Life...
I've always had this impending question...
What IS life?
Life is that state in which we are considered to be living.Or a more scientific approach would be that is it the characteristic state or condition of a
living organism.
We all just want to live. That's been the age-old trend. While medieval alchemists struggled
to find that one formula to make base metal into gold, witch doctors and even men of holy
austerities tried in vain to concoct that potion which would make man immortal.King Hiranakashyapa, when granted one wish in return for his rigorous penance, asked that he
be made immortal.Well, why go into mythology?Harry Potter's Philosopher's Stone IS the elixir of life, a substance believed to maintain life indefinitely.So everyone who's tasted life's goodness seems to want to live longer.But there are always TWO sides to a coin.There are those others who would give ANYTHING to die...
They'd give LIFE itself...
The horrific number of suicide cases right here in college send chills down my spine.
The desire to DIE overpowers the desire to LIVE.This seems to go against the Laws of Nature...
Ever seen a cockroach in your kitchen that frantically tries to run away from the imploring threat of a 'chappal' attack waiting to be imparted on it by the disgusted cook?
Have you come across a 3 legged ant with half a missing abdomen trudging along?
Ever witnessed a floundering fish flapping about, trying to get back into the water?
A Mulberry tree razed to the ground sprouting new leaflets and auxiliary branches...
Nature has indeed ensured that every living being has an inborn desire to live.
Now the ENTIRE process of evolution is to be blamed for humans to portray even a slight hint
of a suicidal tendency. Being on the top of the evolutionary chain, we've developed the
power of THINKING. (nothin' new here, been learning this from grade 1!) but that's possibly THE only thing different (psychologically) between human beings and the rest of the Animal and Plant kingdoms.
But i'm still trying to figure out the answer to that question that I asked.
What IS life?
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.
.
.
I'm STILL drawing a BLANK.
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.
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.
.
Guess we'll all hafta LIVE to find out, eh?!
What IS life?
Life is that state in which we are considered to be living.Or a more scientific approach would be that is it the characteristic state or condition of a
living organism.
We all just want to live. That's been the age-old trend. While medieval alchemists struggled
to find that one formula to make base metal into gold, witch doctors and even men of holy
austerities tried in vain to concoct that potion which would make man immortal.King Hiranakashyapa, when granted one wish in return for his rigorous penance, asked that he
be made immortal.Well, why go into mythology?Harry Potter's Philosopher's Stone IS the elixir of life, a substance believed to maintain life indefinitely.So everyone who's tasted life's goodness seems to want to live longer.But there are always TWO sides to a coin.There are those others who would give ANYTHING to die...
They'd give LIFE itself...
The horrific number of suicide cases right here in college send chills down my spine.
The desire to DIE overpowers the desire to LIVE.This seems to go against the Laws of Nature...
Ever seen a cockroach in your kitchen that frantically tries to run away from the imploring threat of a 'chappal' attack waiting to be imparted on it by the disgusted cook?
Have you come across a 3 legged ant with half a missing abdomen trudging along?
Ever witnessed a floundering fish flapping about, trying to get back into the water?
A Mulberry tree razed to the ground sprouting new leaflets and auxiliary branches...
Nature has indeed ensured that every living being has an inborn desire to live.
Now the ENTIRE process of evolution is to be blamed for humans to portray even a slight hint
of a suicidal tendency. Being on the top of the evolutionary chain, we've developed the
power of THINKING. (nothin' new here, been learning this from grade 1!) but that's possibly THE only thing different (psychologically) between human beings and the rest of the Animal and Plant kingdoms.
But i'm still trying to figure out the answer to that question that I asked.
What IS life?
.
.
.
.
.
I'm STILL drawing a BLANK.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Guess we'll all hafta LIVE to find out, eh?!
posted by D | 11:07 PM
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