Survival 2.0: How to Be a Well-Decorated Animal?

 

Beyond Survival – A Discourse by Parth

Participant’s Question:

"Parth, people seem to be living perfectly fine. They have money, love, and knowledge—everything they need. Yet, the moment something goes wrong, their entire world crumbles. Why is this happening?"

Parth’s Response:

Ah, see… The problem is not that people are behaving normally. The problem is that they are behaving too normally. They have refined their survival so well that they have turned it into a grand performance. They smile, they laugh, they speak all the right words, they show love, they act intelligent—but all of it is just a well-managed survival strategy.

As long as food is on the table, money is in the pocket, love is flowing, and they have some little knowledge to throw around, they behave like the kings and queens of this planet. But take away just one piece—just one—and suddenly, all the grand philosophies, all the civility, all the so-called humanity collapses. One bad day, one wrong word, one unexpected failure… and you will see, the mask comes off.

Why? Because deep down, they have not touched life. They have only touched survival. They have arranged their life so that they do not have to look at this emptiness within them. But if you sit alone, without entertainment, without a task, without someone to talk to, and just look at yourself—what do you see? Nothing! A big zero.

And that is what is terrifying for most people. Because the moment they see this zero, they don’t know what to do with it. So, they will quickly pick up their phone, start a conversation, scroll through social media, grab some food, turn on the television—anything, but never sit with themselves.

See, survival is important. If you don’t eat, you will die. If you don’t have shelter, you will suffer. But if all you do is survival—if you never go beyond it—you will remain a well-fed, well-entertained, well-dressed animal.

Realizing this zero is not a failure. It is an opportunity. If you truly see that everything you hold onto is just a support system for your survival, you have a chance to wake up. To touch something beyond this temporary arrangement.

The question is, are you willing to go beyond survival? Or do you want to just decorate your prison and call it a palace? That is the choice every human being has to make.

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Editor's Note:

In this discourse, Parth brings attention to the fragility of human identity when it is built only on survival. He challenges us to look beyond our external arrangements and truly experience life. His words are not to make one despair but to awaken a deeper intelligence within—one that is not bound by money, relationships, or knowledge, but by an intrinsic sense of life itself. The invitation here is to transcend survival and touch the core of existence.