Humanize humans not all living beings of mother earth

 

We all know that “copy-paste” (cp) is a bad practice and is an aggravated form of plagiarism. Its repercussions at its minimum are the damage incurred to the originators and the kill of ethics in personal and social lives. Thus, no one, including the perpetrator of the “cp’, approves of it. It is unethical and the end result most often is “bad”.

When I got up from my bed, I found that it is raining. My mood swivelled towards unpleasantness. I was expecting a sunrise, but the Sun was covered by dark clouds.

Now it is the month of October, ad it is unpleasant to see it raining. In India, this is one of the pleasant months. I remember that just adequate temperature and cleanness in the weather and the atmosphere. It feels coolness and serenity during the period that commences with October and ends with the month of November. Then winter sets in.

The year 2020 has not been good for humans. Plenty of rain causing deluge everywhere, fires in natural jungles and factories, weather worsening in many parts of the world, and COVID 19 virus and pandemic out of it and amongst all these have made humans cry – Oh God.

The point is who created it. Is it suo motto or we humans have copy-pasted too many aspects that hitherto and best controlled by the natural forces and ecosystems of nature? We copy-pasted natures’ and natural processes through:

       the use of chemicals like freon to create (artificially) convenient climates and made places of human habitations like houses, malls, offices air-cooled and climate-controlled.

       the process of life cycles of non-humans like cows, buffalos, lambs, goats, chickens, pigs, etc through artificial, by adopting such methods like artificial insemination. The intention was to get enough milk, meat, sausages, eggs, and many other foods of animal origin.

       the process of diverting and stopping the natural meanders of streams and rivers for use much more than that is required. We made some areas submerged and some other areas deprived of water.

       the process of deforestation for the concretization of jungles for human comfort.

       the biodiversity and plant trees that can generate economic values, but not biodiversity.

       the development of viruses and bacterias through mutations to alter metabolism. We wanted to legalize experiments towards the immortality of humans by using non-humans as subjects of experiments.

       the use of biological materials and lives to terrorize populace and citizenry of nations with whom we are not going mind in mind (like hand in hand). COVID19 virus like many other viruses of the past is justifiably presumed to be the outcome of such mentalities.

Is the year 2020 really bad, as we all prefer to call it? There are millions of living beings on the face of the earth. Some of these living beings are 100s of meters below the surface in the ocean and on the beds of oceans. Similarly, there are many millions of lives and organisms floating or flying in the atmosphere. Is the year 2020 bad for these millions of living beings? There are no instances of other creatures and living organisms suffering because of factors that are bad for humans. Rather we have seen many instances wherein wild lives like tigers, elephants, snakes, monkeys, etc are moving in flocks on the roads and highways when we humans locked ourselves inside close rooms. The grasshoppers in millions and billions of numbers flew thousands of miles uninterrupted. Obviously, all living organisms other than humans have a great time of respite in the year 2020. Humans are scared to kill them for their pleasure.

It is gradually becoming clear and convincing that a culture of “copy-paste” is damaging whoever does it. We, humans, have collectively done it for thousands of years with nil guilt. And today we are in a phase of time which will be remembered as a dark period for human lives.

The learning from the year 2020 is priceless:

       Life is uncertain. It is more ethereal then air bubbles on the surface of the water.

       Amassing wealth or for that matter fame is meaningless. A COVID patient, irrespective of his wealth and mundane prosperity, cannot even return dead to his place of dwelling. He will be discarded with all other dead bodies into the earth with anonymity.

       Humans are just a tiny spec of guests that the mother earth has given space to dwell by mingling amicably with its other guests.

       Humans should not try to humanize the earth. At best humans may try to humanize humans. No attempts should be made to humanize animals. If we humans feel comfortable in our artificially climate-controlled self-styled cozy rooms and furry blankets then the birds, for example, are extremely comfortable in their nests or under the open skies. There is no need for humans to think of humanizing non-human living beings.

I sit finger crossed to see that if we can take uncalled for self-styled corrective actions in the name of protectors of the earth, then 2020 is going to last up to 2120.

At the same time we need development through the use of science and technology. But we should to take care in a manner that changes and developments brought in are in line with the sustainability of nature and all living beings. It has to be holistic.

The choice and responsibilities are ours. 

 

-          Debahuti -