Wars
Greetings, everyone. Today, we would like to discuss the current war. As we view the ongoing conflict through the lens of the present moment, it appears to be a war between two nations—one powerful, the other weaker—in which the stronger nation is attacking the weaker one, seeking to seize its oil, resources, and assets for itself. However, this is not the whole story.
If we examine this from a historical perspective, we find that warfare has been a constant throughout human history. War is the product of intrinsic human traits: envy, malice, hatred, and ego. Just as personal quarrels stem from these very emotions, so too do conflicts between nations. History bears witness that ever since humans began organizing themselves into concepts such as families, societies, states, and nations, they have been engaged in perpetual conflict. They have fought for wealth, for land, for resources, for women, for the gratification of their egos, to humiliate others, and to satisfy a myriad of other negative impulses of the mind—thereby plunging this entire civilization into the abyss of war. The root cause of this lies in the human being's own deep-seated sense of inferiority—a void that individuals attempt to fill through the acquisition of wealth, status, prestige, or material possessions. Yet, this void can never truly be filled; it is insatiable, and no external means can ever fully satisfy it. Due to the whims of a single tyrant, the entire human race becomes engulfed in war; we then find ourselves taking sides—debating who is right and who is wrong—and, in doing so, we fall prey to delusion. Consequently, with humanity fractured into opposing camps, our entire civilization is pushed to the very brink of destruction. In the past, wars were fought with bows and arrows, spears, or other relatively primitive weapons; a single individual could, at most, destroy only a handful of others—perhaps five or ten. However, given the means available to us today, the entire human race stands on the precipice of total annihilation. Nuclear bombs, atomic bombs, and hydrogen bombs possess the power to obliterate our entire civilization. We must, therefore, pause and reflect: we have achieved such remarkable progress in science and have embraced such an abundance of comforts and conveniences—but to what end? Progress appears futile, and the very reasons for which we pursued it seem utterly pointless and in vain. All our thoughts, our entire education, and all our virtues are rendered baseless. If humanity continues to engage in such conflict, its civilization is bound to perish; we must reflect deeply upon this matter.
