Why do we mock ourselves?
In the Egyptian environment, ideas interact. Methods of vanity and pride of the 7000 years civilization increase, as well as for possessing unique potentials, and that we are here in "the mother of the world" in these rare wealth and unequal position!
Slogans are launched and some currents confirm that the Egyptian is instinctively religious and possesses wealth and potentials which are unaccountable and non extinctive!
Wealth, advantages and great qualities of which we are proud, especially in electoral environment by which the country passes, these tranquilizing claims and void slogans need correct thinking, analysis, criticism, acceptance or refuse with total freedom and conviction. Unfortunately, we are conducted without having any reaction. This is attributed to using the religious drug. We accept all what we hear or read or see, without criticism or analysis.
Among the attracting slogans in our environment, the saying the Egyptian is "instinctively religious". That means that he does not need a law to guide his actions and behavior! By instinct, we mean potentials and natural capacities with which we are born, like characters and qualities. We indicate on this purpose that some elements or factors of the human knowledge are inherited. Consequently, they appear in the human being independent from experimentation.
There is another interpretation for instinctive potentials, as they are a series of rules and principles according to which human affairs are carried on, independently from any established law. They are attributed to the human thought issued from his nature as a sociable and aware creature who respects and is conformed to the social behavior which is established on the basis of consensus and religion, not on the basis of the established law.
Advantages, qualities, virtues and values that we attribute to ourselves reflect a reality and mode of life opposite to their content. Enthusiasm and actions with which we launch these characteristics show that we suffer of unlimited psychic and human problems. We may notice our way of dealing with each other in our daily life. Any problem we face, the logic for its solving is violence, murder and mocking. In front of these challenges we face actually, is there a serious and constructive dialogue between us? We search for destruction of all what is serious and fruitful, either towards responsible leaders, nature or history which gave us civilization and cultural riches.
Natural potentials indicate and influence harmonious social development to the utmost. We accept ourselves, have self-confidence, accept the reality, creation of orientations and correct values, continuous progress to more mature behavior and actions, creative responsible participation in the family and work and multiple groups, correct reaction to events and changes within the limits of the environment in which we live, enjoying life with all its artistic, technological, esthetic and material potentials, enhancing social skills that implement correct human social harmony, achieving moral, scientific and intellectual growth, achieving motivations for geniality, satisfying needs of security, allegiance, position, appreciation, love, respect of the other whatever are their belongings, compatibility, knowledge, developing capacities, success, self-defense in correct way, discipline, orientation, freedom and solidarity.
The reality that we live in our dear Egypt is that we face human, social, economic, political and religious challenges. There are troubles in cultural and civilization factors, troubles in social and familial education, deterioration of health, education and vocational services level, misunderstanding in the society, problems of minorities, bad vocational compatibility, deterioration of values and erroneous ideas. We live a kind of negativity and defeating in our behavior, despite the revolutionary transformation which put us in a context of freedom and renewal. However, we still live in a dark climate in which reign behaviors of dispersion, disintegration, lack of cooperation and troubled component of correct thinking, like illusions, obsessions, fears, poor ideas and analysis of destructive orientations. We live in laziness, under thoughts pressure, introducing religion in all axes, without respecting man's freedom! We bothered ourselves by contradictions, good and evil, primitive ideas. We are imposing intransigent laws to women, their clothes and their behavior in life. It seems that the remedy for problems of Egypt resides in food, beverage and women.
The instinctive religiosity must be understood by the fact that I live in a certain way in my life, in my environment, in my work, in my duties and in my political, vocational and social responsibility. Religiosity means correct behavior in life and work, cooperation and solidarity for building a better present and future. Everyone works with positive motivations for peace, understanding, harmony, comprehension, dialogue, love and facing all frustrating challenges.
Stop mocking ourselves and others and values in which we believe, we must confirm them in life, work, action, opening to every idea and respecting diversity.
Magdy Garas
January 2012
