Humility, tolerance, humanitarianism and wisdom
Here in India more frequently we indulge, interfere or are indifferent
rather than involving with humanitarian concerns.
We suffer from two extremes of unloving criticism and
uncritical love.
Greater than anything else is the attitude of humility, tolerance
and real wisdom evolving from them.
We need to evolve many behavior patterns to make life better
on planet Earth [ which itself is a wrong word used for something which has
more than 70 per cent water] which has
unfortunately been divided by the atlas of national boundaries and spoiled by
excessive dominance of human species.
However, evolution fortunately has ensured in all spheres
and in all its manifestations that variety has been held in tact which human
beings unfortunately have misunderstood as differences.
No one is either big or pig. All are morsels of biochemical
organism infused with energy and interrelated in many ways than individual
human brains can understand or have bothered to understand.
Love for any language, art, culture, tradition, religion etc
need not necessarily lead to either identity veneration or vilification.
It is not what language we speak, what tradition we follow,
what culture we love that matter.
What ultimately matters is how we treat others? How we treat
other species? How compassionate are we? How humanitarian are we?
But I feel while everyone has every right to feel euphoric
about something close to their emotions, heart and mind it also must ensure to
imbibe a spontaneous or subconscious or studiously developed sense of humility and
tolerance towards others and what others are trying to say and wanting to say
with all sense of humor and subtle sarcasm.
These alone can bring many of us out of both egocentric and
ethnocentric whirlpools of self deceptions and complexes [either superior or
inferior]
There could be multiple versions of wisdom in various forms
imparted through myriad scriptures and religious practices.
But real universal wisdom in my humble opinion may be like this
whether sanctioned or sanctified by either social mores or religious morality.
Wisdom is the work shop where works of evolutionary trends and
experiences of everyone in it emerge to express wisely the essence of
everything to enlighten everyone;
A wisdom which prioritizes living in the present context and
along with practicing certain time tested values which have relevance in
present context but with global perspective to bequeath a livable planet, a
lovable society with lovely infrastructures and improved living conditions;
A wisdom that evaluates everything and everyone with
contextual relevance and based on the inherent attributes or merits of what or
who is being evaluated without extrapolating any presumptions, opinions,
judgments, perceptions, expectations, ideologies, doctrines, identity based
ideology and so on;
A wisdom which is willing to make minor adjustments, small compromises,
spontaneous cooperation to create compatible and conducive atmosphere with
humility devoid of any egocentric pride;
A wisdom with the realization and a perspective that must be aware that
life is a constant process of learning of the multiple dimensions of many
things and the various dynamics of those dimensions involving the constant
interaction and interrelationship with everyone and everything.
A wisdom that is willing to accommodate multiple methods or
means of life with some overall tolerant attitude embedded on humanitarian
concerns towards all human life and environmental or natural concern towards
all other species.
A wisdom that gets its clarity of understanding through a
churning process that takes into consideration several aspects from the
practical to the philosophical to the all fantasies of the mind.
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