Accumulations

We all think we are the most superior species on the planet. God has created various animals - herbivores, carnivores, omnivores. We have the predator - prey hierarchy. We have a food chain. And I think man sits at the top of the food chain and top of the animal hierarchy.  What makes us special? What makes us sit at the top? 

The basic need for survival is food. Other animals either kill or are killed for food. But humans can choose whether they want to kill or not. Humans can cook and add flavors to food. But we didnt stop with flavors and cooking. We started wearing clothes and building houses for ourselves. Here, I must say we surely are superior. But then we started marking lands, we started acquiring wealth and riches. Not just food and water but we started thirsting for money, wealth and property. For our shelter we need a home but why do we need many houses? Guest house, farm house, leased out house etc. When the animals die, they die. They dont seem to fight to leave their mark on the planet. But we humans dont want to stop with death. We accumulate wealth and leave it behind for our offsprings. Whats the point? We cut down forests, snatch away the natural habitats of animals and cage them in zoo. Why? because we sit at the top of the hierarchy.

The animals fight to survive. But their fights are limited to the herds of their territory. We humans fight not just for survival but also to satisfy our ego. We find reasons to fight over caste, creed, region and religion. Our fights span across countries. I wouldnt be surprised if we decide to wage a war with martians some day. 

We think. We analyze. We invent. We invent machines and gadgets to simplify our life but destroy the eco-system. We want an easy life, but end up in messing up others' lives. We are top of the hierarchy, because we drew the hierarchical chart. Because we forgot the basic fact that true bliss is in co-existing with nature but not in modifying, manipulating or destroying it. Thus we are trying to dominate nature and are investing time and money in inventing are re-inventing technologies. We have messed up our life styles and have complicated our lives to the extent that we cannot live without our ACs, automobiles and many other gadgets paving way to various diseases. We have dominated nature to the extent that the very air we breathe in every second has turned into poison. Lets not forget that we are part of the nature and by being indifferent to it, we are calling our own doom.