Inconsequentially Significant!
In response to my thoughts on how insignificant we are in this gargantuan Universe, Nandan in his post points out how we need to be narrow-minded, in a sense, to gain importance in the little world that we live in. Interesting insights, I have my own reservations against it, but the thought process led to something very vague.
The External Eye
Imagine you were an alien monitoring the Earth closely.
Oh! That dazzling Blue piece of mass
So Calm, so Serene, carved by a maven
When the view so enchanting,life there must be bliss
Is that what they call Heaven?
Chaos within
From the outside, it might seem there is tranquility on the Earth, but have a closer look. There are war-ravaged lands, men blowing themselves up, vehicles and industries emitting harmful gases, vessels toxifying waters... and the picture starts getting murkier. That is what is termed as Chaos within Order. The culprit could be compartmentalisation, act of categorising everything into sets. Dividing Earth into continents, countries, states, districts, cities, zones... The eye of the Alien does not see all these.
But yet the tiny Earthling, struggles to no end to gain recognition, importance, to fulfil his desire to be a significant contributor and not be just a mute spectator. The dilemma then comes, to find out how narrow he should be? Where should the line be drawn to say how narrow his outlook should be? Should he restrict his circle of influence to his zone, to his city or should he think bigger, about the country or the world itself? By categorizing, we are invariably assuming that we are not influenced by the world outside our category, even though we know that isn't true.
The Humbling Experience
The humbling experience is only a starting point. A person should first know he is Nothing... Nothing when he is alone. One Single man, has never changed the World, he might have influenced others to tag along, but never alone. Analogous to Arjuna's experience from the Vishwaroopa Darshan given by Krishna, the humbling experience gets rid of one's pride.
(Typical Pakau stuff, I call it. If your response is too long, you can do a new post - a better one! or else start a new interesting topic :) )
The External Eye
Imagine you were an alien monitoring the Earth closely.
Oh! That dazzling Blue piece of mass
So Calm, so Serene, carved by a maven
When the view so enchanting,life there must be bliss
Is that what they call Heaven?
Chaos within
From the outside, it might seem there is tranquility on the Earth, but have a closer look. There are war-ravaged lands, men blowing themselves up, vehicles and industries emitting harmful gases, vessels toxifying waters... and the picture starts getting murkier. That is what is termed as Chaos within Order. The culprit could be compartmentalisation, act of categorising everything into sets. Dividing Earth into continents, countries, states, districts, cities, zones... The eye of the Alien does not see all these.
But yet the tiny Earthling, struggles to no end to gain recognition, importance, to fulfil his desire to be a significant contributor and not be just a mute spectator. The dilemma then comes, to find out how narrow he should be? Where should the line be drawn to say how narrow his outlook should be? Should he restrict his circle of influence to his zone, to his city or should he think bigger, about the country or the world itself? By categorizing, we are invariably assuming that we are not influenced by the world outside our category, even though we know that isn't true.
The Humbling Experience
The humbling experience is only a starting point. A person should first know he is Nothing... Nothing when he is alone. One Single man, has never changed the World, he might have influenced others to tag along, but never alone. Analogous to Arjuna's experience from the Vishwaroopa Darshan given by Krishna, the humbling experience gets rid of one's pride.
(Typical Pakau stuff, I call it. If your response is too long, you can do a new post - a better one! or else start a new interesting topic :) )
posted by Sudhamshu | 4:08 PM
1 Comments:
To explain my point further, consider a camera. You can either zoom in or zoom out at a given time. If you zoom in, you concentrate/focus on a small part but do not have a larger picture. Similarly, the panoramic view will give you the whole picture but not many details. We are so insignificant that 'universe' can never be our 'world'. Our world is our egos, our workplace, home and friends. You have to zoom in or you will lose the focus.
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