Swine flu.. a new type of flu said to be more dangerous than bird flu.
Isn't it hilarious ( or sad?) that whenever humans conquer one trouble, nature throws another one. It feels like a game between humans and nature, rather "nature khila raha hai insaan ko"... kinda when you play with a kid, when the child clears one hurdle, you set a level slightly tougher for him. Sometimes you let the child win, but you always know that the plot and rules are yours and whether the child will win or lose depends on whether you want him to win or lose. You conquered cholera, I'll give you different forms of cancer... Ok.. You have cure for TB... here play with AIDS.. ok what about this and that flu or hey have fun with lifestyle diseases and pollution related ones. You should never feel bored... I'll be there for you :)
We have reduced our immune system to a level that a person sneezing in Mexico scares us out. Some wise man once said "The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century." ( William Lyon Phelps.. whoever he is :)). Was certainly wise to notice that. We are so scared of everything and everyone that we live half lives. But thats another story.
At the same time, those bloody virus have had ages of mutation to fight against all our antibiotics. They are spineless... literally and figuratively. I wonder that in the long run these brainless characters are going to win against man, who sits at the top of pyramid.
We forget that when the end comes, its going to be the end of humans not the end of nature or earth. It may be a temporary pause for nature, not the end. We will ruin everything and then die ourselves. And then from a tiny sprout somewhere, a tree will grow... somewhere a lost bird will sing again. But there wont be any human being ruining that.
The nature just watches man play with everything... his immune system, other species, his environment. Probably thinking how long it should let the kid play and then pack up the game.
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hmmm
It all comes back to the existential doubt : "who am I and what am I supposed to do here?", for humans at least. Our very ability to reason & conclude on an action is becoming a cause of all the trouble and concern in our daily lives.
Our need to intervene in the activities of nature, has been deeply conditioned in us and has become a necessity that counters & kills any opinion that states and allows nature to follow its own undisturbed path.
Why do we have to conclude and establish that the ways of the tribal cultures were or are uncivilized and unacceptable? Why do we have then behave like a colonial culture that wishes to establish our stamp everywhere we (humans)land? Why can't we accept things as is in its true nature and not counter it?
In reasoning so, I wish to then establish the need of today - a more spiritual approach of being able to accept things in its entirety and a develop a deeper understanding of the intricate way we are all connected.
@Anonymous ... hmmm ;)
@Raj ... I cannot say how spiruality will fit in... probably I am not very spiritual :)
But yes, we have assumed that we are above everything and can do anything and get away with it. Not intervening with nature and its phenomenons or not utilizing it to our benefit would not be the right use of brain that has been given to us. However, we need to have a balance and stop playing God.
Just a musing in my head. Is it not possible that some pharma company is behind all the flu and other yearly business of spreading virus and then selling their medicines at high costs or in bulk to make profit by such immoral/illegal method?
I am not saying that pharma companies may not be doing any immoral deeds but somehow I have not given up on humans totally !!! I believe that it was not intentional.
And I guess, if it was that way someone would have figured that out by now... and probably wanted to cash on this vital piece of "news". Hope so ;)
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