Human Stupidity

Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Often times I wonder whether these people are a joke or if they take themselves seriously. It’s very difficult sometimes to find the patience and understanding to deal with these absentminded, often moronic people on a daily basis. But as Cary said in Since You Asked, “we’re the problem. It’s us, not them.” And when I read that I was immensely angered. How dare you tell me that I’m nuts for being annoyed at people’s stupidity. But then I thought about it and reasoned the point made. Coming from all different backgrounds and lifestyles, we aren’t all taught the same things. We each have a different pattern or train of thought that leads us all to different conclusions. And Cary made the point that even if we were taught the same things, whose to say that we would all conform and follow suit with what was taught?

I think if everyone walked around with a sign explaining how they came to any particular conclusion life would be a lot easier. But I suppose you can’t get upset about things you have no control over. If someone wants to go slow on the freeway, the only thing you can do is be in control of yourself. However, many times I think what we want to do is control others. We want everyone to think like us, to do things our way, and I guess that is nuts. You can’t control others, unless you’re an evil dictator like Hitler or something. He did a pretty job, but in a way he still didn’t succeed. People went along with his plan out of fear, but in their minds they were free to disagree. But it’s weird if you think about it… we all want to control each other and at the same time we are all crazy for thinking about controlling each other. And for what, so we can go faster on the freeway or not have to wait in line? I think that’s a ton of energy wasted on stupidity.

I think we do need to just relax and have some patience. I’m sure there’s a lot we can learn from each other if we just take the time. Like Cary said, “If we could just stop having rules about other people, we’d be closer to enlightenment.” But alas, we are all in the same boat of wanting to theoretically load each other up with bullets, so I guess we will just keep passing the ammunition, and hopefully try to make some progress. I think the meditation would help everyone in their endeavor for peace and enlightenment.