There's an ethereal process of brainwashing going on. Hidden from everyone, somewhere deep down in our sub-conscious it disperses. Do you know how people are brainwashed ? Repetition of something over and over. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. Power is good. Powerful is good. More commercialism is good. More of anything is good. Politicians are bad. Religion is good. Men Vs Women, Public Vs Private, Poor Vs Rich, the eternal fights. No matter what elders are always right. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore. The concept of Morphic Field and Resonance seems to be working effectively in this case.
~Ref: Tuesdays with Morrie
"Morphic Field and Resonance is the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another".
I wake up early in the morning
do chores, as my mum says.
I've made goals,
craving, working hard.
I know where I'd be
in few more days.
But, there are rules
I can't bend.
bounded within limits
trends, stats, already set.
Flightless birds, so many
waiting, for generations
tirelessly.
They have the ideas
They have the ideas
tattooed in their minds.
Anchored to those..
they run in a loop
endlessly.
Some are good,
deserve replication, surely
But, some deserve
termination, yes certainly.
Brainwashed robots
we've become.
Impotent to dissect
fiction in reality.
Don't blame it on
morphic resonance.
or on chemical imbalance.
Get some grip on your
personalized self-reality.
A beautiful expression...and literally I feel the same sometimes...
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Word Jyoti. " Get some grip on your personalized self-reality." Pretty much sums it all.
ReplyDeleteA very good poem .. Do i need to keep repeating this to make sure you know it is a good poem :)
ReplyDeletelife has become monotonous
Bikram's
Nah u need not to say that :)
DeleteWe know this happens with everyone but to be aware of this is the only way out.
ReplyDeleteIntelligible yet incomprehensible,soft, sublime yet hard,though too concise but pregnant with a vast meaning-you are touching a level of highest kinda creativity -just move on my favorite poetess!
ReplyDeletei do agree we have become like this...we just accept pre-chewed thought as truth...how we wake everyone up to that...i got no clue...smiles...
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bilkul sahi farmaya Chirag :)
Deletethanks for this lovely comment !!
Jyoti,
ReplyDeleteTrue picture as to how most of us keep following the beaten path with no wish to take initiative due to what is drilled into our mind.
Take care
True reflections of how things stand and need to introspect!
ReplyDeleteSo very true, everyone is brainwashed, it is quite pathetic.
ReplyDeleteTrue.....very.well written..
ReplyDeleteThe Resolute determination and a fearless independence of mind seem to b rocket sciene these days...
It is very hard not to be brainwashed with the constant repetition around us. It takes a strong personality and determination to decide for yourself not to follow the majority if it does not feel right. Your poem has rightly reflected that. I am glad you have brought it up. Good sharing!
ReplyDeleteNicely crafted. Meaningful and thoughtful indeed.
ReplyDeleteLike the usage of vocab in ur pen as i always say...keep goin:-)
I love this part " Don't blame it on
ReplyDeletemorphic resonance.
or on chemical imbalance.
Get some grip on your
personalized self-reality."
We really should be careful because lots of us are doing things to ourselves that cannot be dissociated from brainwashing.
Yes, our mind is fogged and the opening lines made all this a vicious circle of having more without even realizing what good it is doing to us. I am bad at remembering names but there is this popular book in which the bird breaks the norm and flies much higher than what its species should do. If you can recall, tell me the name. Actually second paragraph reminds me of that book.
ReplyDeleteA thought provoking read.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - I was talking about this book.
DeleteI'll check it :)
Deletethanks Saru !!
I guess a blend of mix and balance will do the trick… it is necessary to listen to others and value their experience at the same time, one cant be blind and follow the crowd..
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