Human Nature

Automatic Teller Machines. Any Time Money. These are what these horribly useful machines are called otherwise. People go there and put in small plastic cards in exchange for cold hard cash. Amazing, wasn’t it ten years ago? Well, these form a part of everyone’s daily life nowadays. Well, almost everyone’s. Not me(sigh). ATMs seem to have an innate hatred towards this poor soul whenever I try to cross the path of an otherwise harmless square box in a hole. Whenever I come near them though, they tend to have a life of their own. ...

It has never ceased to amaze me how people all over the world could fight and quarrel not only over religion, but over God too. Is God a phenomenon, a mere fabrication of the minds of millions over the ages? Or is God really a supernatural being that most of these millions make Him(Her) out to be? Well, let’s look at how people have analyzed God over the ages (not talking about history here, so please wait a bit more before yawning!). ...

Superiority. Human Superiority. Individual Superiority. Why do we feel the need to prove that we are better? Why is there an urge in every one of us to show the world that we know something about everything? Why do we live every day trying to display our superiority in every walk of life? I am sure we all remember (and try to forget) that one time when we foolishly tried to show off to a far superior expert and got our asses kicked royally. It has happened to me many a time. Yet, I find myself succumbing to the urge to float my idiocy in this ocean of aristocratic crap that is the world. ...

Love is a scarce commodity in all the true senses of the word ‘scarce’. Nobody knows where to find it, even though everybody is in dire need of acquiring it and making it their very own! (:P) Most of the troubles in life occur as a direct result of the greed for money, and the rest happen due to the dearth and the subsequent search for love. Now here is a different thought-process that a friend of mine recently took time out to explain to me : The world is not a dark and gloomy place due to the lack of love. It is a scary place because of human misgivings. Here’s how! ...