So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
(Raise Your Glass, Pink)
Looking at the present, we'd find that people are somewhat getting weirder and weirder. Things that are once seen as unacceptable is now rampant, things once seen as stupid now dominate mass media, things that were generally bad, are now seen as norm. Call it a liberation of ideas, call it eventual acceptance of what is in the essence right, but just not seen so at present, call it evolution of the human mind , but as a person and a muslim specifically, I do not see how these things liberate a person. More so, I can clearly see how these things trap a human into dependence on other human beings, just people craving for words of acceptance from other people, to have a kick of dopamine into their ventral tegmental area.
As pointed out by a dear friend in his blog post, is there hope for this world to be once again a place where good dominates over...non-good? A question that, to my great relief is being asked and addressed by many of my peers today.
In the time where people are nose diving into hedonism and shamelessness sugar coated with terms like 'freedom of expression', 'rights' and 'modernism', it is great to know that there are people taking active measures to get people to the right path.
Though I dare not admit to being in the likes of such people, I would loudly exclaim my support and agreement to their efforts. This is the least I could do.
And as any classical tale of good versus evil, justice versus tyranny, there will be characters in the tale that would describe us in real life.
Firstly there's the status quo that practices evil and the people doing their best to uphold that. Then there's the people living in the status quo, some who agree to the conditions they are living in because it benefits them in one form or another, some who don't because it robs them of their rights and the majority of people who are hoping to make just enough to live without bothering others, even if it meant having to live and practice the status quo, all the while hoping for the better. And then there's the hero, who challenges the status quo, brings up their own army of the wronged and hurt and finally brings peace and justice to the kingdom.
Where do I stand amongst the characters of the tale? I do not fully know yet. But I believe that my limited experience in this life and some learning has unclouded my eyes, allowing me to see some of these characters in real life, in front of my eyes.
I've seen these heroes, who spend their time trying to get people to do good and change their mindsets from "its ok to live in this" into "this is clearly not right, and I have the power to make changes for the better". And I've seen the reaction of their peers towards them. And frankly, I am saddened to see that while many just won't listen, some are even actively going against what they are doing. Its like telling a doctor who comes to your home to offer you help for your pain "Go away, I do not need you to complicate matters. I'll live with this pain in the back of my head all my life until I die, when finally I wont feel it anymore. And don't you dare going around to other people offering your medicines, they too don't need you". Its like a person knows there is a problem and they believe that there is a solution to it but they are not willing to listen to the options. And people who enjoin good are seen as weird and wrong and different from others, like humans in the default setting are not made to enjoin good. Well that is weird isn't it? Because everyone who is of respectable status and people who we love tell us to do good. Our parents tell us to do good, our teachers tell us to do good, our nation leaders tell us to do good.
And so why is it different if our peers tells us to do good? Why is it wrong for some people to spend their time enjoining good and why is it alright, or normal for some others to spend their times surfing the net for no particular reason? Why is it wrong for people to spend their money going to places to meet friends who also enjoin good and while it is normal for others to spend whole heaps more to cross continents just to meet old friends? (N.B. dear reader that I'm not making these comparisons to highlight what is good and not, but simply to state what is accepted as normal and not) Oh yeah I forgot! Of course! Because it is weird and freaky in the world we are living now for another person to care so much for another, that they take extra effort to ask the other to do good (because they believe that doing good will serve them well in this world and the next), and it is just unnecessary for people to teach and talk to others about doing good because "of course they know about it…they just…". And it is just normal for people to ask others to waste time and money doing things of no benefit at all. Of course!
Well with that epiphany I just had I guess I can now stop my yapping. I'm starting to sound like one of those freaks.
He's dividing everyone
With his claim that God is One
So don't talk to me about Muhammad
Because of him there is no peace and I have trouble in my mind
So dont talk to me about muhammad
And as we walk along together we will get along just fine
(Don't Talk about Muhammad, Dawud Wharnsby Ali)
Freaky in only so many ways
Azfar
(P.S : I think my posts are getting worse with each submission. But…. I'm blaming to relaxed atmosphere of the holidays for this, I usually have lots to write during the busiest times of the semester, it must the adrenaline. Hoping to post reading worthy material soon. )
