Why people dig up the past, destroy the present and make the future uncertain?

 

 Fr Nelson Lobo OFM Cap

WONDERING GURU (105) 

       Have you ever wondered why people dig up the past and by doing so destroy the present and make the future uncertain?   Have you ever wondered why the present generation is made to suffer for the atrocities of the past with which they had no connection?                 

      There is a strange pleasure or weird satisfaction in the blame game.  It doesn't matter whether the particular person/community/government who is accused off is innocent or guilty. Humans just love to point fingers at others. These are called regressive minds (RMs). People who cannot see forward but only backward. They like to look into the rear mirror while driving the car. You can imagine the outcome of that drive. This also happens when these RMs  have nothing to discuss about the present or the future. Politicians are experts in recognizing this human tendency though they have no psychological degree.

    RMs dig up the past wounds, blame others, justify their 'digging' and crucify the present. Such mentality is exploited by the politicians when they have nothing to boast about the present. To submerge the real present issues that are plaguing the nation and the society they try to dig up the past and get the RMs engaged aggressively. This aggression is lit by politicians by using religious and Bollywood torchlight.  The brainless RMs get caught up in the religious and cultural aggression. The end result is  revenge and hatred in the country. The present plaguing issues are forgotten. Blame game continues. Religious hatred is spewed. Politicians are happy. But there are pockets of intelligent voices here and there who recognise the evil plan of the politicians. They are called Progressive Minds (PMs). 

Politicians hate PMs because they think differently. PMs know the past. They  discuss the present issues and plan for the all inclusive future human development. For   them human development, empowering all people is much more crucial than just building roads and bridges and metros. So my dear friend have you ever wondered in which category your mind belongs too? Is it one of RMs or PMs? It's time we question our thinking. It's  time we stop looking backward. It's time we look forward together hand in hand. It's time we stop listening to useless political speeches. It's time we stop watching and believing politically motivated main stream paid media. Give a chance to your brains to think differently but rightly. 

First published on Facebook on 28th March 2022