Man is never fully free of conflict.
How would one make a stand considering there are always more than two sides to anything and everything?
Right from Alexander the great and his quest to not just find the end of the world but also to resolve the issues of an aching heart yearning to find peace, to the mad man who left everything to find the happiest days of his life - how can one strive to have blind faith and scientific understanding at the same time? It may not sound too difficult of a job to do but think again - the very thing starting Pandava's strife in the epic Mahabharata, is the root of many an evil in todays society. Betting wives and their essence in a casual game of gambling, taken to seriously foolish proportions is still a malice affecting many a todays man. It does not matter what you label your vice - horse race, cards, Diwali's goodwill taash - all gambling! And Pandava's were supposed to be the good ones.
If the money lender in todays world comes and demands his interest which is legal and just by all means, what has really changed from the 5000 years of civilization and its learnings? Sure, they got greedy, sure they rolled up the dice, sure they were just evil.. but its easy to label them and point a finger in it?
Accepting a mistake and the person who made the mistake is a very difficult task. Its some thing mothers do and no one else can really master it better than them. How many mistakes have you done since you were born which momma has forgiven? As a consequence, having grown up, would you feel you owe her a bit of your life? Is it too selfless a deed to afford to let go of an inner wish and desire and live a little life for someone else who has given so much already?
The whole point of these ridiculously random thoughts is to stir an emotion and create a whirlpool of strong conflicts which should ideally lead to the conclusion - nothings really changed. Nothing really matters.
In a zero sum game, how will you equate the daily risks of your life, the gambles of your present, the nature of your inner most self, the love of your heart and the dreams of your unborn future? Something to think about..
How would one make a stand considering there are always more than two sides to anything and everything?
Right from Alexander the great and his quest to not just find the end of the world but also to resolve the issues of an aching heart yearning to find peace, to the mad man who left everything to find the happiest days of his life - how can one strive to have blind faith and scientific understanding at the same time? It may not sound too difficult of a job to do but think again - the very thing starting Pandava's strife in the epic Mahabharata, is the root of many an evil in todays society. Betting wives and their essence in a casual game of gambling, taken to seriously foolish proportions is still a malice affecting many a todays man. It does not matter what you label your vice - horse race, cards, Diwali's goodwill taash - all gambling! And Pandava's were supposed to be the good ones.
If the money lender in todays world comes and demands his interest which is legal and just by all means, what has really changed from the 5000 years of civilization and its learnings? Sure, they got greedy, sure they rolled up the dice, sure they were just evil.. but its easy to label them and point a finger in it?
Accepting a mistake and the person who made the mistake is a very difficult task. Its some thing mothers do and no one else can really master it better than them. How many mistakes have you done since you were born which momma has forgiven? As a consequence, having grown up, would you feel you owe her a bit of your life? Is it too selfless a deed to afford to let go of an inner wish and desire and live a little life for someone else who has given so much already?
The whole point of these ridiculously random thoughts is to stir an emotion and create a whirlpool of strong conflicts which should ideally lead to the conclusion - nothings really changed. Nothing really matters.
In a zero sum game, how will you equate the daily risks of your life, the gambles of your present, the nature of your inner most self, the love of your heart and the dreams of your unborn future? Something to think about..
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