a lot of problems the
world is seeing are due to the feeling of lack of time. people who can
relax and are satisfied with doing 10 things in a day are accused of
being lazy and stupid/unsuccessful and people who run around and
accomplish 25 things in a day are considered ideal role models and
successful people.
why are these people doing 25 things?
because they are constantly dissatisfied, and want to achieve more, show
to others that they have done so much, crave appreciation and
limelight, want to record that they have done 100's of great things in
their life and influenced history more than any other person, before
they died. basically anxious about their own self worth and their worth
in the eyes of others, not just from present time, but from historical
perspective. these people would be craving to live not just 100 years,
but 1000's of years and still not be satisfied.
and how are
these people destroying the world? - one simple example to start with.
the rate at which things degrade in our nature is slow. bio-waste will
decay and mix up with earth in about 1 month to 3 month time. other
things like wood etc will take more time. but, these people, who want
to live 3 lifetimes within their 1 lifetime, consume 10 times the
products that they are supposed to consume in that time. thus they try
to do more in the limited time, and the nature cannot do that. the
nature is not supposed to speed up its processes that way. (if nature
did that, these people would be dead within 1/3rd of their life span as
well).
thus, there is a technological race, to do more, achieve
more, and its never ending. technology will never catch up with this
human greed pace, because, its greed which is driving this race for
technology.
these people should be made aware and relaxation
and going at the pace of nature should be encouraged. but our school
and educational systems and later the corporate world are doing the
exact opposite. they try to light up a fire on the backside of everyone
and make everyone run faster in the rat race. the media and especially
advertisements propagate it to no end. (of course, the slow TV is a
different phenomena and is probably indicating a change in this fast,
faster and fastest mentality).
imagine, as far back as you
can. if you are 25, maybe you can think about 10 or 15 years back...
how were those days? how were things around you? how was nature? how
many people were around those days? and most IMPORTANT... what was the
PACE of life in those days and the pace of life now?
between
the sun rise and sun set, how many things are you trying to accomplish
now? and where all does it end? will any of it matter after a 1000
years? or after 10,000 years? this earth is more than 4.5 billion
years old. that is 4500 million years... or 10,000 years happening for
45,000 times!!! (its mind boggling to be short, and i am not a math
expert).
so, is it worth all the stress you are now taking and
sacrificing all the leisure that you are planning to take up after
retirement? maybe its time for anti-anxietyism to come up. what would be a term for it - relaxism or
peacefulism? try to think up a term for it. come on, you can take that thought break.
remember that,
feminism took a long time to bring down masculinity and a more equal
world... so, it will be a long struggle for relaxism people, to make
the world less competitive and have equal say in the way world is run
from relaxed perspective. but do spread this word for world peace ;)
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