Today while reading "The Prophet" I came across these beautiful lines in the poem "On Houses" by Kahlil Gibran
"And tell me, people of Orphalese, what have you in these houses? And what is it you guard with fastened doors?
Have you peace, the quiet urge that reveals your power?
Have you remembrances, the glimmering arches that span the summits of the mind?
Have you beauty, that leads the heart from things fashioned of wood and stone to the holy mountain?
Tell me, have you these in your houses?
Or have you only comfort, and the lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master? "
I am thinking about all such things that enter our lives and houses as a mere comfort and ultimately makes us its slaves while we think we are the masters.
Mobile is a bigger master than one could imagine. When mobile phones came into existence it was for communication, now that is the last thing it is meant to be doing. It's more about the phone model we possess, the GBs, the camera, and whatnot. When it comes to using it is all about attending to it whenever it screams for a message, a mail, a notification. If there is no wifi the feeling is worse than someone who has difficulty breathing! So we may think that mobile is here to serve me..but we are serving it most of the time. This is a classic case of a Master-slave relationship reversed!
This is an illustration by Manu Cornet on "Mobile Relationship" which says it all!
I have also heard of such a reversal of relationships from people who own dogs or in general pets. Write in the comments about your experiences if you are a pet owner.
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