More than Human.

Zain Hashmi is a six-year-old boy born with beta thalassaemia major, a potentially fatal genetic disorder in which the body doesn't produce enough red blood cells. In order to live, Zain must take a cocktail of drugs and receive regular transfusions. His parents Raj and Shahana are hoping to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) to produce a second child who, in addition to becoming part of the family, could also help save Zain's brother's life. (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42900.html?u=nimal_ds1980&p=ENNSS
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My first thoughts were, how would the second child feel about knowing that the only reason for his/her existense was to keep alive the 1st born child? Perhaps with proper parenting, and a good stabile environment, the child will grow up knowing that his/her reason of existense is actually moral and righteaous. We humans place great importance on the value of sacrifice, so what bigger sacrifice is there but to live to save another?

But the flip side of the coin is, is this spiritually the right thing to do? Or is it simply the "easier" thing to do? Breeding people to save other people. Farming blood and tissue from a person bred for this singular purpose. I dont know about you, but that is just giving me goose bumps. Would it be easier to simply have another child, to save the one you have? Rather than going throught the pain of bringing up the child, and ultimately watching his death? I know it is not my place to even begin to imagine the pain of losing a child, especially when there is a ready made solution. But is the solution really a solution, or a quick fix?

I really believe that everyone on this world has a reason, or a purpose to fulfil. Everyone from the beggar on the sidewalk, to the criminals in prison, the mentally insane member of your family, our neighbours...and you and me. You could say we are all one big jigsaw, and someone is putting this jigsaw in place. Is it ok for a jigsaw piece to add more jigsaw pieces? Will the final completed jigsaw be entirely screwed up, or will there be no effect ?

In The Matrix movies, we see that robots/machines have taken over the world, becoming the dominant beings, and have enslaved humanity. More than that however, the robots treat humans as nothing more than a resource to sustain their existense. The very thought that humans being "food" is chilling. The very thought that our only reason for existense is to keep another species alive is scary.

How much more scarier is it when it becomes the norm to breed humans to keep other humans alive? I suspect there might be a summer blockbuster about this very theme coming out in the future. Remember, you heard it here first!

Humans have come a long way, in the fields of science and technology. You can say that we are gods in this realm, un surpassed. But in the field of spirituality, we are but infants. I strongly believe that both science and spirituality must move together, hand in hand, if humanity is to progress. Without an ounce of spirituality, i fear we will end up destorying ourselves. My biggest fear is that we have already started.