Everlong

Today's post will be a bit preachy mind you. Although it is not something mostly people will continue reading about, and it will always be a sensitive topic. I urge you to please read on. Today's post will be about something mankind has pondered upon since the beginning of time. It is about our Creator. To be honest Im not really a religious person and that also means that I do not strictly abide by the rituals, code and rules of my religion. I however do believe in the big man up there of course. I do not wish to use his formal 3 lettered name as it may offend those who believe Him to belong to their own faith and not the rest of others.

How do we communicate or keep in touch with our creator? Well through prayer of course. People all over the world have different ways of speaking to him. Most would put their hands together, some would kneel down, others would speak in their mind and the rest would speak in whispers to Him. Why do we pray? What is the purpose of prayer? Do we seek our creator for guidance? Do we seek for answers? Do we ask for blessings for our aspirations? Do ask for protection? Or do we simply just ask for material possessions? Whatever it may be I would imagine our creator to expect us at least to help ourselves before we He would help us. One cannot simply pray and expect things to fall on their lap. Nobody is that worthy.

I realize that today, things have gone a bit out of control as people would simply use His name in vain. There are those who speak blatantly about how our creator would not favor the actions of others when nothing wrong has been done. They would use His name for their reasoning and to reinforce their arguments when they lack the knowledge or solid evidence of their claims. They hold on to His name for their own use. Are they truly worthy of speaking on His behalf? What proof do they have that He would approve of their words? Although most would deny, there are many hypocrites out there today who do not practice what they preach. Just because they "feel" that they are in touch with our creator they think they are always right and that their wrong actions are completely justified. An example are people who are only "good" in certain situations where they feel convenient and behave the complete opposite in situations where their decisions are clouded by their biased judgement and ego. This is sadly very possible in our age with the existence of variables such as ego, pride, stereotyping, prejudice, favoritism and racism.

I believe our creator to be merciful and forgiving. I do not believe he would protect only those who "think" they are His "only" "true" worshipers. The only reason why mankind is thought to be humble and kind is because He himself is of the same values. How could our creator be full of self contained pride? Isn't that one of the sins of mankind? I believe that we are not only created in his image but his values as well. Our creator of course would not have so much pride to only bless those who kneel before him. If He is as good and powerful as most people speak of him to be I personally believe He watches over ALL of us. Its time to seriously wake up. All these senseless arguments about who is right or wrong has led to nothing but wars, conflicts and disturbance of peace. Do you think that our creator would favor this behavior of mankind in His name? Im so sick of people posting up stuff about "Him" on facebook praising him for this and that, and hoping he would "handle" so and so. WAKE UP. Do not brag using His name about you having this and that and how lucky you are. Be appreciative. Thank Him yourself through your own prayers and be humble. He is not going to read your status update. Nobody really gives a damn anyways. If you wish to thank our creator, thank Him for putting those people around you who made your good life possible. Thank Him for giving you great parents, siblings, friends and pets. To some people, those individuals may not exactly be above our creator, but mind you they are the sole reason why you can safely worship him.

Do not only rely on faith to take you places. So long as you are a good person and do the right thing, only then will good things will come your way. Do not be arrogant and prejudicial. Be humble and have some sense of acceptance for those who may not be as fortunate as you. Have a sense of forgiveness for those who may have wronged you, not all conflicts are caused on purpose. For those unfortunate people around the world, who suffer from war and famine, they are not being punished by our creator. They are being punished by mankind for humanity's own wrong doings. With the existence of lust, greed and corruption in our world, our creator can not help us unless we help ourselves and ALSO those around us. Always stay true to our creator no matter what form or image you may perceive him to be. We have been put here not prove who is right or wrong regarding our perception of Him, we have been put here for more greater things. Not exactly to do his "bidding", but rather to continue passing on good examples of His virtues and teachings. Your mind, OPEN IT.

Humanity 2.0

Often times I ponder about random things during my free time, like before I sleep or when Im just plain tired. One of things I ponder most about is humanity within our society. Its strange how during our modern age of law and order, inhumane acts can still occur. I have always felt that regardless of millions of years of evolution, humans can never ever drop the animalistic instincts which our early ancestors had. Regardless of the existence of courtesy and ethics, some of us still have the drive in us to do cruel and barbaric things. I believe that it is when a person feels extreme anger is when he shows the most animalistic side of himself. Some of us may be better than others at controlling it, but it is truly unfortunate that not all of us are able to do so.

Well one case which I can think of is the kids in my previous dorm neighborhood. They had always been harassing the dogs in my area by throwing stones at them and hitting them with sticks. The dogs in my neighborhood were never aggressive at first but after the attacks and abuse they became extremely aggressive. You may say those kids are just "kids", but I have also overheard the adults encouraging the kids to get rid of the "pests". The dogs had always meant no harm and they did not bother anyone to begin with. But after they became aggressive, it had actually became a problem because the dogs would bark and chase down everyone and anyone. So one day while hanging my clothes in the porch I noticed one of the dogs which hang in my area was eating some stuff from a plastic bag. When I took a closer look I noticed it was a bag of chicken bones filled with a shitload of rat poison. Someone had actually put some thought into it and had really wanted them dead.

What was sad was actually the very people who tried to kill them off were very ones who made them aggressive to begin with. Was it necessary? Just because some kids didn't have anything to do, they had to torment these harmless creatures. They had caused these creatures to be protective and now tried to kill them. I wouldn't use the Malaysian term of calling them "uneducated", I would rather say they lack humanity. There are people out there who abuse animals and even worse, other people. What is it that is in a human mind that can cause them to be so screwed up? What sort of upbringing would result in this kind of behavior? Honestly, I don't really know. For all you know, it may actually be a natural behavior in us to behave this way. Notice how humans have to always repress and tolerate certain behaviors? Why isn't it that these behaviors just simply don't exist within us? Something to ponder about.