Ramayana revealed

Finally gathered the courage to say, “I.Do.NOT.Like.Ramayana”. I am really ashamed of myself that it took me so long to acknowledge it and confess it to myself. Was it the fear of God? Was it the fear of every belief I hold falling apart? The truth is that not acknowledging was exactly the antithesis of my second fear. It is only ironic that I let forgo my beliefs to protect them from falling apart.

Ramayana is a beautiful story no doubt, but not just because of the lifting of the mountain by Hanuman or the Vanara Sena building a bridge by floating rocks branded “Ram” but because of its ending. Yes, the ending which most of us either conveniently overlook and don’t talk about or rationalize it with (use a diplomatic word) weird explanations. Yes I am talking about the *wait for it* Agni *keep waiting* pareeksha yes Agnipareeksha.

If you think so much build up for such small detail then I would only like to give you one advice ‘go, reevaluate your life’ You may still be in denial of some major things. One thing I have learnt the hard way is that it’s always better know if the (Schrodinger’s) cat is dead or alive. The longer you wait to open the box, more is the time you are wasting.

If you are in Rama’s time and have great respect for him and he is yet to demand Agnipareeksha or if you were following Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana on TV and the electricity went out just before the Agnipareeksha scene and thus you have great respect for Rama then it’s fine and you are completely normal. But, if you have the same respect for the man/ character knowing fully well what he did (even though it is different from your beliefs), knowing fully well that Sita had living a lie for all these years, then there is definitely something wrong with you. Because no, it is not “difference of opinion”. When the box was finally opened, the cat was long dead and stinking.

It only takes one moment to lose all respect for a person. If the moment has to come, it better come sooner than later.

The point is, according to me people, for ages, have interpreted the Ramayana wrong. It was meant to be a suspense thriller where in the end the protagonist turns out to be the bad guy but people take it as a melodramatic farce with no development of character.

Man : the glory,jest,and riddle of the World

Fact: Humans are animals.

Fact: Humans can think.

I often wonder as to why humans don't behave like other animals? Why are humans encouraged not to behave as animals? One of my theories states that other animals are either highly evolved species or agents sent by aliens, who are observing us to see how the notion of thinking can change the course of evolution in a species.

Humans are allowed choose to be

1. homosexual/heterosexual

2. monogamous/polygamous

3. herbivorous/omnivorous

4. diurnal/nocturnal(although highly discouraged by the progenitors)

The funny part is that scientists are conducting experiments on lab rats to see if sexuality is predetermined or not.

Humans are encouraged to

1. Not be shallow (general standards of beauty are markers of health and fertility (not talking about colour or dressing sense))

2. Protect the rights of all fellow humans (against survival of the fittest)

3. To get themselves vaccinated

4. To wear clothes (no obscenity intended)

5. To use birth control

An explanation of part 2 could be that Kindness is a more evolved trait than intelligence and is more sought after by women as it gives them a sense of security and the part 5 could be to minimize the torture due to population on Mother Earth.

Why has intelligence not evolved out yet?

A Conspiracy Theory: In order to mate with the less intelligent, the more intelligent people decided to use methods of treachery and deceit and made the innocent believe that their offspring will lead a better life being more intelligent.

Why have humans not evolved out yet (in other words why people have kids)?

1. Adult Human Beings want to be kids (ignorant, carefree and blissful) again and it is not possible by any known means. So, they have kids to be able relive those moments (sometimes more literally than figuratively like using kids as an excuse to get on a mini train meant for toddlers).

2. The bad parents: they are frustrated souls who have been yelled at all their lives and have waited desperately to become a parent and be able to yell at somebody.

3. Females produce high amounts of oxytocin in their bodies which are interpreted as ‘Motherly feelings’ by the brain.

4. Some (sometimes both the husband and wife) assume that their spouse wants kids.

5. Some think their genes are a rare mutation which needs to be protected and the species should not be deprived of the gift of their genes.

6. Others think it is upon them to protect the human race from extinction.

Potential fate of humans because of all the thinking they do (also possible explanations of this form of life on our planet)

1. They would destroy the planet, colonize another planet and deprive it of all the resources and then hop on to another planet and repeat the same process.

2. The IQ of machines with artificially created Intelligence will exceed that of humans and humans will gradually evolve out or would integrate with the machines to form humachines.

3. Humans would realize that all we can actually do is observe patterns in nature and base our theories on them and that there is no true unrestricted form of intelligence we seek and infer that our existence is pointless and die.

4. To make us genetically immune to diseases we will devise a mechanism to inject genes from all existing species to genetically modify us to giant cockroaches (cockroaches have not evolved from thousands of years)

I guess, faith and ignorance will lead to a more stable world and only the truly intelligent can appreciate this.