Being Human Beyond Theories..

Being Human Beyond Theories..

Why are we so shortsighted? So closed? Why do we have to give names to everything? Fix people in boundaries and limit everything, limit the basic of being human, evolution. Have we forgotten that we are evolutionary species, we have evolved, to the point we are now. So why stop now and bind yourself? The main problems I have in this regard are the political theories.

Am I a Democrat, Free Liberal westerner (well I am from India, so cannot be a westerner), Capitalist, Neo-liberal, Conservative, Progressive, Communist, Marxist, Socialist, Pro-dictatorship, Radical Libertarian, Anarchist or other hundred theories. Theories of politics – and that’s what dictates our whole life, a theory and not what we are or what we do.

This way, I am no one. I don’t think I would and basically want to fit into any of these definitions. Why would I? I love my freedom and this freedom isn’t limited to my thoughts, my movement or my behavior, but also not wanting to be stuck, grouped, and cited to be a part of some theory is another of the reasons. I am a human, and that’s what it is, why is anything more needed? I evolve, I learn, I think and get new experiences every day, which change me, and I like the change. Why then would I like to be stuck with some abstract theory, followed by millions? That is another problem with me; I won’t do it just because people do and that to a large numbers.

I don’t think a political theory is needed to dictate one’s life! Well people need something, to tell them what to do, kick their ass and push them to do things and that is a sad fact. The basis of being human is to feel for others, feel the pain, injustice, wrong in the world and fight against it using whatever means possible. As Ernesto Che Guevara said, “Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.” That I feel is being human….does that make me a communist, a guerilla, again the worldly nomenclature? If it does I wouldn’t give a fuck.

If I am a fan of Ataturk and what he did in bringing Turkey from the 16^th century to the 21^st century, does that make me pro-dictatorship? It may, as the policies and decisions he took for the people and the way he enforced it, is worth admiring.

I feel that the world should be fair to everyone in spite of their race, caste, religion, ethnicity, and any other differences. Quoting Martin Luther King Jr. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."  That’s what we should be concerned and worried about rather than politics. We can blame each other; the west can blame the communists, and the dictators, forgetting conveniently that most of them were installed to serve their own interests in the first place. The vast exploitation and atrocities around the world is caused by the self-righteous Democracies, the Liberal west. And who is to blame - the political theory of the other country. These Democracies are democracies at home, in their own country and colonizers, exploiters elsewhere. So what is the Democracy worth, if it is selective and privileged and that too with its own troubles? Condemning this makes me Anti-democratic, well cheers then. As Mark twain had said, “If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.”

The way world is going today, If the new world order means we are in the business of destroying anyone who questions our political agenda. I better be an Anarchist.

Religion that’s one thing I am proud of giving up early, I feel that’s the basic of injustice, inequality and bring bound. I would do right because I want to and not because of any religious practice. This is free will, to do good, be good; as we are born with feelings, emotions to help others and not make people outcasts, divide and blame on the basis of the religion.

 My attraction for Marxism is not for a political, scientific theory but it’s a passion for social justice.

I feel for the Incas in South America, about the rich culture and knowledge they had which was destroyed for commercial interests, feel nostalgic and connected to the people of whom I have never been a part of ever, feel the pain of the indigenous population who have to travel miles every day just for food, to whom the land belongs in the first place, who were driven out in the name of development. I feel for the Tibetans, who are self-emulating because of a greater force, China conquering it, I feel for the war torn people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and other countries who stood for themselves in some way for their betterment and the poor all around the world, and see Injustice and Inequality, poverty and exploitation everywhere and feel connected at some level, without even experiencing it ever.

What does that make me? Which political theory do I fit in? Does it make me weak? Vulnerable? Over-sensitive? Someone who is losing his mind? Socialist, humanist, communist or some other crazy new confused theory? I am happy to be a misfit. Whatever it may be I am happy to be this way. Knowing that the world is a fuckedup place and I will try and do my best to make some change one way or the other.

I know this all is pretty messy, untidy, unclear, bizarre, but that the way I get thoughts, thoughts which keep me awake for nights, make me think hard and long, which is an important part of my existence as a human.

What more beautiful than the song - Imagine – by John Lennon

"Imagine"

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one