Wednesday, March 2, 2011

One Afternoon in Class

Today, the ethics lecture set me thinking about various thing which I unknowingly did but was not aware of its purpose. If I  talk about what I learnt then, it shall be the responsibilty to enjoy freedom. Freedom is the right of every individual I agree, but how many of us actually use it and not misuse it. When we are told not to do something, that is precisely what we want to do, which is childlike behaviour.So is this what we mean when we say we want to preserve the child in us- "dil toh bacha hai jii".We do not take the ability of the child to find happiness in small things, to love unconditionally but we take the stubborness of a child in refusing to listen to elders. I think about the things which I have done and not told my parents, specially when I was a teenager then I feel that the happiness in doing them was always incomplete somewhere because I knew they do not know.So, what is the next step? There are things which we know are not wrong so does that justify not telling our parents which is exactly what one of my classmates asked Mam. The answer which we got is that we should have the sense of right and wrong to decide that just like Shri Krishna in Mahabharata(P.S: thats influence of one of my friend reading The Bhagvad Gita). Does this change anything, the lecture ends we go back to our rooms and  humdrum of life begins again and we do not hesitate to lie yet again.

4 comments:

  1. koi dhangka kaam nahi tujhko :P

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  2. hey...wat did u do..that u didn't tell...;)
    i like the line...of the child like behaviour..so true..!

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  3. I believe at times its justified because "right" and "wrong" are subjective terms.. what is right for you may not be so for your parents...so maybe you tend to lie coz you don't wanna be judged for enjoying your free will at some point of your life...anyway well written Shelani :)

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  4. @sucheta..i completely agree with what u said..and @kaushik..thats a top secret..;)

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