Battles 2.0 - new ways to fight

Try remembering the last time you fought with someone; and then try to recall the reason why the quarrel began.

Recently, I had a tiff with my elder brother over some stationery item that he took without asking me. At that moment it seemed like a very important matter to fight about but now that I come to think of it, I feel the reason was so stupid.

Wherever you see you will surely find arguments, fights, and even big misunderstandings that can lead to killings and deaths. From young children fighting over toys to even big emperors, everyone fought for just one mere reason – that is satisfaction of one’s greed. Not just greed of money or objects but the greed to defeat someone.

When I first read about the Battle of Plassey, World War 1, Samrat Ashoka and many other history battle, I was unable to point out the exact reason for these fights to take place, for all this bloodshed. Even now I am in search for the answer. So, I asked this question to my dad. Being a 9-10-year-old child, I could barely understand when my dad told me that all rulers fought over land and power. It sounded so silly and I was like, “What’s wrong with these people, couldn’t they just give money and buy that land? What’s the fun in slaughtering hundreds and thousands of people just to get a piece of land?”

Now I realise that even though money can give us land, it will never be able to give us the sense of superiority over others.

I had read somewhere, “Even though you cannot buy happiness you can always buy your favourite thing because that is a kind of the same thing.” But I had never thought that history would reveal such a cruel version of the saying.

Coming back to present, though we all fight over little things let us fight with different weapons- a different version of fighting, one that purifies the soul rather than contaminate it.

Shoot an arrow full of trust, that burns away all jealousy

Use a sword made of forgiveness, to kill all misunderstandings

Hold the guns made of kindness, tell that love is everywhere to be found

And use bombs of joy , that spread happiness everywhere