THE ENEMY OF MAN IS THE MIND / A PESIMISTIC ARTICLE Ali Rıza Gelirli
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MAN'S ENEMY IS HIS MIND / A PESSIMISTIC ARTICLE Ali Riza Gelirli Now, some of you may have said, ‘That's just talk, isn't it? Almost all of those who say this are those who admire their own minds. As a matter of fact - let's be realistic - everyone is satisfied with their own minds. I have never heard anyone complaining about their minds. It is as if Mother Nature has condemned us to admire our own minds. In fact, there is no philosopher who does not praise reason, who does not sing its praises. If you ask God, reason is a blessing bestowed upon man. And it is an indication of how much God loves man. Reason is always associated with beauty; sentences containing reason always result in ‘good’ connotations. Of course, after all these things and beautiful words, it is absurd for me to say that ‘the enemy of man is his mind’. But don't be offended, listen to me. Maybe I will change your mind; who knows, I may convince you that the mind is the enemy of man. Okay, let's assume that you are very smart, your technologies are great, your mobile phones are smart, but none of these are capable of meeting the needs of your body; they cannot update the information that our body transmits to us. The information that our body transmits to us is actually not very complex. It is nothing more than hunger information, satiety information and sexuality, i.e. reproduction information. Just like other ‘mindless’ beings. As a human being, it is none other than this ‘mindless’ state that governs and directs our ‘intelligent’ state. Because the knowledge of hunger, the knowledge of satiety, the knowledge of sexuality have no mind. It is not possible for the mind to rule them. Just because you are very smart, you cannot help feeling hungry. In the end, we exist or disappear with the information our body transmits to us. Sometimes we exaggerate this information with our minds; sometimes we ignore it. In fact, all this information is a result of chemical events in our body. They are indispensable for the spiritual and physical development of our body. We would not be lying if we say that we get caught in the river of fantasy while fulfilling such needs. It even gives us wings and makes us fly. Sometimes these fantasies lead to ‘artistic’ products, but they can also cause us to fall off the cliff. It is the mind that makes us fly and causes us to crash to the ground. Reason equals fantasy. I don't know whether fantasy is good or not (that is a subject for another article). We know that a human being is composed of many organs, just like a machine. A machine is undoubtedly a sum of ‘parts’. But when it comes to the human being, things are different, for the human being is not a sum of organs; his intellect transforms him from a sum of organs into something more. This more, ‘superior’ state of man causes him to feel a sense of superiority. For some, this may be a good thing. From another point of view, it can turn the mind into the enemy of man. It produces information other than the information produced by our body. Thus, it dominates the whole body. Just like imperialism. (Need I say that imperialism and fascism are also products of the mind?) More specifically, lying, immorality, immoral behaviour, bad manners, laziness, theft, shirking, violence, etc. are closely related to the mind. And it has nothing to do with the information our body transmits to us. Man is under no obligation to fulfil all these evils. Unless the mind justifies them. If reason did not provide man with ‘just’ justifications, would there be wars, would our planet, our common homeland, be divided parcel by parcel, would children be sacrificed to artificial interests without understanding what was happening, would the planet, our common home, be on the brink of extinction? Whether you believe in God or nature, reason is the deadliest weapon given to man. There is no escape from it. Wherever we run, one day it will find and destroy the last human being. Reason has neither conscience nor morality. Reason is in a symbiotic relationship with power. They constantly reproduce each other. The history of reason can also be read as the history of powers. In conclusion, as long as man walks the earth, he will continue to be a rational being. But I mean to say that reason can either make people free or turn them into herds. These are the most basic characteristics of reason. However, it has another characteristic, which is its most decisive feature. That feature is the ability of reason to produce power. It is this feature that casts all kinds of negative shadows on reason. Therefore, reason is not an absolute good thing. But it is not an absolute bad thing either. But it is lethal; it kills both the good and the bad. Because it is soulless! This is a ‘pessimistic’ article. Yes, but I have ‘justified’ reasons!
