Human Element of Opposition (#16)
The natural human element that strives in us all (generally in different ways) is the ability to make something an "enemy" and strive to destroy that enemy.
Us humans label even the smallest things as "bad", "enemy". That's why you get angry at something. Pet peeves are little things you hate, but you wish they weren't their. You hate certain people for whatever reason and always say to yourself if that person would ever come around me or my family I would....It doesn't matter what you would do, its the fact that you have a enemy is what I'm trying to prove.
Everyone has something they hate and try to make better everytime they come face to face with it. But if they complete their task they will always try to label something else "enemy" to strive against.
This natural human property happens (ability to oppose something) for whatever "scientific" reason. But all I know is that there never can be no "bad" in your life; no "evil", no "opposition".
Lets say (hypothetically), that the world had one problem. Lets say the worlds problem was garbage. Lets say that's the only problem (everyone else gets along and there is no war and anything), lets just say.
Anyhow you would scour the earth in search of garbage because you hate that problem and try to rid of it.
But you just trying to rid of it might cause problems in itself. Burning it creates atmosphere problems. So you find other ways to deal with it (a problem in itself) and then your quest for garbage would never end.
And lets say you somehow figured out a way for people to get rid of garbage in their house without doing anything. Your job would be complete. Now what? You sit around your house day and night. Not doing anything with rush, with adrenaline, without reasoning.
So now your bored, what now? Well being bored is a problem in itself.
Generally when people tend to be bored they tend to make things happen, whether they are "bad" or "good". People vandalise, cause problems just to justify their problem (being bored). Make the problem of having no problems go away. And in effect of creating problems, they create problems for other people, once again supplying meaning into lives of others and themselves.
The human mind seems to label things as bad and enemy to oppose themselves, further separating themselves. Giving meaning, giving purpose. The human mind craves purpose. For whatever reason, it just does.
In our world its Mann gegan Mann with opposition. It has happened for thousands of years in history, wars were started just because the king could. Other times kings and dictators would make reasons as to why (religious, security, social). But there really isn't a reason other than just because...
It seems to wrong to certain people to kill and start wars (I'm with you there) but to some people certain people don't care, as long it doesn't affect them. Think about the holocaust millions of Jews were killed and you've heard stories and seen movies; close, if not exact to what they did. (everytime I watch something like that it pisses me off) I ask why would they do that? But the truth is they say the exact same thing. It the same reason I care. The same reason they don't.
The human property, element, desire, whatever you want to call it; is there. Opposition. It always has been, always will be. Whether its the smallest thing (pet peeves, the color blue, whatever) or the biggest thing (killing, destruction, etc.). People will always label people, things happening as "enemy" and once they do they wont stop to try and get rid of it. Once they do, they go on to something else.
Opposition. It gives us separation of being someone different. Gives us meaning, gives us purpose.
Quote~There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Man and Superman" (1903), act 4
Us humans label even the smallest things as "bad", "enemy". That's why you get angry at something. Pet peeves are little things you hate, but you wish they weren't their. You hate certain people for whatever reason and always say to yourself if that person would ever come around me or my family I would....It doesn't matter what you would do, its the fact that you have a enemy is what I'm trying to prove.
Everyone has something they hate and try to make better everytime they come face to face with it. But if they complete their task they will always try to label something else "enemy" to strive against.
This natural human property happens (ability to oppose something) for whatever "scientific" reason. But all I know is that there never can be no "bad" in your life; no "evil", no "opposition".
Lets say (hypothetically), that the world had one problem. Lets say the worlds problem was garbage. Lets say that's the only problem (everyone else gets along and there is no war and anything), lets just say.
Anyhow you would scour the earth in search of garbage because you hate that problem and try to rid of it.
But you just trying to rid of it might cause problems in itself. Burning it creates atmosphere problems. So you find other ways to deal with it (a problem in itself) and then your quest for garbage would never end.
And lets say you somehow figured out a way for people to get rid of garbage in their house without doing anything. Your job would be complete. Now what? You sit around your house day and night. Not doing anything with rush, with adrenaline, without reasoning.
So now your bored, what now? Well being bored is a problem in itself.
Generally when people tend to be bored they tend to make things happen, whether they are "bad" or "good". People vandalise, cause problems just to justify their problem (being bored). Make the problem of having no problems go away. And in effect of creating problems, they create problems for other people, once again supplying meaning into lives of others and themselves.
The human mind seems to label things as bad and enemy to oppose themselves, further separating themselves. Giving meaning, giving purpose. The human mind craves purpose. For whatever reason, it just does.
In our world its Mann gegan Mann with opposition. It has happened for thousands of years in history, wars were started just because the king could. Other times kings and dictators would make reasons as to why (religious, security, social). But there really isn't a reason other than just because...
It seems to wrong to certain people to kill and start wars (I'm with you there) but to some people certain people don't care, as long it doesn't affect them. Think about the holocaust millions of Jews were killed and you've heard stories and seen movies; close, if not exact to what they did. (everytime I watch something like that it pisses me off) I ask why would they do that? But the truth is they say the exact same thing. It the same reason I care. The same reason they don't.
The human property, element, desire, whatever you want to call it; is there. Opposition. It always has been, always will be. Whether its the smallest thing (pet peeves, the color blue, whatever) or the biggest thing (killing, destruction, etc.). People will always label people, things happening as "enemy" and once they do they wont stop to try and get rid of it. Once they do, they go on to something else.
Opposition. It gives us separation of being someone different. Gives us meaning, gives us purpose.
Quote~There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Man and Superman" (1903), act 4
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