Thursday, February 21, 2013

साक्षी

भावनाको घोप्टेभीर
मनको जोगीमारामा
घुम्ती बदल्छ
अनि आकांक्षाका खोरियामा
कुकुर जोधाइ सुरु हुन्छ

रित्तोपन लुकाऊँदै
शासकहरु हात बाँधेर
मुकुण्डो कसाऊँछन्
अनि एउटा नौटंकी
जिन्दगी सुरु गर्छ

पहिराहरु आतुर छन्
धरातल उल्टाऊँन
भूकम्पहरु खुट्टा उचाल्छन
धर्ती हल्लाऊँन
बाढीहरु सल्बल छन्
सिर्जना बगाऊँन

ध्वजा पताका फिजारिन्छ
रङ्गमञ्च सजिन्छ
गीत रचिन्छ
सङ्गीत पस्किइन्छ
बिस्तारै चिहान उठ्न थाल्छ
सपना बिपना जस्तै लाग्न थाल्छ
दर्शक भुलिन्छ्न्
सिठ्ठी बजाइन्छ
ताली पड्काइन्छ

विश्वविद्यालयहरु निरर्थक हुन्छन्
प्राध्यापकहरु घुँडा टेकेर
ज्ञानको भीख माग्न थाल्छन्
ढुंगाका  मुर्तीहरु
पैतालाका डोबहरुले भरिन्छन्
बुद्धिजीवीहरु भँडखारामा पुरिन्छन्
तक्मा भिर्ने मै हुँ भन्नेहरु
बन्दीगृहका कैदीमा चुनिन्छन्

कोलाहल ठप्प छ
मस्तिष्क थाङ्नामा सुत्दछ
निडर निरुत्साहित
एउटा साक्षी
सिर्फ हेरिरहन्छ
सुनिरहन्छ
आँखा खोलेर अनि आँखा बन्द गरेर
सधैं ब्युँझिरहन्छ
अनि ब्युँझ्याइरहन्छ
अनवरत
एउटा साछी ब्युँझिरहन्छ
ब्युँझ्याइरहन्छ

Why are we getting busier and busier?

To be frank, I do not have any new answer that is not out there somewhere. I believe we are getting busier and busier every day because we are all becoming more and more materialistic. We need many things and services to enhance our sense of self. Some of which, we genuinely need, but a sizable portion of it, we can do away with.

Only if we were all less materialistic, we could just be working 30 hours a week or even less and still manage to have the things essential for us. It is not unknown that there are countries and cultures that are perfectly functional and advancing even with less work hours. They have a better social dynamic that values leisure, family time,  and social time over the individual materialistic ambitions. They have social norms that are more favorable for people to be relaxed.

This is not in any way to say that work is bad, work is great joy if it is done with passion. However, many of us also may have experienced that sometimes there is not just enough time to pursue hobbies, passions, social life, and endeavors of tranquility. Why is our life so hectic? Can we change it? Can one change it? The answer is Yes. However, one needs a lot of conviction to do it alone. It helps when close ones support and helps further if everyone around keeps similar attitude.

What will happen if what is going on goes on? You may be fine, if you inherited a lot of wealth that you do not need to worry about being busy to meet your needs. That is, only as long as your needs are in the range that your wealth can handle. You may also be fine, if you have a  natural state that desires only basic requirements of life no matter what the world thinks. Otherwise, our lives will become even busier. Everyone will have to work harder and harder. The bar will get higher and  higher for future generations.