Human beings are fortunate to have more abilities than any other living beings on the earth. It is our extraordinary power of intelligence and innovation that provides the required edge, to be the most powerful, over other creatures.
There is no power that can be used only for righteous purpose. When something can be used for right tasks, the scope exists, right there, for it to be used in wrong ways too and human intelligence is not any exception for this, which is why we see bad people around us. Our ancestors could have thought of this possibility and probably that is why they imposed a control in the form of 'Value System'.
As time remains invincible, the control is loosing its control and humans are deviating from the so called value system. Such deviation has picked up pace alarmingly in the recent past. Moral values, integrity, ethics are becoming the characteristics of fools.
Nevertheless, the basic point is... We need to live with the fact and can't run away from our lives at any cost. Then comes the question of how to deal with the bad guys?
Recently I happened to come across a quote... "Fighting with a bad person is like fighting with a pig in the mud. After sometime, you will realize that you are getting dirty and the pig, in fact, is enjoying the game". Just because you don't like mud, shall you keep away from fighting bad? shall all good people take the beating and keep quiet?
The answer is...'No'. In fact a big 'Nooooo'.
Gone are the days of Gandhian ways. The rules are made to be generic and they should not be taken literally as we have got the wisdom to interpret them in the right way with its basic meaning and spirit unaltered. Even the epic books, the Sastras, say 'It is not a sin to punish a sinner and It is not right to leave a culprit unpunished'.
As in the case of fight with pig, try to change the battlefield if possible. If not, don't hesitate to fight in the mud. Show that bad can't win against good as being good is not a weakness but a choice. Having said that, the ultimate goal should be aligned to the basics. For example, it is okay to get dirty but you should not start enjoying the mud.
Like a lotus leaf which doesn't get wet despite living in water, we can maintain our very nature and still fight the bad.
Well this make me wonder who would have provoked YOU so much :-P. Clean write up. well said. Goodness is a choice. You can.t think people are foolish for being good. That would serve bad ,may not be very soon but for sure.
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DeleteI generally write based on imaginary things but not always :P
Imaginary... then I think your loneliness makes you imagine a lot nowadays ;)
ReplyDeleteThere is not a concept of being too good... either you are good or you are bad... ;)
Jokes apart ... I cant go with your words: "Moral values, integrity, ethics are becoming the characteristics of fools"...
Morals, integrity, ethics make human beings humane... ;) Can't leave out the fact that there may be ones who don't have one for their life... But then try not to count on them.. :) Then may be it simpler than it looks ...!!!
Chinz,
DeleteI may physically be lonely but not mentally :P
I agree that there is either good or bad. But these days, good has become too good because it's rare. As Gandhi said, if anyone offers the other cheek wen someone slaps them, I would call them too good.
About morals... you got me wrong. My point is that humans should be humane. But you can't control others. So wen you face bad guys, don't be soft. That's wat i am saying. Clear?
Gandhi s principle was not about being too good.. it was ahimsa ;)
DeleteAnd that is not GOOD ;)
First Dont let others slap you... if they did .. it should be either you deserve it .. or they shouldnt dare to do it again ;)
Bad Guys means? Depends on how to react... Mostly ignore such ppl...
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Hehehe...
DeleteWe both are telling the same point.
I am not saying what Gandhi's principles are, instead, I am saying that Gandhi's principles are not of much use these days.
And yes we should not let others slap us and if by chance somebody does, we should make sure that they don't dare next time. That's wat my point is by saying to not be soft or too disciplined. Which I am referring to being too good (too soft).
Bad guys means who don't have ethics. We shall ignore them but if they come and block our path, we should not keep quite. we should teach a lesson. Thats the moral of the story :P
If we get beaten up and we dont react .. its not because we r too good.. its bcaz we r dump ;) yaya we got the moral... will try to become bad ;)
DeleteYou are already bad, don't become real 'bad' :P
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