Self conscious generation of balance, self restraint
and synergy are the needs of the hour.
A retired judge also has sent
this to me [1] but I did not have time nor bother to read it.
So, Mahesh thanks a lot for
reminding me so that I did not miss this excellent piece.
It
is indeed a nice piece of wonderfully articulated instruction manual for many
in most of the situations.
It is
very apt and timely.
The biggest
problem in this country is most of us have lot of great principles but we tend
to prioritize the principle of expediency; prioritize justification over
reason; prioritize ritualistic observations over contextual relevance;
prioritize out-dated traditions over humanism; prioritize sanctity over social
welfare and thereby allow self proclaimed liberals therefore to inject or
extrapolate irrelevant social justice norms to demolish the inherent meaning, attributes, logic, beauty of many things.
All these
follow a contorted logic of breaking the behavior of bondage with unbridled anarchy.
Somewhere
a balance must be brought in and moderation must be made mandatory.
Unless we
attend to this, the
scourge of Identity and Extremism will haunt us for generations [2].
We live
in a society which is hunting with telescopes for controversies, stethoscopes to
auscultate [to listen] to sensitive statements and microscopes to mine out scandals
and project all issues with great hype with profound superficiality of the main
subject of discussion.
Free
expression has become the preserve of a few and the rest will have to use diplomatically
filtered nuanced terminologies cautiously and carefully slip them like a chef
slipping a baby corn or chilli bhajji into a pan of boiling oil.
Inadvertent mistakes due to
ignorance or gullibility or vulnerability or due to impressionable age without
enough experience and then sometimes providence inflicted one may also occur,
besides these intentional mistakes, errors, frauds are also committed by many
or perhaps all in varying degrees with varying intensities either as inevitable
aspect of compromises required to please societal pressures or what in modern
day we call it as contextual convenience like no time to take care of the old,
no time to spend with the child or entertain relations etc.
Worst part is committing
frauds with impunity and sometimes as a matter of entitlement, privilege and
prestige is all the more rampant at present.
Unless the correction comes
from within the individual or system, the counter to these could become counterproductive
or chaotic as in the case of BCCI.
It is only a question of how
much is too much or how far is too far or how bad is too dangerous.
Human beings are tuned to
take pleasure in gambling, guessing, predicting, exploring multiple options/possibilities
and experiment all and then through experience get educated or enlightened.
So, everywhere human beings
like to use as a strategy of circumventing the norms, manipulating, looking for
short cuts and loop holes, and seeking multiple interpretations out of context
of even great scriptures and so on.
But then, wherever possible
for a just and preferably less problematic and more peaceful cohabitation of
human beings as a species we also require framing, forming and following
certain set of rules.
Besides these human beings
also inherently have the tendency to command, control and dominate for which
often these very rules cross the limit and try to treat the whole human species
as a homogenous or uniform group to be governed and controlled.
Homogenization leading to
hegemony as in the case of Roman empire,
Nazism, Spanish inquisition and so on.
Human ingenuity to create
avenues is not centered on anything but tangential in its path.
It is myriads of melodies, multiple
mutations which unfortunately need to be harmonized with synergy and syncretism
to survive smoothly as a species.
There is no species known as
100% perfect, satisfied, content, capable, happy, peaceful human being;
It is because some parts or
pieces try to dominate our thoughts, ideas, activities and our whole being;
If we use only excess of
heart and be too emotional and cry when someone is suffering from accident with
broken leg and dripping blood on the road no use. We must use our brain and
take him to a hospital;
If we use only excess of
brain and dry intellect and philosophize without emotion like when our parent
dies if we stand and say ‘anyway everyone born must die one day’ we lack the
heart and we do not acknowledge our emotional and sentimental attachment to
them;
If we use only excess of
material comforts and think only about it then we become a well equipped robots
without heart, brain or life;
If we use only excess of
pursuit of spiritual enlightenment and neglect our physical well being then we
not only misuse the human body and also become a burden to others;
These are predispositions or
conditions which exist in varying degrees in every individual.
So, balance is required and
there cannot be any single template for balance for all for all times because
at different contexts or situations different faculties must predominate to
create optimum utility.
Single individual also cannot
be or may not be capable of manifesting this balance spontaneously in every
situation or context because his or her predominant feature or characteristic
or disposition will block the person from doing it effectively.
This is where team work is
important with clear cut roles and responsibilities to be carried with
professionalism and synergy towards desired goal.
This applies in all domains.
