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It is really very
sad and as you rightly said 'this brings out several dimensions and layers out
for public debate’.
I feel more
than that it also questions all the so called morals, values, ethics of the society,
culture, religion, upbringing, education and all those things which are
extolled without paying attention to intrinsic humane values which are the same
to all religions, cultures, societies etc.
Real values of
life must value life in its totality devoid of any extraneous identity is that
possible?
Therefore, it
cannot be or preferably must not be confined by religious affiliations or
regional cultural practices.
We must preferably
look at the intrinsic value and /or inherent attributes of everything and
everyone and also find out the meaning and purpose of whatever we do in life.
Each life i.e.
my life, your life and the lives of all great saints are really speaking very
insignificant transient events of a few years-mostly less than 100 in flesh and
blood with conscious awareness- compared to LIFE as a whole which has happened some
four million years before and may continue for another few millions years hence
in various forms, shapes in multiple species expressing its own attributes some
of which we have understood, some we are not even aware of.
The distance
between heart to head and heart to sexual organs is the same but when the
movement is uni- directional then things do not work that properly.
In fact the
whole of Bhagawad Gita, one of the reasons why it became more popular among the
28 Gitas, is that all its 700 stanzas are sand- witched between two words the
starting word 'Dharma' and the last word ‘Mama’.
It must be
actually read as ‘Mama Dharma’= my dharma- does not mean either Krishna’s or
Arjuna’s Dharma, rather when everyone
reads it becomes ‘his Dhrama’ and all these 700 verses [ subjected to all sorts
of excellent, enlightening as well as, often used as tool to justifying traditional
practices, explanations by many] primarily are about attitudes to be adopted,
actions to be executed and reactions to show at different situations taking
into consideration the overall welfare of all [humanism].
This manual is
more about balancing the intellect and emotions and most importantly through
both emotions and intellect, or to be precise in short it talks about the
dynamics of synthesis of human nature and nature of Truth [ define as you may-
it is the inevitable and intellectual perception and sometimes all logic
eluding factor].
Life is all
about movements, actions and reactions which broadly could be defined as i.e.
Karma but then the Laws [Dharma ] of motions [Karma] of life are very important
and therefore prioritized.
Personal grief,
sorrows and miseries are difficult to handle even for some of the most advanced
intellectual giants or highly sane and even balanced souls.
It is easier to
sit and sermonize or pontificate dispassionately as an outsider.
It is difficult
to prescribe rules for any type of crisis in any aspect of life.
However, if the
mind, especially , that of a grown up individual, is equipped with certain
qualities then encountering the crisis becomes a shade more simple and sane.
However, the
balanced mind, calm soul, caring heart, clever mind will wait and work on
multiple options before resorting to impulsive actions which may more often
result in regret.
Life is the sum
total of many choices and decisions we make/take at every moment and the concomitant
actions and reactions based on them.
But, does life
or our cultures or social systems or religions or education systems offer us ready made
templates to make/to take relevant or correct choices and decisions with
multiple options at every moment?
Or even if they offer and are ready, are we
willing or capable of understanding and making use of those templates?
Do you think
those parents can ever live in peace as human beings, not at all?
So, now the next
most practical action, if the parents of the abandoned baby, are known is to
subject them to proper psychiatric counseling to prevent them from becoming
criminals or mental wrecks.
One of the most
emotionally moving books on really encountering this type of situation or
crisis with maximum possible attempt to grasp and grapple with the reality of a
highly emotionally charged dilemma with the highly incisive intellect is
written by a very great and serious intellect Arun Shourieji and I happen to
write a review read here.
Question of
balance of mind
Recently I wrote
this for an online magazine recently
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