The topic of this post is the crux of what led to a half-left discussion with my friends. I was having lunch with them when a sudden intellectualization of their thoughts began to come out in words. Just putting forward this parable as QnA, thereby, completing that discussion ;) and that would be one of the reasons how my love for this blog nurtured surreptitiously :)
PS: There are two answers to each ques. The first one was my instant reaction in words and the second one, perhaps was going at the back of my mind!
Q: How can you justify every teaching of your Guru?
A1: I dont judge it as right or wrong! Right or wrong is nothing but an allegory of the mind and may vary from person to person.
A2: To whom to justify, to me or to you? If its to me, it becomes easy coz my mind never asks for one. It is one level, up or below, whatever you take it as! It digests all, what is positive of discrimination. If its to you, it becomes easier even. There are two ways. Either accept me as I am, but that would be hard for you bcoz you need to judge and intellectualize that. So the only left option is repeat the YES!+ to intertwine your innocence and this time do some more warms ups so that you shall be able to take it complete and not leave it in between !!
Q: You are being a diplomat ! Don't you need to judge what is good or bad?
A1: How does rigidity of thoughts help? Hard bounding everything is nothing but a sign of limited conciousness of your years on earth.
A2: Being a diplomat is gud, no? (dictionary meaning: a person who is tactful and skillful in managing delicate situations..lol). Perfect judgement, either u accept it or not, will corroborate only in case you are God. When there is doubt, only then the stage of judgement comes and then the categorization to good or bad. And when you know, u do !! You can always put it safely as 'good for you' or 'bad for you' coz that is when you are limited to your definitions.
Q: We always put things as good or bad and then accept. We dont even listen to our parents in one go. You cant keep accepting blindly whatever he says ?(oh, i dint even reached the level of sanity of this one)
A1: I do listen and consider my parents words in one go. No more negativity please ( I m on diet. No heavy things@lunch) ! Lets go.
A2: Isn't love blind? It is. lol.
Q: How can you classify positivity and negativity? You said there is no good or bad.
A1: There is a difference between positive-negative and good-bad.
A2: Did your ever hear your medical reports saying you are good or bad, its always positive or negative! Sounds weird logic? Best remedy is dont go by logic.
Q: What is the difference between good-bad and positive-negative?
A1: Good Bad relates to when you are rigid in categorizing them according to your optimum level of intellect. While, Positive Negative is not at the level of judgement, but at the level of energy, vibes, intuition.
A2: Good question finally. Postive and negative are more born out of emotions and emotion is Energy-in-Motion. It is a way of expressing oneself in life. It is the quality of how one relates to life. It should more be understood as a description of the main action. Judging and putting it either as "good" or "bad" isn't very helpful. Doubt is what opposes confidence. Once you eliminate the negative, you will see that the positive has already happened and that is how you tackle your emotions !
PS: Not forgetting to mention, I love them both though ! (This clarification go's only for people exceptionally bad at discerning things )
PPS: Do comment, it encourages me to write more :)
Lots of Love,
Bhanuja
12 views:
Welcome back Bhanuja....nice post again...a real thought provoking write up..
well I follow another rule...when I know the person wont be able to understand stuff and is questioning me just for the heck of it...I just switch from the topic...Pratiprashna is the best way to get rid of some Stupid Prashnas :)
brilliant!!! way to girl...totally loved the answers.. :)))
Hi Bhanuja,
If the post you have put up with the 2 types of answer is A1,A2 were your own inner thoughts, i must say you are very intellectually wise. I was left grasping for meanings for some of the sentences.,.
And i thought why not give some of my views on 2 things. First is on the question of What is good and what is bad. As you have said, Good and Bad are nothing but perceptions of situations based on our belief system. I have learnt that there is nothing like Good,Bad | Right,Wrong. What matters eventually is whether a thing/an act is going to empower you, whether your act or something is gonna be helpful to you or not.
