Key
values like liberty
1. Read History for a United World by a great
historian called Dance. He writes very clearly that originally the word ‘liberty’
and ‘liberal’ meant 'special privilege' and it was mostly used ‘exclusively for
the aristocrats and nobles’ in olden days.
[ Incidentally he was one of those historians
who wrote very great about India in a small book] So the word ‘liberty’ must
have been something like our present day Indian usage of ‘secularism’ or
‘masala’.
2. Semantics of any word is again to be
applied or understood with regard to contextual relevance. I am giving certain
links in order not to unnecessarily repeat them.
3. I was extremely pleased when MODI said at
UN ‘first we must define what ‘terrorism’ is? If we cannot define how can we
fight it?”
4. All words especially abstract ones acquire
too many connotations and the onus is on the user to use appropriate sieves and
filter.
5. How you define 'key values'
6. If it is ‘key’ then what it is going to unlock?
7. Who manufactures the keys and with what?
8. Just now I finished posting to a group of
lawyers the following in my FB.
9. But we must remember one thing whomsoever
we are debating about or suggesting something to or criticizing, whether be it
a scientist, artist, lawyer, teacher ,politician or judge they are basically human beings- which means a
biochemical entity called as our physical body, but slightly evolved than other
species because we as social creatures are expected to function by using, in
addition to our basic physical urges, our psychological perceptions and
intellectual capacities which influence/influenced by and impact/impacted by
many factors some of which are acquired by us by conscious choice some through
our socio -cultural environs;
Some get into our system unconsciously through
various means and all these shape/shaped by our beliefs, prejudices, attitudes,
reactions etc.
10. Above all these as a species we have the
extraordinary advantage of conscious awareness to recollect what we remember
and what are all documented for our reference, so we need not use lot of energy
trying to redo or rethink or try anew many things.
11. So, all these as a combo makes every human
being in any position susceptible to certain vulnerabilities, the variation is
only in degrees.
12. It is so complex that we may mistake
contentions and pretensions for intentions.
13. Science has developed tools to even follow
what we are thinking but not what our intentions are.
14. We must remember therefore that judges too
are after all human beings.
However, there are certain set norms and
natural humanitarian attitudes which everyone is expected to exhibit, more so
people who are entrusted with certain higher responsibilities.
15. Emphasis must be more on impregnating the
self with values rather than merely appropriating labels and assigning motives
superficially.
16. That's why the sages and saints made
whatever was good for the individual and society as part of life.
17. Because anything that is part of life
expresses itself in specific context with contextual relevance.
18. For example any thirsty man knocks at your
door and asks for water you will give it as a spontaneous reaction. http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2015/07/concretizing-concepts-of-value-based.html
19. We need a composed mind, I wrote this for
a debate started by a group of clinical psychiatrists who are now counseling
students and corporate clients http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2015/09/composed-mind-is-all-about-balance.html
20. Some days back I tweeted the following to
the well known writer Pritish Nandy for his tweet
"Our national weaknesses: - deifying or
denying; showing unloving criticism & uncritical love and emotionalizing
everything”.
21. Ultimately debates and reactions do not
get things done they just spill and spit more ideas, words and emotions, some
of which are good, useful and entertaining sometimes but not always.
22. We must go about doing what we want , what
we can and of course what we are destined to without hurting anyone or at least
those who matter to us and not bothering too much about advises from anyone or
any source if it defies logic, reason and humanitarianism.
23.
Tolerance
24.
If at all there is an impulse to take any advice remember this
" George Bernard Shaw is
reported to have said
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world.
The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world.
The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
All progress depends upon the unreasonable man”
25.
Ajathi Vada will provide more answers
than any science or scripture. “Ajathi
Vada is based out and out on incisive logic
and unbiased Self-inquiry (i.e. you have
to examine your own mind and belief systems in order to arrive at the
final answer). Ajati vada is spelt out in his Karika on Mandukya Upanishad. The
subtle and the Ultimate kernel of all Upanishadic teachings is this Ajativada
only. This is the final message of Sage Vasishta in the 32,000 sloka strong
Yogavaasishta as well.
26. Ramana Maharshi, Nisargasdatta
Maharaj, J Krishanmurti, Atmananda Krishna Menon, Jillellamudi Amma, Mata
Amritananda Mayi, a host of other teachers of Non-duality speak of Ajativada.
Ajati vada means "Nothing is ever
born!!!" by sri Ramesam the author of http://beyond-advaita.blogspot.in/
