Survival or Abidance
We do not question our existence from birth. As we grow up, we slowly find out life is not all fun and games. To continue in the world that we came into requires discipline and deliberations. Life demands us to be responsible for ourselves and sometimes for others around us. In the process, we become competitive and competent.
It is no different for an animal in the wild. Except they don’t have the artificial layer called society between them and nature. Despite that, we all get acquainted with how to survive the given life one way or the other. If not, we go back to creation as energy.
In its simplest form, survival is continued existence by enduring the hardships of life. In the wild, animals rarely get a chance to acknowledge their loss and emotions. It is all about moving forward with no grander goal than staying alive and furthering their own kind.
Due to the artificial layer called society, humans have many other inspirations to continue. Our way of life is not survival in the truest sense but abidance. We must abide by the rules and standards of human society. In return, we don’t have to fight predators or natural forces constantly. Even though wild animals face that every second of the day and seem to be doing fine. Human intervention is still the number one cause of rendering any species extinct.
Our way of life has made us safer and give us an advantage over all other species. However, it has bred other burdens - human problems. Unfortunately, these are not objective challenges and cannot be solved but managed. We have traded vulnerability for security only to face intangible issues. We wake up facing one or many of the following daily - stress, anxiety, depression, self-doubt, addiction, and worries about our health, finances, and future. These are bucketed as personal problems; even though help is available, it never resolves them for good. Societal functioning is designed to make us run after a moving target. When we achieve what we had set out for, a new thing arrives, luring us into another race.
Natively we should be able to go and take what we want. Because nature doesn’t have a price on anything. It is all free. Of course, your life is always on the line in the wild as you are fighting with others using your native abilities and nothing else.
However, it is not the case in society. We have different needs. entirely different rules, and we are also equipped with tools and technology apart from native abilities. You cannot act on a whim. Everything has to be planned and tallied with what is acceptable. Most human problems arise from having to follow societal rules. We cannot react impulsively to meet even our basic needs, let alone fulfill our desires for what’s beyond that. Our innate proclivities seem to oppose our conditioned mindset.
Is life in the wild better in any sense? Even if it is, we are way too advanced to return to being a nomad. Philosophically speaking - we have come too far from reality to even consider living in the wild like animals. Nonetheless, moving forward is the only available choice as we cannot go back in time and fix our neurotic behavior. Perhaps we need to prioritize time travel and not colonization of Mars.
Even so, I am thankful for this separation between myself and nature.
If you enjoyed this, consider reading my books on Amazon. Here is a quote from i$UBSCRIBE to spark your interest.
It is no different for an animal in the wild. Except they don’t have the artificial layer called society between them and nature. Despite that, we all get acquainted with how to survive the given life one way or the other. If not, we go back to creation as energy.
In its simplest form, survival is continued existence by enduring the hardships of life. In the wild, animals rarely get a chance to acknowledge their loss and emotions. It is all about moving forward with no grander goal than staying alive and furthering their own kind.
Due to the artificial layer called society, humans have many other inspirations to continue. Our way of life is not survival in the truest sense but abidance. We must abide by the rules and standards of human society. In return, we don’t have to fight predators or natural forces constantly. Even though wild animals face that every second of the day and seem to be doing fine. Human intervention is still the number one cause of rendering any species extinct.
Our way of life has made us safer and give us an advantage over all other species. However, it has bred other burdens - human problems. Unfortunately, these are not objective challenges and cannot be solved but managed. We have traded vulnerability for security only to face intangible issues. We wake up facing one or many of the following daily - stress, anxiety, depression, self-doubt, addiction, and worries about our health, finances, and future. These are bucketed as personal problems; even though help is available, it never resolves them for good. Societal functioning is designed to make us run after a moving target. When we achieve what we had set out for, a new thing arrives, luring us into another race.
Natively we should be able to go and take what we want. Because nature doesn’t have a price on anything. It is all free. Of course, your life is always on the line in the wild as you are fighting with others using your native abilities and nothing else.
However, it is not the case in society. We have different needs. entirely different rules, and we are also equipped with tools and technology apart from native abilities. You cannot act on a whim. Everything has to be planned and tallied with what is acceptable. Most human problems arise from having to follow societal rules. We cannot react impulsively to meet even our basic needs, let alone fulfill our desires for what’s beyond that. Our innate proclivities seem to oppose our conditioned mindset.
Is life in the wild better in any sense? Even if it is, we are way too advanced to return to being a nomad. Philosophically speaking - we have come too far from reality to even consider living in the wild like animals. Nonetheless, moving forward is the only available choice as we cannot go back in time and fix our neurotic behavior. Perhaps we need to prioritize time travel and not colonization of Mars.
Even so, I am thankful for this separation between myself and nature.
If you enjoyed this, consider reading my books on Amazon. Here is a quote from i$UBSCRIBE to spark your interest.
"Destiny was not designed by mortals but was the last line of code of our existence that couldn’t be deleted… Death."
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