Not Everything is Black and White!
We are extremist people. We see things as either black or white. The idea that something else might exist is non-existent to us. Being extremist is how our mind works. We say things are right or wrong, good or bad, which helps us to distinguish between different situations easily.
But is this idea of classification correct? Or is there a vast spectrum of colors other than black and white? Take a simple example that is social media. Many people waste their day on social media platforms. Once in a while, they accept this addiction, and they usually have only one solution; to leave social media altogether!
This is being extremist, either you be addicted to something or you end it altogether. Generally, this method of problem-solving doesn’t prove efficient. People who deactivate their accounts, end up reactivating in a day or two, which leads them to lie to themselves. They start making excuses like “Just one week more, then I will leave these platforms” or “Just one day more, one day doesn’t matter.” This further leads to frustration because most of the people are unable to leave these platforms!
Rather than being so extremists, what they could do is start reducing the time they spend on these platforms, the decrease should be gradual, and naturally, they will be able to get rid of this addiction.
Another example of our extremism is how we classify things as right or wrong. Any situation can be both right or wrong though it entirely depends upon the perspective of the viewer, for example, in many movies, when the hero kills the villain, the audience rejoices since according to them the murder was justified.
If I generally ask you if you are in favor of violence and crime you will always say no, but while watching the movie you develop a different perspective. Things are never right or wrong, they are always what you want them to be and they entirely depend upon your perspective.
Some people will give justifications in favor of the protagonist, some may provide statements against him, but all it shows is what you feel deeply. If you are a victimized person then you might feel that what the hero did was reasonable because you might share his view!
Shri Krishna did many deeds that would have been condemned if he would have had been born today. Our moral compass wouldn’t have allowed it! We can learn a new way of classification from Lord Krishna. Rather than classifying events or decisions as right or wrong let’s divide them based on effectivity, before taking any decision ask yourself is it effective or ineffective and then take the decision. If Lord Krishna committed to this practice in the Dwaparayuga, why can we not opt for his technic in this present Kaliyuga?
Making decisions based on effectiveness increases your potential and helps to clarify things, which leads to a better way of problem-solving. We need to control this extremist mind of ours, or it will lead us towards mediocrity, because as the old saying says, “The mind has a mind of its own.”
To be clear, Lord Krishna’s time was Dwaparyug, not Satyayug. But I do agree not everything is black and white. I’m not comfortable with it, but it is what it is.
Thanks for the observation. 😊
“A kid spelling cat as K-A-T is as wrong as someone spelling it as T-V-O in our society” – Neil DeGrasse Tyson
True!!!
True that!
We’re so used to live our life in binaries that we fail to see things neutrally and tend to run towards an escape, always!
Exactly! We live in a world filled with binaries, and that’s what is stopping most of us from achieving success.
Our mind is scary this way. We condemn several things in different scenarios while simultaneously being hypocrites in others. For sure everything is not black and white.
Exactly, we judge people but when the same happens to us we tend to criticize the society. What we forget is that we ourselves are the part of that same society, and we pursue the same practice with someone else! We truly are Hypocrites!!
The utter idea of extremism should be defenestrated as it was said by the great political leader, Chankya-
अति रूपेण वै सीता चातिगर्वेण रावणः।
अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धो ह्यति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत्॥
Which means excess of everything is bad and hens extremism is an outcome of excess!
Greatly portrayed Amogh! the topics that you’ve addressed is currently relevant to many of our lives, I guess to everyone’s. and I could relate to what I see and what you have written! So,great work man!
So far I guess this is your magnum opus. Keep shining✨
Thank you so much, it was my pleasure that you liked the article! I hope I continue to do better, all I need is your guidance! 😊😊
The thing is that our mind always want to find if something is right or wrong while ignoring the options in between. We always want to do the right thing which is good for yourself but a few times bad for others around you, in these situations choosing the middle options might prove more reasonable.
True, at times though we also take decisions that are ineffective for us but we tend to do so because of society’s pressure to follow the certain norms of right and wrong!
Grest article
Thanks a lot!
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