THE AIM OF LIFE

In an argument with one of my friend about Arundhati Roys criticism of everything around her in this India , he replied:


EPILOGUE: In short, if I had to answer how my views are different than yours,the answer would be I am more inclined to a realist like Sardar Patel than an idealist like Arundhati Roy.That is because as I explained before,in real world,even the laws of physics need to be modified simple because ideal conditions never exist.


THIS IS MY ANSWER TO HIM:

Well let me ask you the question what is the aim of human life? Why we are here on this earth?? To be born, to eat, to make merry, to reproduce, to suffer old age and then die? Is this what we Homo sapiens made for? Then what is the difference between man and dog? If there is no progress, then what is the purpose of this great mind. If we die ,as we were born, without improving this world at all, then we better die at birth only!

Don’t you accept that ultimate aim for human life is the improvement of mankind?? To make a positive contribution to this world, to leave a mark for which generations to come benefit? Is not this better than any worldly pleasure? To work for a goal which gives you satisfaction and brings change in humanity!

For all those who glorify private selfishness over public, have you ever wondered what world would have been without those who didn’t care for others? From the start of the world, the most remarkable are the people who have contributed in human progress and not assimilating individual wealth. We are living in a new world because there was someone who thought of improvement and not just eat, shit and reproduce.

The change is the epitome of human progress. Without change we would have succumbed to natural changes and animal power. But its brain and its search for better which has made man challenge some of the unconquered terrains in the world history.

Within the human race it’s strive for the better, or in other words ideal which has produced some of the greatest leaders and a remarkable change in world history. The world has changed not because it changes automatically, but due to people who wanted world to be better than what it was during their time. It was their search for the ultimate – THE IDEAL which has brought giant leaps in human progress.

It’s the quest for the IDEAL which leads to changes in human history. Its only when people are dissatisfied with their present conditions that they look for something better, something more satisfying and stable. It is for this personal and social endeavor to achieve the ideal that man can dream now of conquering the nature!


From Marx to Arundhati Roy, from Gautam Buddha to Bhagat Singh, it was their search for ideal that gave milestones of Human development. It was their criticism of their surroundings, that flaws of present were identified to be removed in future. It was their quest for something better than man had hope and path to work upon. It was their guidance to the ideal that man found a purpose to live.

“Criticism and independent thinking are the two indispensable qualities of a revolutionary”- Shaheed Bhagat Singh


It was only due to dissatisfied slaves that slavery abolished. They were told world is not fair, it is not ideal , you have to face difficulties , accept it the way it is , have faith in God, he will give you a better life , you are suffering for your sins. But finally one Spartacus realized that all these are false hopes. An ideal world exists and no God, no Christ, no Vishnu avatar, no Allah’s messiah would ever come to provide this world. It is to be aimed for, fought for and finally cared for. It required sacrifice, bloodshed, change from the normal path, but it led to change progress and abolition of slavery. They lost initially, they suffered but they didn’t loose hope, they didn’t wait for some God to come. They fought for a better world and finally achieved it!!

The same story was repeated when men suffered under feudalism. Again they were told keep suffering, it’s due to your past sins, but they acted, fought and achieved their freedom.

It was the same love for IDEAL that man revolted against the Kings, considered to be the sons of God. It was this love that made them revolt and abolish cruel rituals and systems and established the democracy.

It was the same zeal- not to accept anything less than best- that made people revolt against imperialism. It was this spirit for ideal that few youth friends of Bhagat Singh revolted against mighty British empire- and became “amar Shaheed”.

And now it will be the same zeal of IDEAL which will make man revolt against exploitive capitalism. To try for a better world where all men are equal, no one kills another, there is no exploitation, and there is no misery. There are no capitalists and there are no poor labors. It is only when all men will be born equal, treated equal and die equal that IDEAL will be achieved. It will be a world where man will be free , there will be no misery , no sickness and no hatred!

It is definitely an IDEAL, but to try to achieve is what for we are here in this world. Not to wait for some Messiah , but to take up our arms and fight the enemy through our blood our sweat! The real is what we have achieved and ideal is what we have to achieve – because man never stops. In the same way as physics experiments are never stopped, they are conducted again and again to bring them as close to the ideal as possible.




IDEAL IS NOT TO BE ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFETIME- IT IS TO BE AIMED FOR AND WORKED FOR – and it is this strive for the ideal, without any compromise, without any dilution, which gives the meaning to life!