Art of Survival

I realized it since a very long time. Human is the most selfish creature in this whole universe. Human's arrogance based on the perception that we are more superior than any other creatures in the world is just so absurd. Some received that perception from their interpretation of religion.

I do not want to say that I have deep knowledge about religion. No' I'm far from good. But I have finished read my Bible for the third times, even when I was in junior high school. I'm a ferocious reader. I read anything very quickly, so then I read my Bible over and over when I was younger.

In Genesis, as far as I remember, God puts Adam and Eve in Eden to "take care" of it. Take care. Not conquer, not ruin, not exploit greedily. Then on what ground people have this though that Human is so much superior and then we have rights about everything in this earth, we can exploit and treat as we like.

No, take care means that we are given responsibility to guard it, to be kind and respectful to the earth. Because earth is not ours. It is God's. We do not have a right to ruin it or think of that as our belonging.

Yesterday, I was very upset. I read a news about how a government official called the people to kill a tiger. Rumor spread is that the tiger is not real animal, but some kind of ghost, something supernatural. It is a very stupid, idiotic statement to say. People who still live in superstitions, prejudice, and that kind of stigma makes me totally feel nausea.

Short story, they kill the tiger, brutally. Not once, but six times they piked the pity creature till died. Then they did skinning to the tiger's face and took of it's front teeth.

It makes me feel disgusted and upset to my bones. I made several ig stories to spread up the news. Retweeted several tweets. So people will know what this government official and people there has done.

How come they do that kind of thing. Because they think, that only their lives matter. As long as they feel comfortable and happy, they do not give a shit about others.

It's not happened only once in Indonesia. Several weeks ago, there was a news that an orang utan has been tortured till death, then it was cooked and eaten. They did it, not because action of survival, but for pleasure, to feed up their stupid ego.

My boyfriend said, we cannot really blame the villagers. He said they are 'orang kampung', do not have good college degree or proper education. But is it true? That only people with college degree and proper education can respect other creatures. I don't think so. It is not about education or degree at all. It's all common sense. I remember I read that people in Sahari, before they kill their prey, they will sit down and said sorry to the creatures. They kill it because they have to eat, not because they having fun doing it. Tribal sahari people in the past, did not have any college degree. It is purely common and ethical sense.

I always think in this perceptive. Human and plants and animals are neighbors. We share this earth. Food chain is unavoidable. It is an art of survival. But there is ethic, common sense. There is statue of limitation.

We cannot live without animals and plants. Face it. If they do extinct, we will extinct as well at the end of the day. We need each other. Prey and predator need each other. One, just one extinction will distort the nature balance, and it means the end of the world, eventually.

I know that now I cannot do much. I donate some amount of money to WWF for animal and forest conservation, regularly every month. I curse every cruelty against animals,  in cosmetic or fashion. I never use plastic straws anymore. I tried in my best to preserve the nature, even with the simple actions.

The most important thing is to have the right mindset, which will lead us to better actions as human being. Do not ever think that this earth is only created for human. Do not ever think that any other creatures in this earth is our own belonging. Start to respect the earth, out home. Start to respect the animals and plants, our neighbors. We cannot survive without them. We cannot.