I never thought I’d be a blogger in the not so distant future of mine not been exactly receptive or averse to more contemporary means of interaction as maybe common practice or expected in the expeditious and rather incongruous world that we all live in, revel in and have grown used to. I keep dangling in between new and old concepts that I have wondered if I were born on the edge of the day, month or year of an old or new order of the world. Hard to tell, I often conclude and move on to the next big thought. The next big thought may not be exactly big, petrifying maybe as the mind may dwell on some flawed notion the society and the world at large often conditions us to believe in. Sometimes we do have a choice in what we believe in but most times we do not even try to comprehend the maxims of these so called beliefs. “Join the bandwagon and never look back” says the forlorn and unspoken rule number one of the world. Really, it’s often the innocuous way out for an average mind bereft of critique.
The mind of the human remains the most powerful tool still defying full appreciation and comprehension from the landlord of the mind itself and even our so called scientists – one of which I supposedly am if studying Pharmacy in school and being a writer cum blogger can ever be called that. Being an enthusiast of the extensive works of Sigmund Freud on the workings of the human mind, I have found the intrigues of the human personality and mind rather enthralling and thought provoking. “The interpretation of dreams” published by Freud in 1900 was a classic and it still sits in its rightful place on my bookshelf. He likened the mind of the human to an iceberg – a small part of which is visible above the surface with the greater part submerged below the surface and obscured from view. Our mind consists of a series of thick layers superimposed on each other to make an inextricable entity capable of far more than can be imagined. Adolf Hitler is a case in stride. The interpretation of dreams laid a solid premise for an over critical mind.
I have often sat in silence in gatherings just simply watching people around me. The extent of what people do when they do not know they are been watched is satirical, often quaint and sometimes downright comical. A colleague once told me that she gets rather terrified when I sit quietly mulling over a glass of drink in a social event. She knew me too well; she knew what I’d do in such state. I had shocked her still when we met sometimes back. She learnt more about herself than she could have fathomed. I had watched her for several minutes interacting with other people before we were introduced. Our conversation had drifted normally till she asked what I thought of her. She was to hear more than she could bargain for and couldn’t believe I’d know things about her at our very first interaction. I had simply watched her interact with other people and came to an instinctive but pithy surmise about her person. People often enjoy being told what others think of them; it bestows a sort of sense of belonging and satiation that alludes that they are not from out of this world of ours. An exegesis of the human person or mind, however, is not an exactly guileless exercise. It takes attention to detail and a bias to psychology to scratch the surface of the human mind and comprehend why people are they way they are in the littlest of ways.
Another big thought could creep up on an over critical mind about the naissance of humans in juxtaposition with the Immaculate Conception – a tale we all know too well. The over critical mind may not attempt to compare itself with Jesus – it couldn’t in boundless measures –however, the mind could satiate itself with the reverie of what it’d be like to be a Jesus Christ in the modern dispensation. A Jesus in the modern world is almost beyond grasp. A Jesus with the astonishing miracles, mesmerizing tales, audacious teaching and religious relevance in the modern world would definitely get an agape waoh as it did in the prehistoric times. Given the preposterous tangle our world seems to be entrenched in, a modern Jesus in our modern world would do a lot of good and set a lot of records aright. Maybe we do need a modern Jesus especially in Nigeria.
Thank you.
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