I love daydreaming. It is by all means the best antidote available for a boring lecture. All that you have to do is wait till the teacher has finished taking attendance. Sit back. Let your eyes glaze over and wow!! 50 minutes of fantasy! Described below is one such fantasy that I had the privilege of experiencing recently. Initially it appeared to be a nightmare. But only later did I realize that it was actually mixture of a nightmare and a dream........
NIGHTMARE:
Following the initial bank crashes in America, more banks follow suit. All American banks close down. American economy totally crumbles. American dollar is no more. All investors lose their savings. When money has lost its meaning, what is the use of a bank account?? Total jeopardy ensues!! Well when Uncle Sam himself is penniless, would the nephews be far behind?? The reverberations of the American catastrophe are felt world wide resulting in the greatest economy crash ever. All currencies become useless... No banks.... No companies... No jobs.... The world comes to a standstill....
Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink!! Irony!! Every affordable commodity is available. But how are the people going to afford it?? All doors are there.. But the people have lost their key: MONEY! People become helpless!! Frustration!! Depression!! No people are experiencing something more than that. Even the gravest word in the English vocabulary would appear to be a euphemism when compared to the actual emotion felt by the people. Just imagine! Generations over generations of the human race have spent their entire lives, toiling day and night to earn money. And overnight it becomes worthless!! Just printed paper!! Till now families have been split, people have committed suicide, men have been murdered , dreams have been shattered, conspiracies have been hatched and every possible act on earth had been committed for the sake of just one bloody thing: Money(or rather the lack of it!!). Looking back everything appears meaningless now. Maybe we should revive Shakespeare from his grave. We need a new word to describe the plight of the humans and considering the graveness of the situation, he alone appears capable of coining a suitable word!! There is widespread mayhem everywhere! It appears as if God decided to have some fun and pulled out the axis on which the entire human race had been revolving!
THE NIGHTMARE ENDS HERE! THE BEST PART IS YET TO COME………..
THE DREAM:
There is no work to pursue, no bills to be paid, no money to be counted, no accounts to be kept……. In short humans are left with nothing to worry about, nothing to feel happy about and nothing to quarrel about. For the first time in the history of human civilization(since the invention of money), man has been left with nothing to do and hence is left with a lot of time to ponder. Not used to being idle, every person uses the free time to ponder over the current situation. Finally every logical man comes to the same conclusion:
The second greatest sin committed by man is the invention of money.(The first one was obviously committed by Adam and Eve) By inventing money, man had tried to simulate God – an omnipotent being which can accomplish any damn thing under the sun and which is respected ,feared, coveted and safe-guarded by every human! But it had turned out to be the devil in disguise. Money had corrupted human minds – it had created dynasties, destroyed them and had created nasty dynasties as well!! Man’s love for himself and his fellow beings had been replaced by man’s love for money. Money divided humans and brought about the concept of partiality! Money ensured that unequal treatment was meted out to the humans. The rich started looking down upon the poor. Education, food, homes, jobs…. All services were now provided based on the emerging God:Money! Naturally the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. A child born in a poor family realized that more than the loss of arms(or legs) or any other handicap, there is one handicap that is the most difficult to overcome: lack of money! Eventually money became the only indication of success and naturally everyone started realigning their dreams and aspirations to suit the current situation: earning money! Hence people gave up what they loved and took up whatever job promised the highest remuneration! Inevitably corruption set in. When you are doing a job for the sake of money(and not because you love the job) and all you want is money(by hook or crook), corruption is inevitable!! In short, money raped its way through the human civilizations creating offsprings such as hatred, corruption,jealousy,envy and many other evils that humans had never even heard of before.
Today though money eventually got the punishment it deserved. But the damage has already been done. How many ever murders a murderer commits, he can be hanged only once! Money has murdered the human spirit, the passion for life, love , comradeship!! Thinking back though it isn’t just money that is to be blamed. Man has an equal share in the blame! Money is like God. You believe in it as a means to further your innermost desires, you create successes. But when you madly believe in it, you create communal riots. Man did the latter!!
Now every man decides its high time to make amendments. In each aregion, a list of people and their passions are noted(Qualifications, job experience and certificates are not necessary. All that is required is love! Passion for doing something!) Each person does what he loves and the output of his play(when you do something for the love of it, its no more a work!) is happily shared with others! Since each man’s interest is varied, as a whole they end up supplementing each other! No money! No wages! No price! When you do what you love, remuneration becomes unnecessary! All that you would be concerned with is doing your job perfectly!! Hence no corruption! No bank accounts! After all that happened only a fool would save something for the future!
NIGHTMARE:
Following the initial bank crashes in America, more banks follow suit. All American banks close down. American economy totally crumbles. American dollar is no more. All investors lose their savings. When money has lost its meaning, what is the use of a bank account?? Total jeopardy ensues!! Well when Uncle Sam himself is penniless, would the nephews be far behind?? The reverberations of the American catastrophe are felt world wide resulting in the greatest economy crash ever. All currencies become useless... No banks.... No companies... No jobs.... The world comes to a standstill....
Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink!! Irony!! Every affordable commodity is available. But how are the people going to afford it?? All doors are there.. But the people have lost their key: MONEY! People become helpless!! Frustration!! Depression!! No people are experiencing something more than that. Even the gravest word in the English vocabulary would appear to be a euphemism when compared to the actual emotion felt by the people. Just imagine! Generations over generations of the human race have spent their entire lives, toiling day and night to earn money. And overnight it becomes worthless!! Just printed paper!! Till now families have been split, people have committed suicide, men have been murdered , dreams have been shattered, conspiracies have been hatched and every possible act on earth had been committed for the sake of just one bloody thing: Money(or rather the lack of it!!). Looking back everything appears meaningless now. Maybe we should revive Shakespeare from his grave. We need a new word to describe the plight of the humans and considering the graveness of the situation, he alone appears capable of coining a suitable word!! There is widespread mayhem everywhere! It appears as if God decided to have some fun and pulled out the axis on which the entire human race had been revolving!
THE NIGHTMARE ENDS HERE! THE BEST PART IS YET TO COME………..
THE DREAM:
There is no work to pursue, no bills to be paid, no money to be counted, no accounts to be kept……. In short humans are left with nothing to worry about, nothing to feel happy about and nothing to quarrel about. For the first time in the history of human civilization(since the invention of money), man has been left with nothing to do and hence is left with a lot of time to ponder. Not used to being idle, every person uses the free time to ponder over the current situation. Finally every logical man comes to the same conclusion:
The second greatest sin committed by man is the invention of money.(The first one was obviously committed by Adam and Eve) By inventing money, man had tried to simulate God – an omnipotent being which can accomplish any damn thing under the sun and which is respected ,feared, coveted and safe-guarded by every human! But it had turned out to be the devil in disguise. Money had corrupted human minds – it had created dynasties, destroyed them and had created nasty dynasties as well!! Man’s love for himself and his fellow beings had been replaced by man’s love for money. Money divided humans and brought about the concept of partiality! Money ensured that unequal treatment was meted out to the humans. The rich started looking down upon the poor. Education, food, homes, jobs…. All services were now provided based on the emerging God:Money! Naturally the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. A child born in a poor family realized that more than the loss of arms(or legs) or any other handicap, there is one handicap that is the most difficult to overcome: lack of money! Eventually money became the only indication of success and naturally everyone started realigning their dreams and aspirations to suit the current situation: earning money! Hence people gave up what they loved and took up whatever job promised the highest remuneration! Inevitably corruption set in. When you are doing a job for the sake of money(and not because you love the job) and all you want is money(by hook or crook), corruption is inevitable!! In short, money raped its way through the human civilizations creating offsprings such as hatred, corruption,jealousy,envy and many other evils that humans had never even heard of before.
Today though money eventually got the punishment it deserved. But the damage has already been done. How many ever murders a murderer commits, he can be hanged only once! Money has murdered the human spirit, the passion for life, love , comradeship!! Thinking back though it isn’t just money that is to be blamed. Man has an equal share in the blame! Money is like God. You believe in it as a means to further your innermost desires, you create successes. But when you madly believe in it, you create communal riots. Man did the latter!!
Now every man decides its high time to make amendments. In each aregion, a list of people and their passions are noted(Qualifications, job experience and certificates are not necessary. All that is required is love! Passion for doing something!) Each person does what he loves and the output of his play(when you do something for the love of it, its no more a work!) is happily shared with others! Since each man’s interest is varied, as a whole they end up supplementing each other! No money! No wages! No price! When you do what you love, remuneration becomes unnecessary! All that you would be concerned with is doing your job perfectly!! Hence no corruption! No bank accounts! After all that happened only a fool would save something for the future!
Share markets though would still continue to function! No there won’t be a sensex and you wont be dealing with money. It would be a market where you share your surplus resources with others! A place where you give without expecting anything in return! That’s true love!
Motto: Use all that you need! Give away the surplus!! Carpe Diem!!
That’s when it won’t be necessary to die to go to heaven! Heaven will be right here on earth!!!
I was suddenly aware of two large eyes very close to my face!! Teacher!! Back to reality!! I was thrown out of the class with the parting words: “Unless you work hard, your dreams will never come true!” That’s pretty funny!! It would be better the other way round!! If ever my dreams come true, there will be no need for me to work!! I will just need to play!! I will have fun being an author!! I wont become a boring software engineer working for money!! But then will it come true?? Considering the current economic crisis, the nightmare seems inevitable…. But the dream?? About people doing what they love….. And me being an author!! Well both of them appear to be far fetched....
Unfortunately Man never learns from his mistakes!! As and when one form of money loses its value, Man will keep reinventing money in other forms(and his troubles too!!). And what about me?? I will be forced to become a software engineer writing boring programs for the sake of money and I will have to resort to writing such blogs in my free time to satisfy my desires of becoming an author!! :(
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2 comments:
Nah, don't worry. You'll become an author, sure. Two from the family. We will compete on the top sellers chart. :D
Beg to disagree with you! the worlds best authors,had some other profession and took to writing as a hobby first!one writes based on your experiences.what are your experiences if you are sitting in one corner of your house and writing?Nothing.
write and go on writing!!!
write about real issues.
good luck
Ps.Examples of famous authors who pursued a different profession
Somersett Maughm-Physician by profession.And he ackowledges he observed human nature by being a doctor first
Mark twain-Riverboat pilot
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