Terror and Cancer - threats to human existence
I lost my brother to cancer a few months back and the emotion that the word evokes is one of deep sadness. Last night there has been a terror strike at Paris, there is pain all around and I cannot help think of the deep rooted agenda of destruction that both these maladies carry.
Many people have compared and referred to the terrorist forces that now plague as a species to cancer. These comparisons are mostly made in a literal sense, in the context of terrorism being a difficult to solve, major issue. My attempt is here to highlight some striking similarites between these forces of destruction and urge us to approach explore solutions for these two major issues affecting and threatening human existence in the 21st century in diverse ways. Everyone has a role to play in taking these forward.
Foremost, I view Terrorism and Cancer as core malfunctions. Examples of how otherwise healthy, happy cells and humans turn against their own fellow cells and beings. There is no greater goal in both these cases but overall destruction and annihilation. Both use creative, innovative techniques to propogate and convert more and more of the healthy cells to their own ways of self and general destruction. Apparently, the attackers in Paris spoke french with a french accent, the camouflage cell signature technique that cancer cells apply as well effectively.
Humanity is at a perilous position in its battle with both these maladies and the solution options available are painful and not always viable. As a species we may have missed a trick. Our collective conscience should have paid attention to and stepped in to help in many different ways our fellow brothers when some of them started going astray. Choosing the option of aggression only when no other option was available and even worse indifference, never. Policies towards countries and populace in visible pain and trouble have been with strong exploitative undertones and hardly the one of love and tolerance.Given where we are now, we need to ofcourse go about attempting to resolve the issues with all tools available - targetted treatment of malfunctioning elements and surgical procedures are inevitable.
It is in the middle of all this mayhem that we must think of the underlying causes of these malfunctions. We must search for the causes using the timeless values of love, empathy and tolerance.For example , there is trouble brewing in the Indian sub-continent.Contrary to what has been practiced in those parts of the world (generally) for millenia there are humans trying to find differences between each other rather than similarities. Finding differences is a self fulfilling prophecy, you can and will find more if you put your minds to it. It is time to act for each person - underlying causes are not fully understood and may never be, but spreading a message of universal love, tolerance and of oneness as a species will only help.
Many people have compared and referred to the terrorist forces that now plague as a species to cancer. These comparisons are mostly made in a literal sense, in the context of terrorism being a difficult to solve, major issue. My attempt is here to highlight some striking similarites between these forces of destruction and urge us to approach explore solutions for these two major issues affecting and threatening human existence in the 21st century in diverse ways. Everyone has a role to play in taking these forward.
Foremost, I view Terrorism and Cancer as core malfunctions. Examples of how otherwise healthy, happy cells and humans turn against their own fellow cells and beings. There is no greater goal in both these cases but overall destruction and annihilation. Both use creative, innovative techniques to propogate and convert more and more of the healthy cells to their own ways of self and general destruction. Apparently, the attackers in Paris spoke french with a french accent, the camouflage cell signature technique that cancer cells apply as well effectively.
Humanity is at a perilous position in its battle with both these maladies and the solution options available are painful and not always viable. As a species we may have missed a trick. Our collective conscience should have paid attention to and stepped in to help in many different ways our fellow brothers when some of them started going astray. Choosing the option of aggression only when no other option was available and even worse indifference, never. Policies towards countries and populace in visible pain and trouble have been with strong exploitative undertones and hardly the one of love and tolerance.Given where we are now, we need to ofcourse go about attempting to resolve the issues with all tools available - targetted treatment of malfunctioning elements and surgical procedures are inevitable.
It is in the middle of all this mayhem that we must think of the underlying causes of these malfunctions. We must search for the causes using the timeless values of love, empathy and tolerance.For example , there is trouble brewing in the Indian sub-continent.Contrary to what has been practiced in those parts of the world (generally) for millenia there are humans trying to find differences between each other rather than similarities. Finding differences is a self fulfilling prophecy, you can and will find more if you put your minds to it. It is time to act for each person - underlying causes are not fully understood and may never be, but spreading a message of universal love, tolerance and of oneness as a species will only help.
Awesome article.... Well written... So well expressed!!
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