In ‘Green Hulk/Red Hulk’ by Jeph Loeb, one of the most mysterious yet useless characters in the Marvel comics universe, ‘The Watcher’, says pompously, ‘I am Uata, the Watcher. It is my sworn duty to witness the potentially critical moments of any race across the galaxies, known or unknown. And to never interfere – despite my deep concern for…’ Red Hulk interrupts by saying, ‘Hey!’ The Watcher says, ‘Eh?’ He gets super-punched in the face by Red Hulk in the next moment, while yelling, I quote verbatim, ‘Shut the @#$% up!’ The Watcher says, ‘Ow!’
The scene brought me a chuckle. Finally, someone irreverent is giving the Watcher a piece of his mind – though a tad violent. Are you too, but an aloof high and ‘mighty’ watcher of life, who doesn’t better it for anyone, someone with the Bystander Syndrome? Whatever for? Maybe you need a wake-up call too. Ow! While watching, say, the mind, can help give rise to wisdom, what will you do with the wisdom acquired? To use it to help others is compassion in action.
