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Was it common to hear words like fear, violence, injustice,
isolation and inflexibility in moral science classes in school? It was
easy to read lessons and conclude the morals of stories, such as - fight
against injustice or do not tolerate violence etc. Sounds too bookish?
We grew up only to realize that these things are not
restricted to moral science books. Not only are we surrounded by it in every
day life; we no longer apply the moral science lessons we learnt. Sad, but
true. We put up with it, sometimes turn a blind eye to it and take an active
part in fuelling it by remaining inactive.
Isn't it funny that even adults live with fear?
Is fear a reality or is it a
situation created in the mind?
Isn't it shocking that an urban educated woman puts up with
a violent marriage?
Is it easier to settle down in a violent marriage
than face consequences of dealing with it?
Isn't it sad that a mother is unjust to a daughter by being
partial to her son?
Can a parent like one of
his/her children a little less?
Isn't it an eye opener to know that a person does well
successfully, yet lives in isolation?
People like to build walls around them because it
makes them feel protected.
Isn't it a helpless feeling to see some rule out their
options, by being inflexible?
People love to stick to their point of view and even
take it to their graves.
So if the solution to these problems exist in moral science
books, why don't we apply them? Instead the problems remain to exist.
We complicate our lives and get entangled. We are far more
dissatisfied and restless. The more we have, the more we want and
the lesser we have. There is too much and yet too little. Ironically, the surplus
of anything creates a lack. We want a better car because our neighbor just
bought one. We want the latest phone because it looks trendy. We want to be
loved because we have it all. We want to be respected because we have reached
far ahead. But, hey wait. Far ahead of whom. Far ahead of others or far ahead
of yourself?
Simplicity has now been replaced.
This trend is more common in metros and cities than in
villages. People lead simpler lives in villages while people in cities have
complicated their lives. We do not share, we compare. We do not interact with
people that do not look like ‘us'. All villagers look the same:)
People in cities look happy and people in villages look
content.
People in villages are more in touch with reality, be it
nature or ways of life.
People in cities are drifting from reality because
they today have the power to create things. Outside.
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