Tuesday, January 12, 2010
...A Play
There are moments when one gets sudden insight....or at least what one feels is an insight.....it hit me yesterday....that a good person is as bound by his goodness as a wicked person by his wickedness....for example....lets assume that you are a good person (whatever it means)...and I ask you to murder someone...it will be an almost impossible task.........as Shakespere says.."All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players"...now what role is assigned to one is to a very large extent out of our hand....it is a function of our mind..........and our nature......and so...there should be no arrogance attached to being kind, generous etc.... since one merely follow the dictates of one's nature...and there should be no looking down on a murderer, cruel dictator etc....as they follow the dictates of their nature...probably that is why it is said "hate the sin and not the sinner"....now..i am ignoring the role of free will in this argument.....but I increasingly believe that...freedom stretches to the limits of the consiousness....and as it has been established that almost 90% of our mind is unconscious.....anyways...enough gibberish for a day :))
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frequently one feels limited by their nature. shyness. boisterousness. optimism. criticalness. just a few parameters. so often, i have felt kind gestures are more habits than anything else. i guess the same is true of inconsiderateness. hmm.. definitely an interesting topic.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to know that I am only 10% responsible for my actions :)))
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deepali.