A’c. Gun’iindra’nanda Avadhu’ta
Clash and Cohesion is inevitable for evolution, growth and elevation of living beings. The evolution of human species is the result of clash and cohesion within the protoplasmic and metazoic structures of species in the evolutionary process. The basic instincts like food, sleep, fear and sex in both creatures and humans are inherited in the ‘instinct of survival’ which happens through struggle (clash and cohesion). It signifies that the entity once comes into existence has to survive which implies ‘struggle’. That is why it is said, “Struggle is the essence of life.”
Now a one billion question arises as to why the living beings have to struggle to maintain their existence. ‘Survival’ is a state of compatibility against the incompatible or uncongenial circumstances. The very sense of survival gives an inner sense, intent and capabilities to all living beings irrespective of their evolutionary state to defend their existence and adjust with the situations to sustain which are more or less always incompatible. Incompatibility inspires them to use their inner vital forces to fight against the resistance and win over which gives it inner equilibrium and equipoise which is dynamic in nature and a subject of constant efforts to maintain that.
‘Struggle for Survival‘ implies two things. It is a strategic mechanism which changes according to the given situation but it implies ‘clash and cohesion’. While the ‘clash’ is to deliver force and win when the opposing forces seem to be weak and mediocre, the ‘cohesion’ implies the sense of adjustment when the living beings feel weaker itself. *’Adjustment’* implies ‘easy compatibility with the situations’ at one hand and ‘to gain required strength to win over the greater challenges’ at the other hand. In some awkward situations, a sort of ‘compromise’ can be maintained for a short time but again it is the process of ‘adjustment’.
We could understand by now that to maintain survival for any living being, clash and cohesion is inevitable which is a part of adjustment, the strategy of survival. Adjustment is a strategy which exists not only in humans but also in the worlds of creatures, plants and animals. This is the common rule of this vast Creation. This clash and cohesion may be healthy or unhealthy. In the case of lower species of existence, the clash and cohesion happen naturally, it is more instinctive which Nature provides and propel them through. But in the case of humans, it happens to be unnatural most of the time.
Clash in human life normally means dominance on others, mostly on ‘the weaker’. It signifies exploitation by creating manipulative stories instilling a false sense of fear psychosis in the mind of the public by the so-called intelligent few. With their intelligence they develop tools of imaginary ideas, technology and attack on the weaker to deprive them from their dues and grab their resources of survival. Deprivation is the prime intent behind the psychology of dominance. It generates unhealthy clashes among humans.
In the case of humans, two types of clashes are there. Intra- human clash and inter- human clash. *Intra-human clash* signifies all those pseudo – manipulative sentiments (narrow and selfish) which the exploiters use for their exploitative ends. It creates manipulative situations which blindfold the intellect of common mass using popular sentiments (like geo-political, religious, social, historical etc.). The exploiters enjoy privileges at the cost of the interests of the exploited ones. It is quite in vogue in the world today everywhere. People in general suffer economically, socially, religiously, politically etc. In the case of *inter- human clash* which occurs due to exploitation of flora and fauna by human beings. In order to celebrate happiness in various respects, humans exploit the flora and fauna indiscriminately without considering their existential values; for example, eating meat, wanton deforestation for furniture without afforestation, polluting fresh water river by draining toxic chemicals of industries and household dirts, extensive urbanisation, extracting the minerals unwisely etc. All these create an ecological imbalance due to which a good number of species of flora and fauna are extinct and many others are on the verge of extinction. We know well almost all the summits organised to foster ecological balance have failed due to the non-agreeable mentality of big economies of the world and the agreed targets are never achieved. It is the unbecoming aspect of Clash where Cohesion always happens among dubious intentions which ultimately results in a gross uncongenial atmosphere on the earth planet. The situation of intercontinental wars, global warming, melting of polar ice-shields, increase in the water level of the Oceans, major cyclones and tsunamis etc. are the results of inter-human clash.
The world in which we live has been manipulated by selfishness of so-called intelligent individuals and groups who have self-vested interests to amass wealth and resources to ensure their prosperity and keep dominating and exploiting others. Here Clashes are artificially created and Cohesion never happens among the righteous forces for the purpose of benevolence.
We are living today in the era of geo- politics which is based on geo- economic and geo- political equations around the world. The war between Ukraine and Russia is solely intended to grab the land and resources of Ukraine by Russia and supported by NATO to create a tension to Russia for the purpose of weakening it by involving in warfare. The war between Iran and Israel- US is motivated by differences in ideologies with Geo – economic-political intentions. Israel is fighting to secure its survival among constant threats by Iran and its proxies whereas the US intends to have predominance in the middle-east for the oil and gases. The ongoing war has far-reaching consequences in the present and future which has involved many nations unexpectedly. These are the examples of clashes between human civilizations.
Obviously, these clashes cannot be acceptable as they cost a lot of human toll and loss of properties and wealth, even then why do they happen?
It is very important to understand. The whole Creation exists in an equilibrium and equipoise subjectively but objectively it never happens. There is a gross discrimination of evolution of human minds and their ideas and ideologies. By the time, everything changes and the ideologies, too, in the process of evolution of the human mind. Once a significant ideology becomes outdated by the passage of time and it requires to be substituted by the still better which is progressive and friendly to the welfare humans, flora and fauna. But the ignorant human mind does not want to accept the novelty of ideas so easily and it has to undergo clashes. So clashes are eminent which helps to prepare the human mind to embrace new and progressive ideas and ideology. The whole of humanity has to move fast in a united way to achieve the Universal Ideology of *Universal Humanism* with the expanded vision and a compassionate heart. It has to embrace the whole habitation as its own and cherish the well being of all as the members of *One Universal Family.* This is the Cosmic Will. Any self-vested ideology and dogmatic proposition and exploitation based on that have to be clashed out to ensure the *Cosmic Will of Universal Union of all.*
Thus, we see that at primitive stages of evolution there is a natural adjustment among lower species through physical and psychic clash and cohesion and in the case of humans, clashes exist due to narrow sentimentalities, predominance and exploitations. The well being of all must be ensured by the humans being the most evolved entities in the Creation. They must abide and adopt a Universal Ideology (Neo- humanism and PROUT) which must ensure the benevolent welfare of all. This ultimately corresponds to the *Cosmic Will.*
*A’c. Gun’iindra’nanda Avadhu’ta*
