened,no longer were your waters clean.
Fate of SOME of you wept and the rains washed them,periodically.

Time came and this long journey of yours came to an end.
All of you met in the oceans and now there was nowhere to go further.

SOME PRODUCED JEWELS with what they carried with them.
Others FLOATED LIKE FROTH-Each time dying their own death,indefinitely.

Now time has lost its meaning for their is nothing to change.

A teacher to his student

True, we met.

But know that the mountain you are climbing, I am descending from it. I know the heights of it, the steepness of it. So when I tell you about it, you laugh. I smile a modest smile. For someone also did the same when I was you, when I was climbing and when I was learning, yet I boasted of being nothing. Now when we part and move in our ways, and you will face those arduous slopes where a single step up becomes tough to take, then you will remember my smile and that will move you.

If ever I had forced you to accept, though truth, you would have refused then and forgotten me the moment we parted.

But the truth came to you and you remembered me, remembered that someone has stepped there before and moved to a height where your heart spaces fear and freedom, skies and the earth, hate and love all in one place. That kept you going.

Soon the time will come that you will have to descend from the heights to smile at everyone who comes in your way back, to tell them about the path they are heading, though they won't accept it, just like you didn't.

But they too will remember you at those difficult times which no one can skip, for they are the attributes of the mountain, not the path.

No matter which way you climb it, you have to face the slope to reach a height.