Mind over matter

It’s amazing that the mind of man can be larger, more vast than the limitless borders of the universe, yet at the same time so small that it only resides within the hollow walls of the human skull.

I have seen how lofty ideals and talk of honour and nobleness can come from the same person, yet at the very same measure, how he/she can simultaneously advocate for some of the most cruel and nonsensical philosophy that staggers the imagination.

Within the same neighbourhood, aye, and even within the same street, neighbours can turn on each other, pitting each other in endless contests to showoff their wealth and supposed status. I have seen neighbours snubbing each other on the same street or corridors because the other may be supposedly poorer than them.

Everyone shows off without realizing that they are all residing in the very same neighbourhood of limited means and income, where no one is actually richer or poorer than the other, nor more eloquently educated. The only difference is that they allow themselves to deceive themselves within the confines of their own minds and thereby proceed to tell themselves that they are indeed more substantial a person of society over his neighbours.

But honestly, does material wealth and status really matter that much. No one will readily admit to it, for their words will say otherwise while their actions and thoughts are centred constantly on how wealth and status is paramount to everything in their lives.

Taking it further, the bigotry that man allows into his mind is enormous. So, okay, here we’ve talked about wealth. In other instances, neighbours have turned on neighbours, people they’ve known all their lives. Cases in point, Cambodia, Rwanda and the seemingly endless conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. People who once broke bread together in the same community can up and kill at an instant. Brothers killing brothers and children killing their parents.

So, unless we determine and fight for the championing of the fundamental good of humanity and have that presiding our minds, the worst can and will happen.