Tuesday, May 18, 2010

GOOD AND BAD.




Everything in life falls under one of the two categories , either “good” or “bad” . Every deed of any living person is rejoiced as good or deemed as bad. But what really is this “good” and this “bad”?. Who defined these virtues and these vices?. Is it the God ,the holy angel, the almighty? If this omnipotent God has the power to create these virtues and these vices , then why didn’t he have the power to make all of his creations confine to the virtues and dare not sneak into the vices. What justification does he have for giving us the free will and letting us dwell in the darkness.
A lion hunting a deer doesn’t have the guilt of killing. Then why should a person breaking into an house , bludgeoning the owner and stealing his money should. Both are same in very basic sense. It is called the “survival instinct”. Every Tom , dick and Harry would condemn this and could justify his stand ,saying ‘a lion doesn’t kill its own kind’ ( another lion) or ‘it does only for its own needs (food)’. Ya agreed!!. That’s because a lion cannot think beyond that . As long as its need for ‘food and orgasm’ is satisfied ; life is complete. But we men request more than that from life . The day when animals desire for power and authority , every serene forest turns into a violent city. The same God who created the predator also did create its prey . So does He agree upon the survival of one on killing another. This is not being agnostic but rather being logical (a fuzzy logic though)
One never misses an opportunity to castigate bribery. But doesn’t the same person gifts his son with a candy to do his home works. The scenario may be different but the basic motive behind gifting , which is to get the work done remains the same (if not bothered about the implications).
We live in a world where there are predefined rules which are so loosely defined , that if you dare enough you can redefine them. The “goods” of the past have become the “bads” of our day and the “bads” of this day may become “goods” in the future. How can we then rely on this ever changing morality of our world.
‘Love thy wife’ its a virtue ; ‘love thy neighbor’s wife’ it’s a vice. Kill a person you are a murderer ,kill hundreds of soldiers you are a warrior. Does it mean that the action itself has less significance than the place where it is put into action.
I don’t know! I really don’t know whether things are what they seem to be. I take the safer side of following the crowd. Hope so you will too.

[P.S. This article is not to justify any of the “bads” , just give another perspective to view ]

3 comments:

  1. Dei.... Impeccable :-)!!!!!! I don't know what to say about the content of the article but surely the writing is bloody good Man :-)..... It caters to my taste well :-)

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  2. u can get more perspective if u read The Bhagavad Gita man..

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  3. There was a time when we had free will. We could act as we pleased. We acted, and that act produced a certain result. That "result" became our destiny. We could not escape it. We acted again. This time our free will carried with it the experience of our first act and was qualified and limited to that extent. This act again produced results, and these results again curtailed our original freedom. Now that we have been acting and producing results for millions of ages, these actions and their reactions act upon us as our unavoidable fate called "Praarabdh". Our body, mind, intellect, and reasoning are fashioned by these and make us choose a certain course. Our previous acts determine our present life, and our present acts go to make our future. We reap now what we have sown in our previous births, and we shall reap in the future what we are sowing now.

    This is what Lord Krishna says in Bhagvad Gita CH 4 verse 37.

    Hope this clears your doubt.

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