Secondly, i dont wish to disrespect Guruji or anyone, yet iam surprised when i see people literally worshipping another human being. I have learnt to belief that everyone of us have the potential to be Divine being and it rest upon on each individual to liberate his divinity. Some people like the Guruji, who are wise realise their potential and hence are a kind of beacon for others. The wise people help others realise the divinity in themselves, yet one should not forgot that even the wise people are a human first, wise second. Its just that they do an additional responsibility of enlightening the masses of the true principles.,. Yet that doesnt make them impervious or elevates them to a status of God or supreme being [i believe that the Guruji has not called himself as a Supreme person, hence my lasy sentence doesnt stand , yet there are some who call themselves God, which is a pure mockery of the Supreme power].
Lastly, a Man is the Supreme creation and it is to him that all power has been bestowed upon. In any case, its his judgement and his action which will determine how he lives his life, not blindly following someone.,.
A well written philosophically related post.
Regards,
Prashant
*+
@toon: Big thanks for ur keen attention to the blog and the post!
@tinni: abhi to trailor tha ;);) thanku sweetie !
@prashant: thanks for the appreciation and sharing of thoughts :)
I very much agree with ur perception of good and bad.
And in regards to your being surprised when you see people worshipping another human, I must tell you that there are people who worship idols too. You adopt a poor child for life, and you will be God to him. Its very blatant when you say 'anything everyone of us have the potential to be a divine being', that God is union with the self. Perfect wisdom itself is God. God can be anyone or anything. So I strongly believe, appreciate and rejoice the positivity in life !
..and also here's what Guru g actually said when once asked are you god? His answer was- Yes, I am God. And you are also God.
~~Cheers~~
Q: How can you classify positivity and negativity? You said there is no good or bad.
i liked the A2 of the above ques coz i had never thought that way ..
byw all the questions put up are nice and the answers given are even better :P
loved this post but then i wonder how can people do such a kind of informal discussions !
happy blogging !
and once suggestion if u real call it a suggestion !
plzz remove those word identification options ..It's really pathetic and irritates when u dun get it for the 1st tym !
btw blogrolling u :P
good or bad .. how does one justify what he believes in ( if he really believes in it and is nt blindly following it that is) ... etc etc ..
It's a matter of perception .. good or bad positive or negative for that matter every single emotion,feeling,view,principle,moral,ethic,culture,religion,SOCIETY..
it is all a matter of perception adn you are right in saying that the demarcation is not hard lined or for that matter the line is very blurred .. but there are two bench mark there though .. that of REASON and HUMANITY ... I decide based on that .. but it doesn't end there .. I believe in INDIVIDUALITY .. and so I will let others have a diff. perception .. as long as it is humane and not ridiculous .... talk of pessimism engendering negativity ...again perception .. for me one motivation always has been that . " Ok this is bad .. will not work .. is not good .." drives me to work harder and towards ameliorating my skill at every level .. many would say i was being too negative about myself ..
PERCEPTIONS dear .. but the problem is we lack tolerance to other's perceptions .. and there in lies the root cause of man's woes ....
I wrote something related to this under the pretext of culture .. if u r interested .. plz go thru and feel free to blow it to smithereens ..if you disagree that is ..
and thanx for dropping by on my blog ...
http://sidacys.blogspot.com/2008/08/culture-traditions-our-heritage.html
btw missed out on GOD another of my fav topics ...
What I fail to understand is why do people want to question the phenomenon so much ? You don't want to believe don't .. why are u bent upon proving your belief to be right ?? are you so insecure about your own belief ..? poooh..
I view god as my last resort ... the final source of my strength wen i am left desolate and alone .. he can be my strength or faith or confidence even my pride .. but at the end of the day he is the LAST RESORT..
even those who curse him ... if you look at it they too believe in him .. thats why they curse him ... they have no one else to blame or make pay for .. so as a last resort .. blame GOD ...
he he..
too long sorry ..
@peter: thanks dear for popping in and sharing..n a bigger thanks for the blogroll :)
@siddharth: thanks for the wonderful input! Respecting others opinion and accepting them as they are is rightly the solution to those woes. When the ego dissolves, only then you go by the other persons intention and not words! ..and ur connection with God, as u said, actually brings the change !!
:)
Well a grt introspection into oneself.Loved the Q&As....
Great answers!
Jai Gurudev!
Love
Aparna
Post a Comment