REAFFIRMING UNITY

It has almost become a fashion statement to say that each individual is unique. When viewed with a critical eye the statement opens up issues that need to be dealt more carefully. Uniqueness implies difference which has constructive as well as destructive dimensions. Let our eyes focus on the later dimension which is of more current relevance. Gulf of difference is often projected as the justification for sectarianism of all sorts, no matter it be racial, geographical or ideological. As such it would not be too far fetched to say that in difference lies the root of destruction. Any way it cannot be denied that difference exists and it will continue to exist. But the real problem lies not in accepting the trivial differences but ignoring the facts of greater fundamental importance, which has been repeated by great souls across centuries. In the words of Barack Obama it goes as

'We have stakes in one another'....... ' What binds us together is greater than what drives us apart'

SCIENCE, FACTS and ART

Poincare remarked " Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house." It requires a sense of aesthetics and sublime artistic ingeniosity to search for and arrive at coherence amongst apparently disconnected perplexing complexity. At that level the narrow line of distinction between real science and true art struggles to maintain its identity than elsewhere. It seems there exists a subtle mechanism in our social structure to exalt any individual who endeavors in this search for order, to the lofty heights of admiration and heroism.

mashoodkk

On Love, Solitute and Selfishness

'The best way I think to keep a human relationship never break is to always keep a little distance between'. Like an expert I spoke........never realizing why....

.............The friend who was listening replied me that I am selfish.............which in turn provoked me to continue with my sermon ..................

'..................but at times the fact is that the unselfish persons are powerful enough to with stand a break up........friendship, blood, or marital..........but the poor selfish guy......because of his inherent weakness will not be able to bear it.............so he always with his little intelligence takes an initial defensive stand...may be because of prior experiences...................he is always fearful and tries to revert to his hole................lives there in his own world.............but deep inside his heart are often unhealed wounds and desire to love everyone and to be loved by every one..........a repression which he cant overcome easily............and often gets converted to hours of tears in silence.............

public calls them selfish, unsocial or idiots....and wonder why they are doing so........no point in blaming public...they cant afford to look into every ones history....

.....i believe even the deadliest criminal doesn't want him to be so.............to love, be loved, smile and be happy is a fundamental longing of every human as per to me.........but the game of destiny sometimes plays cruel and the human mind gets shattered for ever...........some tries to put it back to order......some succeed...some not.......some take strange configurations.........which every one hates......................'

I felt like having given a captivating discourse and went home. Just before sleep a thought flashed through my mind ......'after all is not the need for love a longing for attachment....and is not attachment a weakness...........'......... Later I realized that even if it is a truth it is an inconvenient one......

FEAR, IMAGINATION and AMBIVALENCE

At the root of ambivalence is fear. Fear is almost impossible without imagination. The department of imagination within, fabricates a horrible speculative imagery of a moment in future. Then it exhibits and exposes the imagery to the self. If the self is idiotic enough the feet trembles else it realizes the futility of the truth value of the imagery and discards it.

mashoodkk

Who is the real BEGGAR?

A beggar is not he who begs. But who need not beg but still begs. So begging is an attitude. It is true that many of us occasionally begs, are forced to conform to or obey an authority out of fear. As long as the flame of intrinsic distress is burning, there is hope. But the moment one starts enjoying keeping the hands cupped, submitting to a superficial authority, ever ready for compromise, never showing any sign of revolt even covertly, has lost the ethical chastity for ever. By this I am not endorsing beggary with a covert displeasure. The supreme virtue lies in him or her who keeps the head straight without conditions with the mind calm, hands strong and clarity of vision intact . Even if there doesn't exist a single penny in his pocket still he is THE KING. Unfortunately the worst fate is going to be not of the perfect beggar but who lies in the middle, who will mourn at the end 'I have burnt to ashes even without burning'.

mashoodkk