StarCat/CatStar

Revolutionary, French Revolutionary, Civil, Crimean, World, Korean,
Vietnam, Of Roses, On Drugs, On Terror, On Poverty, Cold, we delight in
measuring the outcome so we may gain any advantage in our next conflict,
with better weapons and intelligence to prevent what we can never
conquer, God, as doomsday machine. "The quicker we get there, the better",
many fundamentalists proclaim. (Somehow, there's something diabolical
about praying for peace that we neither understand nor incorporate into
our day-to-day living with our families, our neighbors, and ourselves.)
Thus far, death and destruction have been the preferred choice for
salvation, and when we are close to death, most of us appeal to a god to
show us the other half of the equation, immortality. The atheist is not
immune. In fact, it stands as hypocrisy to obey the laws and (im)morals of
such fettered societies.
While there are fragments of religions and various philosophies that
emphasize 'turning the other cheek' and 'non-attachment', most of us pay
lip service to these concepts, remaining trapped in the cycle where more
death equals more power, as if, I will not survive, if you do, an ancient fear
and resolution to scarcity and oppression. But the scarcity and oppression
of today is more psycho-spiritual than it is physical. At least, that's what
we tell ourselves from our easy chairs and IT mentality, until we visit some
third world country, which relatively few are wont to do, and experience
first-hand the reality of scarcity and oppression.
But, that, we will not abide. So instead of looking at how we have abused
and wasted their resources, we try to impose our solutions on their
circumstances, forgetting that what we have created as physical comforts
are seriously defective, due to our addiction to Death-dealing, as a power
and force to supplement our godly inheritance.
So the next time you complain about those greedy, corrupt, vengeful
warmongers who want to control others, which, of course, is not you, think
about what, and who you worship, and why, if you can move beyond the
expired words of gods. Selah…
Author bio: Virs Rana is a writer of testamentary proportions. His
deconstruction of de rigueur bastions of propriety begs one question one's
identity and reality. This has been a reflection of his lifelong attempt to
achieve sanity, yet his writing permeates with integrity and logic that
belies his world of chaotic order. He is a published writer of articles,
reviews, and a comic strip in a few free press venues, along with an adult
novelty book, and a just completed children's picture book currently up for
grabs.