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"Human life from the first breath to the last breath"

A slavish journey

By Karan w. Published about a year ago 4 min read

When the child takes his first breath after making his presence felt in this world, his freedom is snatched away from him. When he cries, those moments are very pleasant for some. Now someone has come into this world to fulfill their goals and ambitions. To fulfill their selfishness.
But what are the goals of that child himself? Why has he been sent into this world? Why has he been born? What is the reality? Who is he? What is the truth? What goals does he have to fulfill? Who will tell him this?
But he does not need to find answers to all these questions! He does not need to worry at all. From here onwards, he is tied in the shackles of slavery like others.
He is not given the opportunity to "discover himself"?
His real purpose of coming into this world is over. The world has snatched all his rights from that child. What can the poor child do?
Now it is time to tell him about his goals. This is very scary. The world has made all the preparations to push him into a sweet slavery.

Now he will be taught the lessons of competition, jealousy and envy, greed, selfishness, contempt, lying, insensitivity, anger and aggression.

In this way his life will be literally taken away from him. He will now be prepared to become a wretched slave who will only fulfill the selfishness and greed of others.

He is not given the opportunity to think “Who is he? What is the purpose of his coming into this world? The poor fellow gets engrossed in this attractive world like the rest of the slaves. Now the child is not what he really was.

God gets angry with this child like the rest. He leaves him forever. But the rest of his fellow slaves assure him that “God is always with you. He will help you at all times. He will not leave you alone.

The stage is now set for him. All he has to do now is come on that stage and act. This stage is so big that he considers it his world. He never has the desire to look outside it. His goals are hidden in it. His aspirations and ambitions, happiness and sorrows, and a better life are contained in it. There is really no hope of his coming back now.

The better he acts, the more respect he will get. For that good acting, he is given a very high status as a reward “the status of a great man” and he is very happy to get it. Now all his goals have been fulfilled. His name will exist in the world for many centuries. And will keep inspiring other slaves like him to become “great” like him.

“But what happens when he is unable to fulfill the needs of the world, its greed, and its selfishness. He is unable to act well. If he is unable to do so “then the poor fellow is treated very badly. He is left alone. He is an unwanted object for the world. Who is of no use to it. He is allowed to stay on the stage “but nobody likes his acting. The world gives him various kinds of tortures.

“ Although then he has a golden opportunity to recognize himself. But that poor fellow keeps trying to improve his acting. And all the slaves of the world encourage him even more. In this way he is never able to get free from here.

“ And as far as his goals are concerned, there are many of them here. He does not even need to search for his destination. The world itself finds a destination for him. And he only has to reach there. But to be satisfied, he has to walk on never ending paths. That means he can never be satisfied. All these paths pass through a huge illusion. In reality there is no such thing as a destination here. The world is fooling him. Because people themselves have been fooled before. He has to walk on a long path “to reach his destination. But from his youth till his death he changes many destinations on this path. His goals keep changing continuously! Because in reality the destination he is looking for does not exist anywhere in the world. All the goals and the paths made to achieve them have been made by humans only. These paths have been decorated in such a way that every object seen here appears like a destination to that person. In this way he gets trapped in that Chakravyuh. He does not have any desires of his own. If he tries to do something like “I will live my life according to my wishes. I will do whatever I wish. I have not taken birth to fulfill anyone's selfishness. I will live freely. No one can make me a slave. But the world laughs at him on these words of his” because in reality he says these things while being caught in the illusion of that slavery. From which he will never be able to get out. “When a child utters a word for the first time after birth”, then only the world starts performing its duty. He inherits some signs of slavery from his parents. And later the work of making him a good actor begins. And in this way till his last breath, he remains engaged in fulfilling the selfish interests of the world.
He is given attractive and different temptations. So that he never feels like a slave here.

“ Now he has put up a good act in the world despite of suffering and pain to the extreme. And he shows himself to other slaves with his most attractive smile. He shows himself as the most powerful warrior. But he is not in reality.

“ Now he has become old. Maybe now he has lost the power to fulfill anyone's selfishness. Now he has to leave this stage. But when he leaves this stage then all his things will be taken away from him. And finally he is left alone after taking everything from him. Then after some time he dies as a slave.

“ Then another child is born “ The world needs him now! They need more slaves…..

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Karan w.

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Author of "The Resonance–Two Together-Lost Forever

 All worlds collapse the moment they touch the ground of reality—worlds I once created. Yet I find my bliss in the dissolution of my creations

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  • Maryam Batoolabout a year ago

    The journey of the majority of innocent faces is openly described in this story. I guess, then in the case of these 'petal-like' faces, the biggest enemies are their parents who didn't even teach them. They are thrown into the crowd of blind-box people who, with their open eyes, are crushing and drowning in the field of selfishness. It's so sad to know and read about a child grown this way. The end brings the threatening climax to the melancholy. I, after reading this, am wholly thankful to God that I was raised by the best couple. A father who pats my shoulder and says, 'That's like my girl! Be happy and don't cry over your marks and studies... There's a lot in the world that you have to face ahead. Be prepared for that!'. A father who went to my PTM and said to my teachers that do not say a word to my daughter if she even gets a zero. She has a lot more to do. We are here only to get your degree. A father who says I am his daughter and better than his sons. A father who consults every tiny bit of his worry and matter with me. I was brought up in freed! And that's all I need 🥺❤

  • Sierra Green about a year ago

    "When the child takes his first breath after making his presence felt in this world, his freedom is snatched away from him." What a SOLID opening line!

  • Marlena Guzowskiabout a year ago

    Interesting. As a parent I've thought about the reasons people choose to have children and my husband and I decided not to have more, unless we adopt.

  • Melissa Muhsabout a year ago

    Your writing on the many systems in place is on point. This piece, to me, captures the heavy despair of what many of us are living. I was hoping by the end there would be a sense of hope and it never came; yet, I came away feeling it's time to change this. Humans are not meant to be slaves. Excellent writing.

  • Sidra Anjumabout a year ago

    Enchanting and vivid! Great work

  • Latasha karenabout a year ago

    Learnt that

  • Alyssa wilkshoreabout a year ago

    Amazing

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