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As a nation, we are so impressed with the West that we have lost our own identities. So much so, that we have completely lost our direction and purpose in life. We have adopted Western models and ideology for education system. The goal of Western education is to turn us all into standardized machine parts, for use in the capitalist machine for production of wealth. Therefore, we have received an education which has the purpose of converting human beings into human resources. The evidence of this fact is that no one ever asked you who you are, what are your capabilities, what are the hidden qualities inside you which are unique to you – even though every human being is unique and has rare and precious talents. Western education is a form of brainwashing. It does not differentiate between any two humans and all are educated same stuff with same purpose.

Now the question is, why was this done to us? Why does our education ignore our unique characteristics and concentrate on converting us into standardized parts for use as labor. Answer to this question is very important for us to understand. We are all extremely precious, the most valuable among all of the creations of God. The entire planet does not contain enough gold to buy our lives. In order for others to be able to use our lives for their purposes, it is necessary for them to deceive us about who we are, and what we can become. Only if we are persuaded that we are cheap, will we be willing to sell ourselves for a few rupees. Now that is where the role of capitalism and market economy enter the scene. As an economist, I can tell you that the market economy is designed to use all planetary resources and convert them into wealth. This involves creation of a labour market, where human lives are traded for money. The only way to do this is to brainwash people into thinking that our lives are cheap, we have no unique characteristics, and one person is like another.

Two major deceptions of the Western education system are; you are a human resource and the most important problem in your life is getting a job

So now that we have been trained since our birth with these poisonous thoughts, what can be the antidote for this problem? It can only be the realization of the fact. The reality is that God created us as the best of the creations. He shaped us, and sent us into this world for a purpose: To see who could do the best of deeds. Our Creator has described our value: He says that he who saves a life; it is as if he has saved the lives of the entire humanity. This means that our one life is equivalent to the lives of billions of people. We are extremely precious, not commodities for sale for a few rupees. Now this is a big puzzle especially for this generation who believes in statistically and quantitatively analyzing everything. So they ask how can one life be equal to billions – it does not make sense mathematically. Also, we don’t feel that we are very special. The answer lies in terms of potential – every seed has the potential to become a tree, which generates thousands of more seeds, and thousands of more trees. Every human being is created with the potential capacity to change the lives of billions of people. Also: the seed does not know the potential which is hidden inside it. If we develop our inner potential, we can lead amazing lives – just as God turns a worthless particle of dust into a pearl. However, then we would be of no use to capitalists as a human resource.

This is why the education system is designed to deceive us, to turn us into commodities, units of labour, human resources. The most important question we face in our lives is to discover who we are – this process is made extremely difficult because there are so many buyers for our lives, who seek to deceive us, and thrust misleading identities upon us, so as to harness our lives for their purposes. Two major deception of the Western education system are; you are a human resource and the most important problem in your life is how to get a job.

Actually our most difficult job is to avoid being deceived by these false and misleading messages, and learn the truth about ourselves, and work on developing the unique and precious hidden potentials that we have been gifted with as our birthright.

The has a PhD in Economics from NCBAE, Lahore