On A Few Things..‪.‬

"The mental struggle in human relations is shared by all of us, and we can see ourselves in Victor, in Tim, in Carl, in those beloved relatives you've never got to know well enough, in the alcoholic neighbor, in the militant atheists, in the street preachers, in the unknown victims and may interleave with the experiences of other peoples (...)"


The root-causes of human problems have not changed. Social injustice, racism, totalitarian ideologies, conflicts pretext-based on religious convictions, you name it. When trillions are spent on looking for water on other planets while people here on Earth are still dying of thirst, I remember Jidda Krishnamurti's words:


“It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”


Nevertheless;


“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subject to inquiry.“ - Umberto Eco


Is the cause and the cure for our troubles to be found in the plain simple and highly difficult act of loving unconditionally? And to what extent can we have it from scratch, and lose it in the blink of an eye?