On Hypocrisy.
Momentary
hypocrisies are justifiable rather than hard hearted haughty and hurting
refusals. Sometimes they are also inevitable as part of survival aspect
of our species, I mean human beings, and more often as an aspect of social
obligation of our relationship to the society at large.
Whatever
be the type of education [or to be more precise academic pursuit that we
undertake to learn a subject either superficially or in depth] we have;
whatever be the deemed purpose of such qualification; whatever be the dreamed
outcome of such qualifications we must remember that life is process,
constantly churning up with the rest and without resting either to produce
something worthy or filthy unmindful and sometimes unaware of the fact that all
individual life is mortal [ at least chronologically and physically -as a
biochemical organism]
This
life involves a constant process of adjustment and learning, which means
observing, understanding, experiencing, subjecting to others’ suggestions and
advices and a host of many other things. We are interconnected and interrelated
with so many persons and things some of which we may be aware. We do all these
with very limited tools like our thoughts, emotions, knowledge, perceptions, sometimes
instincts, sometimes impulses, inherent attributes and abilities, attitudes Compulsions
and compromises are part of life. Hypocrisy is therefore in built as we grow
into social beings. Only thing is, it increases in intensity and manifests in greater
degrees depending on the social milieu where we are in.
These
are because life is made of relationships. How we relate with others, with things,
with society, with environment etc.
Neither
life nor relationships are concrete they are fluid like water with lot of
excellent properties but vulnerable to be polluted and misused like water. It
depends on the user to prevent misuse and pollution.
There
are many other aspects like personal commitment, involvement, responsibilities
etc, even if we do not care about social pressures, religious obligations and
legal requirements.
The
cardinal principal is we can neither deny nor defy the importance of anything.
This includes many human activities, sentiments, emotions, thoughts etc each of
it is forming some part of the evolutionary process of the jigsaw puzzle of
life.
How
else can we explain the many stupidities that get glorified for reasons which
are beyond any human comprehension?
We
did not consciously choose our life and in normal circumstances we won’t
consciously choose to die either. Life is not a planned project from the
beginning till the end however much we may try or wish it to be. We came from
nothing and we go back to nothing. In the interim period we like to decorate
ourselves with whatever we can, we want or we are destined to. Sometimes
different aspects predominate i.e. what we can do, want to do or destined to do
and we too tend to prioritize or to prefer or to influence one/ some of these at
different times.
But
it would be proper and practical to acknowledge some simple facts without being
too hypocritically questioning them like it is better to be unhappy with money
than to be unhappy without money; better to be sick with a treatment available
rather than being sick without any treatment; it is better to be hypocritical
with a socially respectable employment ensuring or survival guaranteeing
qualification rather than to be hypocritical without any such qualification etc.
So
happily hovering in hypocrisies and hollowness, hibernating in hope,
hysterically hopping around in hype, hitchhiking the mind to identities are all
hazards of habitation of human species. We may get irritated but we cannot
avoid them.
I
am concluding with four links:-
1.
On emotions and relationships with many sub links
2.
On literacy but with an important sub link on formal
education.
3.
On perception.
4.
Why we all compare.
We
are in the dark about what is reality. Our search for meaning of life and
reality is unending but not worthless and must always continue but we must try
to make life as meaningful and as enjoyable an experience simultaneously
because our life span has an expiry date.
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