Humans - Creatures of Habit

Human beings, the most advanced living species in the world. The things which separate us from the other living beings is our quality to adapt better, the higher intelligence level and the unique individuality which each and every one of us possess. But are we all, truly, one of a kind. We all have a few common attributes which makes us fit to live in a society.

Humans are nothing but creatures of habit. People talk about falling in love and finding “the one”. But there is nothing to prove or measure love scientifically. We basically get habituated with people, animals, things and relationships, and in our constant pursuit of making ourselves feel better about every small and big decision of our lives; we call that feeling of ‘getting used to something’, as love. Humans are intelligent; we know how important it is to be happy, content and more importantly, to keep our self-respect high in our own eyes. And thus, the persistent attempt to pacify our inner self makes us look at all our selfish deeds as something positive and magical. If love was something pure and true which came from within, it would never have been said, that people fall in love. Instead, we would use something more uplifting, like rising in love. The fact that it is called “falling in love” is because we keep lowering our standards till we find someone whom we can fit into our lives, without that person judging us and leaving us for all our selfish acts of self-pacification. There is nobody like “the one”; we simply stop searching for people one day and settle with someone who is ready to settle with us. And just to pacify ourselves, we make believe that the person is “the one”.

It is this same endeavour of freeing ourselves of any guilt of all the wrong-doings of everyday life is why people believe in supernatural powers. The belief may vary; some call it God; some call it the universe; some see a particular spiritual person as the source of all knowledge and powers; for some it their parents; a tree or an animal for others. Whatever be the object of our ultimate fidelity, it is present only to rid us of all our guilt in the moments of worship or meditation. People give charity to religious institutions in order to prove to themselves that they are good human beings.

In reality, we are all self-centred, worse-than-animals, devoid-of-loving, self-obsessed, breathing mass of flesh and brain. The survival of the fittest in today’s world is simply keeping yourself satisfied with the kind of life you choose to live.