Counter to "Obi : For the beginners"

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Please do check out the above blog, the 8th September 2009 post titled "Obi : For the Beginners", as the intelligent reader might have figured from the title of my post.

Well, I have to grant it to the author. It is full of "insights", "wit" and a helluva lot of sarcastic comments.

I could probably counter the description of everyone of those characters in the play that would be Obi's life. But there is one particularly character that I would probably like to comment more upon, since it concerns me quite personally and I really really happen to share a close bond with that character in particular.

This character that I have been talking about for so long is an extra-terrestrial creature that is little understood. The character has been nicknamed ET because she truly does seem to belong to a different planet. She is often not quite understood. She has a very different perspective in life and treats/reacts to most situations in life on Earth in a "strange" fashion probably.

She can be naive, gullible, "dumb" and possess very very "basic" instincts. But hey! That is the perception of mere mortal human beings of Earth, who have always been extremely vain and self-centred creatures. Why, they have a case history of burning up live individuals of their own species for telling the universal truth about certain aspects of the universe in general. (Eg. the Heliocentric model of the Universe). Also considering that they're capable of such criminal indulgence in self-denial, a passive, objective observer must not go entirely by the description of ET by Obi (which nickname happens to be short for Opinionated-Bastard).

ET has always felt that she is better understood by other species of the good planet Earth (of which all Zchliopaenians are aware of - which also explains how a Zchliopaenian managed to land on the good old planet Earth - which once again makes one think of the remarkable technological advancement of the Zchliopaenians or their possession of ancient secrets of Space-Time travel, which made ET's landing on Earth possible, being 20,000 light years away from the tired and dying planet Earth). One of the more intelligent creatures being the dolphins, which have so unfortunately been brutally slaughtered by the superiorly "intelligent" homo sapiens. ET's heart cries a silent cry every time one of such wise and intelligent beings, as the dolphins, is murdered. But then again, they're human beings after all. They view their lives with their limited sensory, emotional, psychological, physical and mental perceptive capacities and have the audacity to believe that whatever they see is the truth!! In fact, one thing that strikes ET particularly funny is that they can kill their own tired, dying planet and when some of their wiser homo sapien members actually tell the truth about their existence, they'd refuse to believe that person!! In fact, they call that person "mad" and ostracise him/her from the society, until decades later, probably, when the homo sapiens are intelligent enough to understand and stomach the truth about the universe, they'd accept the "crazy" idea that was originally propounded by one of their kind and hail him/her for their “greatness”.

ET feels a strange kind of kinship with all of those ostracised and murdered scientists of the tired and dying planet Earth, who had been courageous once upon a time to tell the truth about their mother planet, universe, etc. ET herself has come up with several theories herself. She often questions life for what it is and explores beyond what can be observed merely from the surface. In fact, she is so busy in her thoughts and her exploration of life that she oftentimes forgets about the “present” as she is on her own astral trip, traveling to faraway lands. That is why, she often seems “slow”, because she is furiously trying to untangle the secrets and mysteries of existence, which the more “intelligent” mortals may never dwell upon, as they’re so busy “living” their lives.

ET also finds it strange that the humans subscribe to so many strange notions such as morality, values, right, wrong and the whole load of crap, which is actually very human-like to create and blindly follow. One of the theories that ET subscribes to is the colour theory, apart from astrology of course, which the Earthling friends of ET would have been exposed to by now, being what she is, she must have already chewed all their ears about it. But very few of ET’s earthling friends are actually capable of understanding it and do not apply the standard earthling behaviour of dismissing a theory. One of them being Arian Sap. I think amongst all of the characters described in the play of Obi’s life, I think Arian Sap is the next person with an ET spirit, because she does not subscribe to trite philosophies that the others may follow - particularly Obi. She makes an attempt to understand!!

Yes, the Zchliopaenians might seem to have an “under-developed” brain mechanism. Silly humans. They must always compare their “brain mechanisms” with those of other species and reaffirm to themselves that they’re truly intelligent. This shows two very glaring things about the kind. First, they’re so insecure about their intelligence that they find this constant need to compare themselves with other species. Secondly, they’re so vain and stupid that they do not recognise the fundamental flaw in their conclusion of being truly superior beings – that is, they have never perceived the intelligence or even manner in which the brains of other species might work. They can never feel how the world looks to a snake, or what a dog can hear, or even what a fish can sensorily feel. They limit their conclusions to the minimal “experiments” that they have undertaken because they’re incapable of going beyond that.

Next, camels can run faster than human beings. That is a superior quality to possess. If a camel and a human being were ever to have a running race, ET and I can bet our long and short lives, respectively, that the camel can outrun the human any day! It is only the human’s egocentrisism and insecurity induced stupidity that can make it laugh over an analogy of running like camels.

Sure, Zchliopaenians have “basic” instincts. The other instincts that they possess are beyond the realm of human comprehension and imagination. No wonder Obi can see none of it, because he is limited by his human inadequacies and shortcomings. Unfortunate for him, he laughs at the “basic” instincts that Zchlipaenians possess. ET, being what she is, would just let him have his laugh, because she knows who would have the last laugh.

Humans mate whenever they want. In fact, they mate almost all the fucking time!! And yes, the planets and other heavenly bodies do influence them to a large extent. In fact, the fact that Obi even mentioned that Arian Sap and he were born in alignment with the same constellation shows that he has somewhere thought about it and has looked for signs of similarity, which he might have even found, but being the human that he is, would hide in his usual self-denial and refuse to accept the truth. But the truly funny thing about the entire situation that ET can see so clearly is, Obi would read this and behave the exact way that she originally predicted he would. Moreover, he would even believe in life the way she originally prognosticated he would, proving her with every action and denial of his that she was right all along. Poor, blind humans….

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