Punky Fu

In recent years, people increasingly wondered where it all went wrong. Why had people stopped loving each other? What became of our capacity for trust or harmony? Why was there so much pain in the world? Of course, humankind had believed itself on the brink of destruction every year in recorded human history. Armageddon was still impending and all the Doomsday foreseers were still waiting, boot-heels rapping impatiently, checking their watches, straining their eyes to catch more glimpses of the Signs of End Times. Whether the End of the World was just around the corner, or in fact a myth mixed with a meme with good marketing, the Doom-sayers were forced to repeatedly hit the snooze buttons on their Countdown Clock / Apocalypse Alarms. Still, no one would deny that most people felt that there was a vague something missing from their lives. People were unhappy. They felt empty and unfulfilled. They tried to fill the empty spaces with various diversions - like the accumulation of things, endless entertainment, or the drama of others. People were angry; they needed someone to blame. The ever popular morphine of the masses, religion, still abounded, joined by others like scientism, various screen addictions, the provoking of others, Identity by Negation, and meaningless protest. The emptiness inside also made people lonely; they constantly sought others to fill the Empty Spaces. Endless forays to find the “right one” resulted in incessant disappointment. Despite the promises of all the Experts, no one was finding true love. The actual problem was that you cannot fill a vacuum with another vacuum. Love for another does not overcome the lack of substance inside; at best, they merely cancel each other out… and temporarily at that. Historians believed that things had not always been like this. The historical archives - books, blogs and other media - showed evidence of selfless love existing. It just appeared that somewhere along the way, the human race had forgotten how to do it. The problem had become epidemic. They had to relearn.

In recent years, people increasingly wondered where it all went wrong. Why had people stopped loving each other? What became of our capacity for trust or harmony? Why was there so much pain in the world?

Of course, humankind had believed itself on the brink of destruction every year in recorded human history. Armageddon was still impending and all the Doomsday foreseers were still waiting, boot-heels rapping impatiently, checking their watches, straining their eyes to catch more glimpses of the Signs of End Times.

Whether the End of the World was just around the corner, or in fact a myth mixed with a meme with good marketing, the Doom-sayers were forced to repeatedly hit the snooze buttons on their Countdown Clock / Apocalypse Alarms. Still, no one would deny that most people felt that there was a vague something missing from their lives.

People were unhappy. They felt empty and unfulfilled. They tried to fill the empty spaces with various diversions - like the accumulation of things, endless entertainment, or the drama of others. People were angry; they needed someone to blame. The ever popular morphine of the masses, religion, still abounded, joined by others like scientism, various screen addictions, the provoking of others, Identity by Negation, and meaningless protest.

The emptiness inside also made people lonely; they constantly sought others to fill the Empty Spaces. Endless forays to find the “right one” resulted in incessant disappointment. Despite the promises of all the Experts, no one was finding true love.

The actual problem was that you cannot fill a vacuum with another vacuum. Love for another does not overcome the lack of substance inside; at best, they merely cancel each other out… and temporarily at that.

Historians believed that things had not always been like this. The historical archives - books, blogs and other media - showed evidence of selfless love existing. It just appeared that somewhere along the way, the human race had forgotten how to do it. The problem had become epidemic. They had to relearn.

24 May 2011 • love needy-greedies