Do you remember having an ant farm or watching one develop and evolve as a little kid? You can start one from just a few, then over the course of a few months they grow exponentially. They have their leader, the queen, along with servants, they have families and separated groups, they seem to even have social areas where they meet up with each other (probably to talk about their next building project).
They are just like us in a sense. We start with a few, then evolve to a huge society with many differences. One big difference is they don't seem to kill each other. They also all work together to expand their society. I don't know for sure, but I doubt any of the ants do things that slow down their growth and evolutionary paths. They are always expanding and helping each other out, even though there's separation amongst them.
Try relating that to us? Imagine seeing these ants in a bar hanging out and getting in a argument. How crazy does that sound? They're all just ants. Doesn't it seem like they should know this and always get along with each other no matter what the circumstances are? They do get along, but we don't. We could learn so much from ants. These tiny little critters have God-like qualities in them, much more than we do. We can create at will with the right mental attitude, but arguably they can to.
Why then when we go out and socialize do we get judge each other? We are much more complicated beings, yes, but if that means we have to fight, steal, kill, and judge, I might rather be an ant. How much more harmonious they are! Just picture a scene where ants are on opposite sides of the ant farm. Now imagine those two identical looking ants (to us that is, they recognize their own differences) planning against each other to take over the other's territory. Do you think this ever happens with them? I don't. They don't go to war, we do. They have figured out how to live peacefully together, we haven't. Which species would you say is more God-like? The answer is easy to me...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
ants don't have TVs. they don't have 'pop' culture, soap operas, 'reality shows', or fashion magazines to brain wash them into focusing substantial amounts of their attention/energy on needless social trends. ants are just ants, they are not confused about their "purpose". they work together because they know they need each other and can't survive on their own.
ReplyDeletehumans need each other, but we no longer remember what our "purpose" is. we have a suspicion that there is more to life than just making dollars, but when you ask anyone what that is then they can only vaguely say.
its like we are being told what to want, what to buy, who to admire, who to despise... but are never told what the purpose behind these ideas are. whoever the people running these mainstream media outlets are they obviously has some kind of similiar agenda because the programming is all the same on every channel. the whole tv "ratings" things is such a lie, they put on the television whatever the hell THEY want and we watch whatever it is.
point being, we are all dependent on the mainstream media to reinforce a sense of 'purpose' in our lives, but the ants don't. they have never forgotten the fact that they are all dependent on each other and everything else is irrelevant. they don't have inner demons, emotional trauma, or insecurities that drain or distract them. not only do we have insecurities but these are being exploited in order to compel us to compete in the 'rat race' with our masters profiting off our labor.
damn nick your writing always gets my brain pumpin and i start jammin out some rarely explored thought patterns. keep this blog goin man, you got a lot of interesting thoughts.
-rich