Not the same Underwear..

Not the same underwear?
Not the same underwear!
Not the same underwear.

One sentence with three different interpretations; a language surely is awry and beautiful. Moving on to the topic; not the same underwear is the first thought which occurred to me when I thought that man just cannot sustain. (Yes, you can blame me for thinking dirty.)

But proceeding with the thought:


The greatest blessing given by God to Man is that he cannot sustain. He cannot survive by being the same. My recollections of childhood (whatever is left of it) has certainly made me think about this. If man were to only sustain then he could not have been intelligent enough to evolve, but he has evolved. Sustaining is not about growth but about stopping at a point and endeavouring to remain in there.

Now Evolution; I think of one phrase whenever I see the word evolution:

"Evolution is permanent while those evolving are temporary."

What a catch! But what has evolution come to mean in our terms today; is it simply innovation and improvement with passing time or is it something more? Is evolution dependent upon something more obscure and profound?

The answer is probably 'Yes'. There is an obscurity about evolution which makes it what it is; improperly appreciated. The general tag associated with evolution is the 'It happens!' tag which deprives it of its true interpretation. Evolution never 'happens'; it is instigated, brought up, groomed and sustained by factors which are invisible to those who give it the 'It happens' tag.

In my opinion the most important factor in a process of evolution is 'Memory'. All of us enjoy our repective routines without feeling the need to appreciate the fact that we have a memory and can improve it. Can we even imagine a world where no man has a memory, the current situation would be reversed then; the problems would become solutions and solutions would become the problems.

On a serious note, without a memory the world would be nonexistent. There would not be any evolution because Man would not remember past experiences. There would not be no science or art for that matter, as all sciences require man to think while all arts demand that man be imginative. Both, thinking and imagination are virtues purely atrributed to memory. If one can't remember things then it is hard to expect someone to think or imagine. Imagine a situation, where every sunset would seem to be happening for the first time; every raindrop falling for the first time and every flower budding for the first time. Concepts like beauty and serenity would cease to bear any significance; in fact there would be a graver problem.

The problem of language; expression is a must for evolution, people unable to express themselves cannot evolve. It is the path to education, which is the road to an awakeing that is the first step towards freedom. Therefore, 'Memory' is the most generous blessing of God for his believers or an extremely pleasant coincidence for the atheists (they would never have been able to express the fact that they don't believe in the existence of God had it not been for their language, how frustrating for them! Morover, without a memory, they wouldnt remember that they are atheists, who or what is God and what they are supposed to do with Him).
So the primary factor for evolution is 'memory'. It is the de facto mechanism; it doesnt require our stamp of approval. It is a mechanism which simply works without fail, like our morning newspaper delivery system.

Memory is just something that instigates 'Evolution'; there are other things which bring it up and groom it; like thought and imagination. Though they are the consequences of memory but their contribution is not belittled by saying that. A point in the case is the 'Hen and Egg problem';it doesn't matter which came first, the egg or the hen, but both of them form equally significant links in the chain of sustenance. Other factors which sustain is the 'need' or in modern terms 'desires' (I was tempted to cast 'needs' and 'desires' as two separate factors but in these times Man is in a real confusion over segregating his needs and his desires; he has taken them to be one and the same thing which has made him materialistic in nature and forget the real essence of his existence). I have counted these factors in the same frame; they are quite related to each other (almost akin to a family). It our need that drives us towards supposedly improving everything around us (supposedly becasue we are not into creating but into consuming everything. Everything that we build doesnt give anything to the system; it only consumes energy and generates unbalance). It is 'need' which drove Newton to explore the nature of gravity upon seeing the Apple fall from a tree. 'Need' is often cast in a different garment called 'curiosity' or 'inquisitiveness' but they are a consequence of thought (as long as one doesn't think one cannot be inquisitive or curious)hence they have been clubbed with the 'thinking' factor which grooms evolution.

Coming back, we counted the major factors but what is the point? The point is there is 'change'; there is evolution which is the positive change and there is destruction which is the negative change. The universe is constantly changing, turning, moving, expanding and contracting. Its like changing clothes, no one can wear the same set forever; a change is needed. The Hen and Egg question (which one first came into existence) is that whether change is the father of memory or memory is the father of change.

Let me elaborate my point; change is a relativistic measure of the situation and conditions surrounding the observer. Now if we dont remember what our previous set of surroundings or situation was then how can we believe that there has been a change. So the siginifcance of memory in the assessment of change is indispensible. Coming to the other side, if there is no change then we cannot remember anything, because memorization is always referenced; the reference will always be the same if there is no change, hence no memorization can be done.
Its the Hen and Egg problem, which is one of the unsolved puzzles of nature. My point is not in creating a puzzle (there are already millions of them around) but in making people think before they start out cursing the change in their lives.

Change is constant and important.


The statement is correct but incomplete; it needs a bit more precision.



Change is constant, important, ceaseless and ubiquitous.


This I feel increases the applicability of the statement. The point in writing all this was just to make us stop and think before we curse the change that comes our way; to make us realize the importance of its presence and the monotonicity associated with its absence. Change is always there with everybody and everywhere and it is only upto us to sculpt the change into either an evolution or destruction.

Not the same underwear!

Remember the following sentence once whenever you slip into a new one.

Change is constant, important, ceaseless and ubiquitous.


Hope the article is able to 'change' somethings atleast (in a positive way).

Thanks.