I type this as I fly
above the Tyrrhenian sea, between Naples(Italy) & Porto(Portugal). The
blueness of the skies and the ocean below are only separated by the thin clouds
that are in suspended animation. The horizon is almost non-existent. The
perfect uniformity outside the airplane is only broken by the mental
reverberations and gyrations that causes it's own mini typhoons.
Why does karma always work? All fame,
riches or relationships that have been gained by the wrong means is always
lost. Not once has ever anyone lived to see the personal zenith one would
aspire to with such means. As an engineer, and more importantly as a rational
person, this is beyond my cognition or reasoning. The non-quantitative aspects
of such an unscientific phenomenon are beyond the scientific rigour of any
laboratory.
Karma, beyond religions, has always worked;
constantly churning it’s own predicaments and influencing life. Karma doesn't
see gender, age or economic status but affects one and all. Despite all this humans go down paths or prefer
choices that are detrimental to their own well-being or their loved ones.
Can a choice that looks right in the short
term, be wrong in the long term? Does that mean that morality is based on the
time window that it operates on?
But what's right and what's wrong? Things look
right or wrong only in retrospect. Laws cannot define such a clear boundary. Laws
change as societies change. What was illegal a few years back will be legal in
no time. So, laws do not give us the best scale for personal laws, nor do they
establish the right precedence for morality. What is morality?
Why morality? Why does a society need moral
laws? Why should kids be taught morals when they are in school? Does morality
also change with the passage of time? A kid who has grown with thieves and
cheats will know nothing else but to steal and cheat. In that case, there is no
blame on the child but that of the context that the child grew under. The apocryphal
laws only disappoint me.
A
man attaches himself to something only when he feels that the object under
consideration is going to satisfy him and is going to fulfil his ambitions and
dreams. According to him, this will lead him to his goal and will help him
realize all his wants and desires; and probably the ability to differentiate
between the two. He also perceives his association with an object as a means of
furthering his own interests.
The belief
that we possess the necessary intellectual wherewithal and the continuous
commitment and efforts that he/she puts forth towards achieving the same is one
of the fundamental powers that we human beings have.
