'Does a fragment of a rock ever feel it is unwanted in this world?' This question came to my mind when I was engrossed in some personal thoughts. Well, when 'I' say this, it means it is a question a human has encountered while looking at the world and the fragment of the rock from the eyes of a human. Many a times we take too many things for granted. Like for instance attaching human emotions to natural objects. The natural world is still a mystery for humans. Is it emotionless or does it express emotions in languages unknown to humans? People have researched about if all the mothers really share some 'emotions' about their calves or is it just a programmed behaviour generated for the sole purpose of survival and well being of the calf. Do elephants morn over their dead fellow companions?
'Feelings' and 'Emotions'. Do the living beings and the non-living have their own 'emotional worlds'? The science says it is all the game of chemical reactions. And what we may call as 'programmed behaviour' is nothing but a series of chemical reactions as are the human 'emotions and feelings' that do the similar function... (?) ...looking after the well being of the particular human being? Rather it is more directed towards the well being of the community. However, we often see that in case of humans, the bearing and display of the emotions for certain individuals does not necessarily play a huge role in well being of the community. In case of other living beings, on a greater canvas, looking at the big picture, it does contribute to well being of the community. This takes me again to the same question. Are humans part of Nature?
In case of all the living and non living earthlings, all the behaviours, interactions, happenings and 'living' is a part of the huge cycles of natural processes functioning with a single aim of continuation of the exchange of matter and energy, to reduce the entropy. The individuals and their individual experiences, be it living beings or rock fragments, do not really matter much in the 'Drama of the Planet'. This appears to be very close to the experiences, feelings, emotions and 'living' of humans in the human world. The only difference is, the human world, even in the big picture, does not make much sense in moving in any particular direction with a single aim. The activities do suggest it encourages destruction of the natural systems and natural processes, may it not be the aim of it.
And to think about the rock fragment, I believe (although again being a human), it may not feel 'unwanted' in the world. It must know, it is only a matter of 'time'.... be it Geological time...
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The world is a mega-system of multiple systems within. Each of them are related to each other. Say, the Human system has its own structure n function, likewise every other one will have. These characteristics are affected by 'constraints' within and outisde the system..this referes to un-ending list of several factors which lead to thermodynamics, physical-chemical reactions,biological competitions, etc. Everybody has its own existance and is always important in one or other way...it may not be very apparently attractive and valuable or something all of the world is dying for! It might be just a (momentarily) use-less thing which can be kicked n thrown away! The value is realised only when you don't have it at all, when recquired. Thats what is happening with the entity called- the 'Nature'. People mis-used it, discarded it.. and now running (half-way) to save when they realised it was recquired.
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