The reservoir of pain

I think, within humans, there is this access to pain - pain that was not created out of personal history, but pain that we all share as part of our existence together here. We seem to touch that chord of intense pain when something that is not at all in relation to what our highest possibility is plays out. The experience of this pain is very personal, not in the sense of losing something of value; but it is more in the sense of relating to what we long for in terms of ultimate potential - when it gets dragged to the ground and gets trampled upon. It is seemingly inexhaustible and you can never run out of this pain - as long as you remain connected to it. Accidentally, we are pushed into these situations - and whatever we perceive as ourselves gets crumbled to pieces on the weight of this inverse-existential onslaught. I think it is part of the design for us to grow forward.

This incident.

The Native Americans: I read about how the invaders announced a bounty for the "officer" who removed the most Native Americans. The officer, as proof of having removed the Native American, would have to bring the scalp of the person. The one who turned in the most scalps collected the bounty. The height of barbarousness, where you walk into another's house uninvited and rip them off all they have and finally take a shot at their dignity and what ever they hold as highest and strip them off that as well!

The Rwandan Genocide

Very recently: A police SI was murdered in Thirunelveli. A group mistook him for another SI and hacked him with sickles and a crude bomb was detonated. You're wondering this isn't unusual news? It so happened that he did not pass on right away. A group (that comprised of a minister and probably a few other police officials as well) arrived at the spot. Some one also caught this on video footage and they happened to show this on "news". The SI was seen writhing in pain (and even tried to get up) and a man goes near him and offers him water. There were several vehicles on the side of the road and no one seemed to be ready to take him to the hospital. They were all waiting for the ambulance. He was eventually declared dead at the hospital when they finally got there. It was the sickest display of human cruelty (first) AND apathy (next). This man was a father of two children, and I wonder how they felt when they saw this on "news".

We humans are here with a totally different potential. Barbaric acts are animalistic. The ones that are on the other extreme, where no animal can ever imagine treading and only humans are capable of are what seem to trigger the chord of pain - where pain only treads, intensely and without beginning or end!