Few weeks ago I saw a movie, that started some thought processes in my head. It´s 10 years old movie, shown in the middle of the night from TV, as something that wouldn’t sell on prime time. After seeing it, for a second I thought – how come I haven’t seen it earlier? But then I realized, that would I´d seen it 10 years ago, it probably wouldn’t start the thought process it did now. So things do come when they are meant to come.
The key point was, that the one thing that differs human behavior from gorillas and is causing most of the problems in today’s world is the attitude of TAKERS. Humans have become TAKERS. They believe they can take anything they want – animals, food, lives etc. But they don’t realize that the world has a limit and if we keep TAKING more than we need or should, we will be out of resources. And this meaning not only water, food etc, but also human values and development.
If we look at gorillas, then after centuries, they still live life, based on the nature values. Something that the humans seemed to have stepped over while developing. Gorillas grow food and other stuff for their own and their family needs. Owning stuff don’t give a right for one animal to rule over another. Actually anything dosent give the right for one animal to take away pride, dreams and illusions from others.
Humans, after discovering their skills to do almost anything in the world, started the waste. We started creating more than we needed, take over more than was necessary. And we decided that the ones who were the best in creating/taking as much as possible, where the ones who could rule over others and start taking even more.
Later on that night I went to my bedroom and discovered my cat sleeping in the middle of my bed, leaving no room for me to fit under the blanket anymore and making the face like he is not even considering that he should move.
Then, when I was almost to get mad at him: you are an animal you should sleep on the floor, it flipped in my head. Who am I to tell that I can sleep here, but you cant since you don’t decide here, but I am the owner of you. What gives me the right to be the TAKER?
Often people describe cats as the stupid animals who don’t understand the orders from the owner and don’t run in the way the owner says, as dogs do(and I am definitely the dag person myself!). I think this is the best example to show how people feel the need to rule over someone. And this ruling gives us pleasure and feeling of belonging to the society.
But where did things go wrong? Since when did we develop this need in ourselves? How much easier would it be to live when we wouldnt have the need? When we would understand our limits available for every single person in the planet world?
And there was one line in the movie that said: “You never had the power, you only thought you had!” So can we actually rule over someone or it is just our imagination, which is creating waste, over consumption and discrimination and nothing more.
It is a long story. And my point of view is probably the most mixed one capturing in one breath many different conclusions you can make from the movie. But that’s how my brain works :).
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