Ponder This

Philosophy is a concept of selfish scrutinizing. Men and women who indulge in the game of throwing words like a veil over the unexplainable mystery of the human mind are philosophers. Their over-educated tongues spew endless rivers of meaningless phrases and concepts that I summarize with a single beat of my heart. Philosophers shape and examine keys to a lock that they will never find. They question intrinsic properties, demanding their minds to give them answers to their own selves.

Many times, I ventured through their jungle of words, and the worst thing is that there is no excitement. It is a never-ending jungle, leading to another cloudy forest surrounded by a mist of contradicting ideas. They have lost themselves within the trees that have no branches and which bear no fruit. Those that drown within these phrases of cluelessness are seduced by the dry logic that the mind uses as self-defense against the unknown.

It's bad enough that there is no escape or clearing in these dying fields of "revelation," but these philosophers can't communicate to the masses. What good do we have from their selfish ideas of morality? When will this pointless scrutinizing ever lead to a tangible answer? They have gathered into a club of so-called "elite thinkers" who, being so hypnotized by the sophistication and attractive sounds of their own phrases, can't stop to think that they have alienated themselves from the people.

They are confined to themselves, writing for each other to gain recognition in their "flawless" art of thinking. A carousel of ideas is not a door beyond which the answers lie. It is an eternal circle for those too scared to recognize the limits of their feeble minds. My attempts at understanding the texts I am to read for philosophy class end up fruitless, because I cannot force my mind to walk into a boring mist of nothingness.

Human beings will never come upon a definite understanding of their intrinsic nature by playing with words. The journey begins with the self and ends when you no longer need to search for answers. There is no point in attempting to understand the basic foundation of humanity.

Morality is what binds the fabric of society into one carefully woven quilt of life. Picking apart the quilt to the very string that formed it is an impossible task. It is not meant for us to understand the unknown, but it is up to us to fix the rips in the quilt that are steadily getting larger and to bind the string closer so that it will never falter.

Our minds are extremely complex and mysterious. There is so much more to it than theories on morality. I see no use whatsoever in examining how utilitarianism condemns an action based on personal ties and relationships or if it is irrational to the benefit of humanity as a whole. Viewing each human being as a unit of worth is a foolish gesture of empty logic. These theories examine mundane nature that we naturally possess. It is a waste to continue to blunder around solid concepts of our brain because they are already set in stone.

Perhaps philosophy can teach us about our nature. But what good is it for a wolf to know why he must hunt. He will continue to hunt, just as we humans will continue with either following our morals, denying them or changing them. We will continue to follow our self-interest or we will sacrifice it for that of others. We are human beings and we have our own unique nature. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll decide for myself whether what I do is moral or not. In the end, as a matter of fact, that is ultimately what philosophy suggests we do.