Oh! My dictionary has become food for ants. Did they enter the bookbinding to learn some new words and mock at me?
I literally had to struggle to kick them out of my book. So many were killed during the process though not cautiously. I was a little bit worried on seeing them losing their lives. But did I have any other options to save my dictionary?
Seems my mirror neurons (The neurons which fires your empathy and allows you to grasp the emotions of others) are activated a little bit. But still am I really guilty for what I did? I can’t kill an animal or a bird. (Not because of my goodness but to save myself from the guilty feeling) If my mirror neurons are working then, why not fully in the case of these poor ants? If I could hear them crying, maybe I wouldn’t have.. Is it like that..? I donno actually.
An afterthought: Actually why do we need to have this weird phenomenon of empathy causing all these confusions? Actually is it really empathy or selfishness as I posted in Painful..
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May 30, 2017 at 8:09 pm
Not sure of your mirror neutrons but it is definitely your impulse to save your treasure trove of words and their meanings – your dictionary!
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May 31, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Even that impulses are confused at times..😇 dual mind
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May 24, 2017 at 7:17 pm
Or follow Ramana Maharshi😇 “Do Nothing”…..
Then mosquitos, ants, pests that eat the vegetables so and so forth…. Then human reach another decision : Better do something till you can realy” Do Nothing “…!!!!!!
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May 27, 2017 at 5:16 pm
Raman Maharishi….aranathu?
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May 27, 2017 at 8:10 pm
Raman alla രമണ മഹർഷി….😊
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May 23, 2017 at 11:25 pm
This act is self defense and I would see it is just ok to do it. Otherwise the dictionary would get spoiled.
Meena
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May 27, 2017 at 5:06 pm
Yes meena..but only worried as it is at the cost of many lives
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May 23, 2017 at 7:56 pm
I believe empathy is hugely important and is what keeps most of us able to care about one another. But certainly not some people, such as the most recent terrorists….
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May 23, 2017 at 8:29 pm
Hmm.. empathy is there, that’s why some eyes become worried on watching an emotional scene…
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May 23, 2017 at 7:54 pm
But Comeon! If you don’t kill them…you regret later. I many time left mosquitoes alive just to wake up to itching bites.
And tell u one thing…an ant made its way to my daughter’s socks and bit her and my dear…do you know how it feels after that???
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May 23, 2017 at 8:27 pm
Yup….same pinch on the mosquitoes.. and we punish them altogether… biting their job and killing our job…😇
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May 23, 2017 at 8:28 pm
That’s like a survivor😉😉
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May 23, 2017 at 8:30 pm
Survival of the fittest.. hmm, have to follow Darwin
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May 23, 2017 at 11:10 pm
That’s the thing!
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May 23, 2017 at 12:25 pm
I guess the lever is more inclined towards selfishness for us humans
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May 23, 2017 at 7:08 pm
Yes praja..but people dare to state it openly..appreciate your frankness
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