Apr30
Posted by Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar on Monday, 30th April 2012
MY PROBLEM: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKARThere is always a struggle probably within every person, who can feel and think about “what is” and “what should be” or “what should have been”!
This is born out of the tussle between the prevalent sensory input and its interpretation; and the prevalent subjective feeling of wants, deficiencies or demands of the individual.
Not merely a common man is restless because of wants and unfulfilled desires, but even if you are a leader in some intellectual and philosophical field, you are restless and hence intolerant about “what should be”!
This is “my problem”! Is it not a universal problem?
How much ever I am brain washed, I can not be noble hearted. I can not be generous. I can not be selfless.
Being “better” is not as simple and as instant as “merely changing clothes or washing make up”! Whenever I seem to have “improved”, I come across a situation that bares open my meanness. “My problem” is difficulty in voluntarily blossoming and becoming buoyant, generous, loving and benevolent to all; and overcoming; “what should have been”!
You can punish me, torture me or kill me but cannot transform me into unprejudiced and innocent individual.
Can you?
You can force me to pay tax but can not motivate me to be selfless! You can emotionally coax me or black mail me; to donate but cannot inspire me to voluntarily stop exploiting! You can force me to behave in a gentle manner. But you can not erase the sexual, infatuative, and other bizarre ideas, whims and fancies from my mind!
Can you?
For me to blossom, you have to blossom yourself. You have to create an environment of a holistic perspective of globally beneficial policies, plans, laws, rules, regulations, conventions and fashions, which in turn catalyze my blossoming.
Can you do it?
You would admit; if you are frank; that you cannot!
That is because “my problem” is “your problem” also!
Hence, let us be considerate to everyone; including ourselves.
But can we be so?
Even this is not possible! This is not possible by voluntary efforts and/or authoritative and apparently intellectual rhetoric; in sectarian and mean ambience, in and out.
The immortal gurus say; that this is be possible; through universal practice of NAMASMARAN. It makes us tolerant, and honest. But strips off our gullibility and stupidity and makes us wise! It imparts accuracy to concepts and expressions. We become more fulfilled as it gives globally beneficial dimension to every activity of ours.