Nan yen pirandhen?
Who am I?
The question is far more introspective in nature than the question any HR will ask you: "Tell me something about yourself?". The reason being you already have an answer to this one. You have practiced the answer many times. You have searched about the company, its aim and mission and therefore, know what you must say. It may be completely true, or parts of it are right. Often, people say things they think are right about them.
But when you ask yourself: Who am I?, the very first thing you realize is how unimportant words like truth and right are. These are the words used by practical minded society. Some things that have been judged by masses and labelled under right or wrong, truth or a lie. Once we start the journey inwards, and if we do, judging anything becomes senseless.
Criminals, thieves and rapists have been asked many times if they feel they have done anything wrong and more often than not, they disagree. Giving into the pressure, surroundings, need of the hour are some of the reasons they give to explain how they were made to do the crime. We think it is a lie, but studies have proved that even in their mind, they never agree to their wrongs. They have their own world, their own parameters, which tells them that they aren't wrong.
Let's extend this idea to all of us, the masses. Whatever we do in our life is derived from our understanding of right and wrong. However, there is one factor which makes us go beyond this practical mindedness. This judgmental mind. That factor is emotions.
In past years, I used to think why is logic not the basis of everything a human does. Why is logic not the religion of all people in this world? Why do we not respect logic as if it is the supreme authority? Wouldn't that play a big step towards world peace, something everybody is longing for?
However, I feel that the society has become open to this idea now. I also used to think why emotions are so important. However, they were beyond my understanding, therefore, I framed in my mind that since human race is ever evolving, so if we could have survived without emotions, we would have been emotionless by now. The statement was satisfactory to me until I started thinking about what role these emotions play in our life? Why are they still there? If we are attaining the world peace by doing everything logically, why are emotions still playing such a big factor. Ego, jealousy, hatred, pride. Isn't all these the only things emotions have contributed to the society?
And gradually I realized how I ignored one contribution of emotions to the human race. And in the time to come, I also realized how this one contribution is way more important than ego, jealousy etc. That contribution is love.
You believe he is insane
because the music he dances to
cannot be grasped by your ears.
Love has and shall always make people question themselves. Where do I stop? What are my boundaries? Love is beyond all of this. It is the only force that helps one break his own walls, the purest form of art. Reason is powerless in the expression of love.
As Rumi quotes: "This is love: to fly towards a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet".
I will leave it to this. The more I write about love, the more susceptible I am to judging it. So I will leave it here. And live it!
Who am I?
The question is far more introspective in nature than the question any HR will ask you: "Tell me something about yourself?". The reason being you already have an answer to this one. You have practiced the answer many times. You have searched about the company, its aim and mission and therefore, know what you must say. It may be completely true, or parts of it are right. Often, people say things they think are right about them.
But when you ask yourself: Who am I?, the very first thing you realize is how unimportant words like truth and right are. These are the words used by practical minded society. Some things that have been judged by masses and labelled under right or wrong, truth or a lie. Once we start the journey inwards, and if we do, judging anything becomes senseless.
Criminals, thieves and rapists have been asked many times if they feel they have done anything wrong and more often than not, they disagree. Giving into the pressure, surroundings, need of the hour are some of the reasons they give to explain how they were made to do the crime. We think it is a lie, but studies have proved that even in their mind, they never agree to their wrongs. They have their own world, their own parameters, which tells them that they aren't wrong.
Let's extend this idea to all of us, the masses. Whatever we do in our life is derived from our understanding of right and wrong. However, there is one factor which makes us go beyond this practical mindedness. This judgmental mind. That factor is emotions.
In past years, I used to think why is logic not the basis of everything a human does. Why is logic not the religion of all people in this world? Why do we not respect logic as if it is the supreme authority? Wouldn't that play a big step towards world peace, something everybody is longing for?
However, I feel that the society has become open to this idea now. I also used to think why emotions are so important. However, they were beyond my understanding, therefore, I framed in my mind that since human race is ever evolving, so if we could have survived without emotions, we would have been emotionless by now. The statement was satisfactory to me until I started thinking about what role these emotions play in our life? Why are they still there? If we are attaining the world peace by doing everything logically, why are emotions still playing such a big factor. Ego, jealousy, hatred, pride. Isn't all these the only things emotions have contributed to the society?
And gradually I realized how I ignored one contribution of emotions to the human race. And in the time to come, I also realized how this one contribution is way more important than ego, jealousy etc. That contribution is love.
You believe he is insane
because the music he dances to
cannot be grasped by your ears.
Love has and shall always make people question themselves. Where do I stop? What are my boundaries? Love is beyond all of this. It is the only force that helps one break his own walls, the purest form of art. Reason is powerless in the expression of love.
As Rumi quotes: "This is love: to fly towards a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet".
I will leave it to this. The more I write about love, the more susceptible I am to judging it. So I will leave it here. And live it!
