Mixed Thought - Part 1

For the last few days, I was observing my surroundings. I was wondering what could possibly be the basic reason why globalization occurs. When I walked on the streets, I saw many different kinds of shops. There are shops selling clothes. There are shops selling electronics. There are shops selling books, and so on. What amazed me was that the items on the 'shelf' are accompanied with brand. They are not alone. They are not only commodities. It is no doubt one of the impacts of globalization. People are taught not to be rational. They are taught to be emotional. Each brand has its own profile. It is not the same as the beginning of human race, when people just went and hunted for food without thinking of any brand. I saw consumerism as a result of globalization. People becomes greedy. People are buying things that they do not need. Wasting all resources. Often, I thought about the irony of this world. On one part of the world, people are living with so much resources, and so much luxury, where on the other part of the world, people are living in a very unacceptable conditions (even it is a struggle for them to survive a day). This is completely strange. Income gap between the poor and the rich are widening. I believe that if reduce our excess consumption, we could save many other people in the world who live in extreme deficit. By why we can't do it? The world has more than enough smart people to solve this problem. But again why it is never done? Are we, humans, that ignorant of others? I can't give an answer. It seems the law of the jungle still relevant to the current time. The strong always wins. People with more capital seems to be analogous with more weapon to hunt. Yes, it is true. After all the luxurious life, consumerism, what then? What did you get? Fame? Good Social Status? In the end of the day, everyone will die. No one lives forever in this earth. Probably I should not say this. It sounds really pathetic. People are really greedy for money and for powers. The current financial crises is one of the proofs. They are looking for profits blindly. Careless. It seems that there is no end of wants. Today, money is regarded as symbol of power. Some people says with money, you are a King. This means, you could do whatever you want with your money. Money could destroy relationships. We often see best friends become enemies due to money. The (almost) whole system of the world is corrupted in many ways. There is only one truth in the world that God exists. It is hard to deny this fact. There must be Someone who created the Universe, Humans, Animals, Plants. And we, humans, believe that that Someone is God. I liked to see children. Children (especially under 5 years old) are pure. They do not have evil thoughts. Adults are lack of this attitude. When children are getting older, ideas, doctrines, are planted in their minds. Their minds become corrupted. They start to think of bad things. Envy, Jealousy, Pride, and so on (although the Good things are still there). The point is that their minds are not as pure as before. World becomes like a pile of garbage which stinks. Almost all systems in the world rooted in ego. People wants to become richer. People wants to have a happy family. People wants to get better education. People wants to be popular. It is all ego. But is it wrong to have an ego? Again, I cannot say. I feel that an element of ego is there in human minds by nature. When you are hungry, you want to eat. That is an ego. You do not want to starve. Hungry here is a broad definition. It could be anything. Hungry for food, for knowledge, for powers, for money, and so on. I believe that life should be more than making money. We, as part of the society, must contribute something to the society. Only then, our life becomes meaningful.

It is a real mixed thought. I just jot down what crossed in my mind. I just want to express it in this blog. No general idea of the blog. Comments, Critiques, Ideas are extremely welcomed.