Human vs Animal Happiness: Exploring True Contentment Across Species
(THE VIDEO BRIEFLY EXPLAINS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS REGARDING CONTENTMENT AND HAPPINESS ABOUT LIFE)
Why Animals Don’t Fight Needlessly: Insights from National Geographic and a Kenyan Forest Adventure
Just as some women like male wrestling channels, I like National Geographic, this channel is a guarantee that you will not get bored whenever and wherever you start watching it. While watching the programs on this channel, I have noticed one thing: animals in the forest do not fight each other willy-nilly. If their stomachs are full and they have eaten their fill after hunting, they will be found lazing in the shade of a tree, looking around with half-closed eyes, yawning, or straining their vagina as much as possible. They do not have to go to an office to register their attendance or work on Microsoft Excel. It is possible that there is a species of animal that does not feel happy even after eating and drinking and that takes pleasure in making the lives of other animals miserable for no reason, at present, except for humans, no such animal comes to my mind. Two years ago, I had the opportunity to go to a small forest in Kenya, not like the one shown in National Geographic; just think of it as a sachet pack; lions, leopards, rhinos, etc., were also there. When the tourist jeeps stopped near the lions, they did not even look up; they kept walking, but this was due to their full stomachs. If the lion had an empty stomach, no mother would dare to go near it.
Human Restlessness vs Animal Contentment: Reflections on Forest Life and Nietzsche's Philosophy
I think that, unlike humans, animals are more content in their lives, or at least they are not restless, restless, and demanding like humans. If animals have access to sun, shade, water, and food, they do not run around in search of more and more and do not make their lives miserable like humans. It is the human being who never rests. You can lock him in the most expensive penthouse in New York and put all the things he needs there. After a while, he will get bored and come out of there and think about finding a new interest for himself. Just as animals can live comfortably in the ideal environment of the forest, humans cannot survive like them. They need something new every now and then, a new activity, a new problem, a new quarrel. And if this is not possible, then they need an enemy, just like in the Pakistani Punjabi movie Maula Jatt, Noori Nat used to roam all over Punjab in search of an enemy. When there is no problem in our lives, we create our own problems, and we are so strange that we destroy ourselves. Nietzsche had said about such a situation in Beyond Good and Evil, “In times of peace, warlike man attacks himself.” That is, when a person is not faced with external conflicts or challenges, he often finds himself at odds with himself and struggles against his own emotions, impulses, and contradictions.
Human Evolution and Everlasting Anxiety: From Cavemen to the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Sometimes I feel as if seventy thousand years ago when the human mind leaped forward and surpassed other creatures on the basis of its intellect, Homo Sapiens' mental anxiety increased. However, the agricultural revolution and later the industrial revolution made up for the shortfall, after which the meaning of human freedom, happiness, and comfort changed. Two hundred thousand years ago, a caveman was in danger from bloodthirsty animals, today's man is in danger not from animals but from people like himself, and not only from people but also from machines after artificial intelligence. It is as if, despite all these stages of development, man has not been able to invent any such alchemy recipe for himself with the help of which he can control his anxiety and sleep in the shade of a tree, satisfied like an animal that has just had its fill. Leo Tolstoy summed up this endless feeling of insecurity in one sentence: “We waste our entire lives struggling with a sense of insecurity, preparing ourselves to live, and so we are unable to live in this struggle.”
Human Dissatisfaction: Reflections on Envy and Everyday Annoyances Inspired by Shafiq-ur-Rehman
It is human nature to be dissatisfied. We sigh when we see others, envy their ideal lives, and do not think that the life we are dissatisfied with is ideal for millions of people living on this planet. I read Shafiqur-ur-Rehman’s article ‘Disgust’ during my college days. It fits this situation perfectly: “Now take a middle-class family. The children are disgusted that they are scolded. The mother is disgusted that the servant does not accept being called. The servant is disgusted that the husband’s friends harass them a lot. And the husband is disgusted that the children’s uncles come to play hunting on the third day. The uncles are disgusted that the rifle license has not been obtained yet. The uncles are disgusted that their sons will marry according to their own wishes. Their sons are annoyed that the woman they want is now a little bit of a drag, and the woman is annoyed that her digestion is getting worse. And she often gets a pain in the ribs.”
From the Buddha to Stoicism: Controlling Desires and Embracing Life’s Challenges
From the Buddha to the present day, philosophers and spiritual leaders have been trying to figure out how humans can control their unlimited desires, which are actually the root cause of human anxiety. The Stoic philosophers, whom we call stoics, give two principles in this regard that, if they are followed, life can become a little more peaceful. One, it is foolish to waste time thinking about things that are beyond our control. Secondly, difficulties and sufferings are a part of life, as long as there is breath in the body, they will keep coming, they have to be accepted and faced, because of them, do not think that my life is inferior to that of my contemporaries, because you do not know that the one you are idealizing, may be jealous of your life. People also lie a lot!
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