There is no doubt that our Eastern culture is more Other-Friendly.

If someone around me is not feeling well I would care and try to show sympathy even by making a cup of tea or showing my attention and even saying prayers in my own way .
(mostly I get this strange look that WHAT THE HELL? )

And the opposite is true about me, when I am down or feeling not well and my closest one does not care ,I get really shocked. I think humanity is not about culture not about training, it is just Humanity. Did west kill humanity!? Not really ,but maybe it is the way of its practice which is different, and also connecting everything toEconomy made it as a survival issue..(If I help the other what is going to happen to me? ME , ME ,ME!)

It happened to me when I was sick and I needed just to walk to hospital and my closest one even didn’t care to come. I got shocked and the pain from my illness was not as sharp as the pain in my heart. I couldn’t understand this behavior and the cruelty among OUTLANDER people (not from the same culture of mine).

It was a shock but it made me think: we are all alone, no one can feel the pain of others and no one can accompany the other in spiritual journeys of life, nor in the joy..

So many attempts have been applied by people to feel the unity and SAMENESS, some with music, some with drugs some with…But they way each of us feel is very unique.

We are all alone and reminding it sometimes seems scary but why scary? The superior power which we are the particle of it, is there and exists..We are alone and not alone at the same time. If we can get that connection following with unique confidence, we will be safe, having friends and getting sympathy is always lovely and healing but in case of getting none, panic seems stupid. We are alone but we have THAT light mother of ours.

We are all alone and sharing the life with someone doesn’t make any change, we are still alone …we are alone with our past, with our wishes,friends,likes,dislikes…sometime we may lead them to the same direction of the other person but it doesn’t change the fact that everything would be change except the current existence of me,you,he,she….Our spirit is going to stay in this body till end (of this life)

Others make us laugh, make us cry ,make us sad, make us happy…but they are just others. Others….and we are still by our very self.


Neda
May 4/07

P.S. I wrote it, reminding of Somayeh Amin,my close friend ,since childhood. We understand without talk, we talk with understanding!