Eureka!! Eureka!!
I just discovered the ammunition in the human mind.
Boy, Oh boy! How i wondered at these GI soldiers with ultra sophisticated weapons when they scavenged the Middle East during their mind-blowing holy wars against terroism. It compounded with awe looking at the precision of the artilleries, which pounded the dumbfounded people and spaces out there. It tweaked a couple of my neurons and ended with this question why on earth did the great souls invent weapons?
Weapon is a device, which is used to defend us from possible injuries and the most common way to defend is to attack. The nature of a weapon is also interesting, it has a focus to create intense pressure (less surface area), stores energy and has a perfect launch pad, all for its supreme purpose to inflict pain or to proclaim threat.
It's fine, we need to protect us and it's natural, as does our immune system to fight foreign bodies in our human body. I too vouch for the natural instinct to protect, as i believe that we constantly try to imitate the microcosm into the macrocosm. It kept me thinking as to whether the use of weapons is a mere physical phenomenon giving color to an underlying surge in the mind? Is it a physical response to an emotional stir? What if we have a level playing field, we combat only on an emotional plane?
It gave me grave answers, may be we are carrying loads of ammunition with us and firing it at each other constantly. We are playing war-mind games to protect us from emotional vulnerability. I started dissecting the humanoid weapons and the first thing which struck me was, "words and words all i have, to take your heart away”, nothing hurts like words. Could be i am finding the wrong scapegoat in words, they are just the instrument for communicating and an effective means than silence.
The other commonly used tools such as anger, insult, ignore, suspicion, disgrace and mistrust. These are the most common defense mechanism to protect one self and to attack others very effectively. Onething for sure, everybody is carrying one or the other weapon to protect them with utmost efficacy in using them.
Boy, Oh boy! How i wondered at these GI soldiers with ultra sophisticated weapons when they scavenged the Middle East during their mind-blowing holy wars against terroism. It compounded with awe looking at the precision of the artilleries, which pounded the dumbfounded people and spaces out there. It tweaked a couple of my neurons and ended with this question why on earth did the great souls invent weapons?
Weapon is a device, which is used to defend us from possible injuries and the most common way to defend is to attack. The nature of a weapon is also interesting, it has a focus to create intense pressure (less surface area), stores energy and has a perfect launch pad, all for its supreme purpose to inflict pain or to proclaim threat.
It's fine, we need to protect us and it's natural, as does our immune system to fight foreign bodies in our human body. I too vouch for the natural instinct to protect, as i believe that we constantly try to imitate the microcosm into the macrocosm. It kept me thinking as to whether the use of weapons is a mere physical phenomenon giving color to an underlying surge in the mind? Is it a physical response to an emotional stir? What if we have a level playing field, we combat only on an emotional plane?
It gave me grave answers, may be we are carrying loads of ammunition with us and firing it at each other constantly. We are playing war-mind games to protect us from emotional vulnerability. I started dissecting the humanoid weapons and the first thing which struck me was, "words and words all i have, to take your heart away”, nothing hurts like words. Could be i am finding the wrong scapegoat in words, they are just the instrument for communicating and an effective means than silence.
The other commonly used tools such as anger, insult, ignore, suspicion, disgrace and mistrust. These are the most common defense mechanism to protect one self and to attack others very effectively. Onething for sure, everybody is carrying one or the other weapon to protect them with utmost efficacy in using them.
Every human mind has a breaking point to show its ugly expertise in using the lethal weapons and its own behavior barometer levels as well. If we are seeking peace, it should start with the microcosm with a true conviction to dismantle the instinct to use Mindy weapons to instigate Mind wars.
Theeiyinaal sutta pon ull aarum
(The fire-burnt wounds do find a cure )
aarathe naavinal sutta vaadu
(tongue-burnt wound rests a running sore)
-Thirukkural(Self control-129)
Interesting!
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Mysorean |
1:45 am