Earth? Can you hear us?

The Earth is the only planet that has been identified to have given rise to life so far. But that is in fact an attribute humans have given to them, themselves. Always wanting to feel special. They keep asking themselves as to why it is so. Many of their philosophers, theologians and scientists have come up with various theories but all of it stand as further away from the truth as ever. Poor humans, so naive. It's only been a few millennia since intelligent life took over Earth and since then they have established their ruthless rule over every other species, killing off some of them in the process, and yet so ignorant, so oblivious to the things happening around them.

Who are we? Like you call yourselves humans, we call ourselves enigma. It's as close a word you can find in your excruciatingly small vocabulary of words to match its real definition. We don't have a language. We just know each other's needs and desires. How? You only spent a few million years in your evolutionary process and you believe evolution favoured you above all other species, hence your ignorance. For us the need of language is as futile as the need to feel special. We’re not individuals like you to discriminate against each other. We are nano particles of a much greater system. We contribute to a universal truth. We were here closer to the beginning of this Universe than you were. All those eons of evolution have given us traits beyond your basic understanding. You might find that difficult to understand but your cranial capacity doesn't allow you to distinguish a lot of things. Your history shows that plainly.

But mankind never fails to surprise us. It has benefited from a few individuals of their own making but still remains oblivious to future. Why? They do not understand how irrelevant and unimportant they are when considering the scale of the universe. They have yet to loosen humility. They speak of equality, politics, discrimination and justice yet forget all that when they are given the power to speak and make amendments to their system. They let others fool them knowingly so that they can experience pleasures momentarily. There is no such thing as instantaneity in the universe. All process are gradual. Such should be the order of the universe. It is slow but it is persevering.

We are watching you. You are young. You are a toddler in the vast timeline of the universe. But you understand enough of it know what needs to be done. And yet you pretend as if you don’t. Why are you neglecting your duty to one another? Why do you frown at the language your fellows speak and the pigment of his skin instead of identifying yourself with the liquid that flows beneath it? Why do you pass the blame around instead of finding long term solutions? Why do you keep taking instead of asking? Or giving? Do not endanger your own existence. Progress calmly and gradually. At the moment there is no refuge for you other than your own little planet. Take your calculated leap of faith. Just like we did.

This essay was written by Mahima Ruzaq