By Saeed Qureshi
Everyone, every moment receives a barrage of
all kinds of emails and it would be utterly impossible to read all of that
stuff. The sages summarized this
phenomenon in one single phrase that “excess of everything is bad”, no matter
how valuable and worth reading it might be. There is limit to one’s endurance
in going through all the material most of which would be of no interest to the
recipient or the addressee
I have also observed that invariably the
favorable or the unfavorable comments that follow the publication of my
articles either on my blog or through emails are mostly based upon the caption
and not on the actual text of the article.
There are readers who come up with counter argumentation
or proffer their perspectives by simply glancing at the title of the article. In many cases such arguments or opinions would
be out of context with the contents articulated in the body of the article. Occasionally
it so happens that the scathing critique, the searching questions they pose or
the divergent comments they post are already adequately answered or explained
in the article. That perfunctory treatment of article reading has
become routine practice with most of the readers.
There
are many email senders or bloggers who pick articles from somewhere else and
simply forward it. They would perhaps be under the impression that no one else has
received those articles or piece of information. It could be a political comment,
an editorial note, an economic treatise a literary or philosophical
composition, the synopsis of a book, a poem or the manifesto of a party and so
on.
A section of readers prefer to not read the hard material
and instead pick the jokes, the juicy poetry, the amusing anecdotes, and the private disclosures about some high profile persons in
any domain of life. The emails or publications that carry the piquant, spicy
tidbits and exciting gossips about the private life of someone are the most
read, and sought after ingredients in these days of mushrooming information
technology.
The information and knowledge are exploding
every moment and it is impossible to keep pace with the dazzling speed and
tempo of that expansion. The space is expanding at a terrific speed of 186000
miles per second. In the similar way, the frontiers of knowledge and contours
of learning are continuously bursting at the seams.
The human mind is incapable and too limited to
assimilate all the information. It is impossible for the humans to retain ever
proliferating and inflating dimensions of inquiry and research. The computers
may do that but human mind is not a computer.
One can only imagine that in the coming times,
what would be the shape of multi-dimensional human research and incessant urge
for delving into the hidden and un-revealed aspects and mysteries of nature and
its amazing phenomena.
One may also fantasize or conjecture though
not assuredly that if there is the God’s particle discovered by the scientists,
there could be a possibility to reach the actual God through science. That
endeavor of all endeavors could be in conformity with the divine will as well.
The conception and attributes of God almighty
that come to us through Abrahamic religions is that he is like a human who
talks, sleeps, takes rest, gets angry as well as pleased. He would punish or reward
the humans for their bad or good deeds. God according to scriptures breathed
into the nostrils of Adam the breath
of life and he became a living being.
We have also learnt through the scriptures and
the apostles that God was face to face with Adam the first human being crafted
by himself from dust. After the creation of Adam and his appointment as his apostle
on earth, God engaged into a bitter debate and controversial argument with
angels, and Adam’s arch rival, the Satan
God is invisible from the human eye and is beyond
the comprehension of human intellect and intelligence. Scriptures also tell us
that God is the creator, master and lord of the universe who keeps a legion of
angles and they perform different responsibilities at his command.
But all these interpretations and attributes about
God’s being and form are physical and fall
short of a God who has created this amazing universe that is abode of trillions
of stars, galaxies and heavily bodies perhaps all spinning with a terrific
speed.
Our planet earth is caught into two speeds,
one around its axis and the other around in its orbit around the Sun. Both
these speeds are terrific and are so harmonious that the earth looks stationary
and the life is possible from vegetation to human beings. So God cannot be a potter
as we are told by the scriptures. As such God almighty could create Adam
without clay as he created heavens, earth and other living creatures all in six
days.
Back to my articles! I have no intention to
blame anyone for not being attentive and focused on reading my articles written
mostly on the current international affairs and political issues. What I would
like to emphasize is that one may not read the articles at all. But if you cast
your eyes upon an article, it would be better to read it thoroughly.
There is no harm even if someone simply
glosses over the caption and moves on. But in that case, no questions should be
asked by merely reading only the title. This is also necessary if someone
intends to differ with the contents. The questions should be relevant and within
the context of the article.
In all fairness you may not read the articles at
all if you are short of time or are in the habit of skipping through the long
list of emails. It would be plausible to be equipped with the subject matter of
the article if the readers would want further explanations from me.
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