My response to an excellant thought provoking article by Shruti at.
Excellant write up Shruti. Very thought provoking !!
I remember, as a boy, I used to pose several different questions to my dad, as to what is good, wat is bad, what is right, what is wrong? And as I grew, I realised that its all about how u look at things. Its about the conditions, the situations you are into and the ones which you invite henceforth.
For a handicapped beggar, the biggest truth is he has to feed his kids to live. For him it doesnt make much of a difference if the bread is his earning, or is stolen, or begged. So, truth is all about the perspective you watch it from. We choose to live life on priorities. And on these priorities, or say illusive environment & conditions we weave us a web of life. Priorities at the Gandhian time was to get rid of slavery & injustice and Gandhi handled the situation very well, conditioned the brains of ppl, of friends and foes, with his super moral views excellantly. N there is no doubt about it. The priority for him was his country not his family. And before judging what to follow we need to understand what should be our priority.
I keep wondering at times as to what is more important, is it to hear the voice of our soul, or is it to hear our ppl who at some point of time did sacrifice their souls to our bread, leaning towards the same familial ties? Isnt it a grave injustice to them, if we do justice only to our soul? Its all about making choices. Making right choices. n what is right or wrong is decided by the priorities we have in life.
As a moralist Gandhi is unbeaten, his idealogies, his strength to endure, his belief in himself is unquestionably superb. He practiced what he preached and I appreciate him for that. I believe its always about karma. N karma is about values and duties. Be it to your very own self, your family, or your country. We need to do what we need to do and not fear whats gonna be hitting us. But then are we setting top priorities right? Thats a question we need to ask ourselves before we chose to stand by our morales, against our own people. Which battle is more important to win?
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