INSTINCT

Animals, including human being are driven & governed by instincts the natures’ gift received by birth. Fish doesn’t need to learn how to swim; a child doesn’t need to learn how to suck tits for milk. Instincts then take the shape of needs, as men can think needs spread their tentacles into wants, wants into greed, into cruelty & into crude human animal a social human being otherwise, transforms or regresses.

Thousands of years of civilization has yet not progressed even a single feet & shown evidences of evolution as long as thinking process radically beyond instincts. Yes, of course the by each passing day the vocabulary has progressed tremendously, neatness in behavior, polished outlook all developed. Yet, killing instinct remained at place.

Sex is the instinct present in all the living organisms. Human being is more fortunate as they are not deprived of season to develop orgasm. Even through centuries of civilization, though one may not act yet thoughts inculcate orgasm at the sight of opposite sex especially to man at the sight of woman of substance.

Sleep overtakes all. A tired animal sleeps even in the wildest of the environment, precarious conditions even if he is supposed to be hanged next morning before sun rise, the fellow will sleep till then. Sleep could only be honored with only one sentence ‘blessings to live life’. Without sleep how life becomes, ask all those who have experienced insomnia.

Hunger keeps us all alive. Under suitable circumstances all, even animals might accommodate others in sharing their food. Yet, in not so suitable circumstances it would be too much to expect extra from even the sole thinking animal.

In Spirituality, it is said that to chant gods’ name (namsankirtan) even while sleeping. Chanting numbers to out number the breath taken over life is the true bhakti, a number of saints have said. Chanting runs through the vessels like blood. Yet, imagine in sleep if the ceiling collapses onto the sleeping devotee, he’d run away crying to save himself. His instinct for his survival & the fear of death has outcaste his incessant bhakti.

It is natural to behave crude whilst it is driven by instinct. Yet, the gift of thinking ruins making it the curse for human being itself & for rest of the world.

By

Vijay Yelmelwar