Day 157

 Man's search for meaning-14

Homo sapiens always believe that they are the acme of creations on earth and the chosen children of God (by the believers, of course). But are they really?

Such questions crop up when we closely look at the nature and other creations.

I happen to two see two small videos recently…

• ·       a spider was seen creating a web….  video lasted less than two minutes.... with the help of powerful camera, the whole process was clearly visible/beautifully captured. First, one could see some strands stretching in different directions… thereafter the spider, went round and round in circles creating further strands… and lo with a minute or so completed the full web… a marvel to watch… even a sophisticated weaver may be awe struck by the creation of the unsung spider.

In which design school the spider has learned the art can be asked by uninitiated…. or which university?

• ·         a woodpecker was seen making a big hole on a full-grown tree… a hole was already made and the bird was making it still wider. The way the bird was chiselling the wood with its long beaks… will even put a seasoned wood cutter to shame…. Such a systematic, focused effort and taking out hard tree wood slowly … and systematically…

The effort and time taken to carve out a hole on a big tree must be tremendous for  bird of that size… the same process the homo sapiens also will achieve today in minutes with sharpen tools or even cutters using batteries.

·       Who is more intelligent, creative and productive is the doubt?

·       Such activities of birds, animals when seen one may think that Homo sapiens, all said done, is quite ordinary in the scheme of things of the nature … 

•    though he/she has conquered even the space partially or can trap elephants or kill Lions by deceit and with guns…. 
•   what greatness is really there really… standing much away from a ferocious tiger or Lion  and kill it with gun shot or catch them in nets already placed…
•        Should one be proud or ashamed?  Worth a thought…
•    ( I think that should call for shame and sympathy… if in a school  a child does anything that   smells of cheating/foul play, then he/she will be fined or put to shame… but when  grown up does the same, it is considered as valour… remember the famous words - “ Hand of the God” usage by Maradona….)

Be happy. Be safe.

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