Contemplation

#454

2012-02-14T10:08:00.002+05:30

Fools complain. Wise make their expectations realistic.

#453

2012-02-11T13:42:00.001+05:30

Too much comfort and prosperity is not good. Without struggle and suffering happiness soon loses its essence, and ennui takes place, which is worse than any suffering. It's then that man takes to "extreme living" to keep from getting suicidal. It's not only deprivation that would turn man into psychopath, but excess comfort too.

#452

2012-02-11T10:24:00.001+05:30

Individualism and freedom of thought are the enemies of the very values and morality which gave birth to them and elevated them to primacy among advanced nations. (Source)

#451

2012-02-07T10:48:00.001+05:30

In an ideal society a politician's opinion should weigh more than a lay person's, a scientist's opinion should weigh more than a politician's, and a philosopher's opinion should weigh more than everyone else's. When this chain of command can't be effectively implemented, the society has reached an alarming level of complexity. And when the reverse of it becomes unvoidable, that society is near its failure.

#450

2012-02-04T07:20:00.001+05:30

Lack of free will is not a new revelation. Religions have been saying it for centuries (everything's in the hands of God) and people were fine with it. The fact that we can't control things isn't depressing. Depressing is the knowledge that no one can. I think religions handled this delicate issue quite nicely compared to what neuroscience is doing.

I might have given the wrong impression that I side with religion. Just to be clear, I am with science and truth any day. That^ remark is just about the apathy with which science handles the issue of free will, undermining the human nature. Something which (I guess) religion dealth with in a better way.

#449

2012-02-02T20:32:00.002+05:30

For evolutionary purposes, we are designed to feel ourselves as the center of the universe, the world revolving around us. As an implication, for every unpleasant experience we have, we are much likely to blame others. (Don't you feel you are the victim? Everybody feels the same!) We should therefore always put ourselves in others' place and think through the situation to gain a good perspective, before we decide to lay the blame on someone.

#448

2012-02-02T18:44:00.001+05:30

NO ONE has a magic key to happiness, becuase there isn't any. It's not important to be happy all the time. What matters is that we be and do our best when we can help it, and know that we can't help everything.

#447

2012-02-02T12:25:00.001+05:30

Some films show right things as right. Some show wrong things as wrong. And some films show wrong things as right. Those are what I call bad films. Same goes for TV shows. It's not the content per se, but the message or the impression it leaves.

#446

2012-02-01T10:16:00.001+05:30

Spirituality views the world as a part of "the whole". Its focus is so much on the whole that it never really connects with the problems of the world. Only (non-)remedy it offers is for people to stop being people and merge into the whole. SPIRITUALITY IS HOKUM.

#445

2012-01-21T18:47:00.000+05:30

Back in my spirituality days I received many a praise for saying this:

"An enlightened person lives on the tune of Nature. He doesn't need to know what is moral or immoral."

Now I say enlightened my ass! One must be a narcissist of the highest rank to have that thought!

#444

2012-01-19T14:22:00.000+05:30

"Live as if this is your last day". (What?!) NO! Live knowing you have a long life ahead and you wouldn't want to make it ugly by giving into your studpid impulses today.

#443

2012-01-17T12:02:00.001+05:30

There are three types of people: 1) Those who walk the path laid down by wise men – Tradition, 2) those who become critical thinkers and find the way – Philosophy, and 3) those who blindly fight for their right to live their own way – Individualism. I think the third type, who are rising nowadays (and alarmingly getting all sorts of platforms and empowerment) will cause the collapse of human civilization.

#442

2012-01-11T19:48:00.001+05:30

Society is a system of interdependence for optimum welfare; and belonging to one isn't a choice. Therefore, individual freedom is a delusion which has to be enjoyed within certain boundaries. Claiming total freedom in society is immature to say the least.

#441

2012-01-11T11:37:00.001+05:30

He who says he has a right to be jerk as long as he isn't harming anyone doesn't understand the fundamentals of human world. No one has a "right" to be jerk; in fact, everyone has a "duty" to live in interest of the society.

#440

2012-01-07T13:44:00.001+05:30

The reality of human condition is too complex to be fully addressed by law. If something is not illegal, that doesn't automatically mean it is morally flawless. A behavior doesn't become indecent only when it becomes illegal.

#439

2012-01-07T11:01:00.001+05:30

Woman, you show cleavage not for that blouse is comfortable for you, but for you want to attract attention of hot and attractive members of male species. But by doing so you attract not-so-desirable gazes too, which makes you feel insecure and threatened. Now you don't want to take accountability for your part; therefore like a narcissist, instead of admitting your own intentions, you give entire male species the label of perverts!

#438

2012-01-06T22:38:00.002+05:30

The beauty of pure rationality is that it can't be factually defeated. Therefore many rationalists enjoy mocking ordinary people; and often they get away with it too. But the real wisdom is to transcend rationality and to live in a non-rational* state where most essential human experiences happen.

*More precisely "post-rational", as opposed to pre-rational

#437

2012-01-05T17:33:00.001+05:30

Asking the Universe (or God) "Why me?!" for one's suffering is either ignorance or arrogance. A wise man knows that suffering is not personal.

#436

2012-01-05T09:54:00.001+05:30

Tell me which sitcom character you relate to and I will tell you how dumb you are!

#435

2011-12-18T14:06:00.001+05:30

The problem with spirituality is that it does not relate to the actual human condition but the (unrealistically) idealized version of it.

#434

2011-12-18T12:40:00.001+05:30

If the world is ever to become a better place (though I am not optimistic about it) it will not be because of those who have “resolved” their moral issues by committing themselves to some fixed rules of behavior and thereby become complacent, but because of those who constantly fight an uphill battle against complex (and increasingly so) problems of human world.

#433

2011-12-16T20:26:00.001+05:30

Society is a group of interdependent individuals who have aligned each-other's self-interests to maximize their welfare. And belonging to society isn't a choice. A human being in civilized world is born directly into a society. To think that society is an illusion, or that one is (or can be) totally free and independent individual who doesn't have to care about social welfare (welfare of others) is monumental error.

#432

2011-12-15T17:22:00.003+05:30

Extreme form of individualism is jungle rule – a world of "independent" and "alienated", zombie-like human beings. Happy it's-my-life-I-do-what-I-want freedom fighting!

#431

2011-12-12T08:32:00.001+05:30

Regardless of what it should ideally be, the prevailing moral standard is what majority in a given society agrees to.

#430

2011-12-09T08:42:00.001+05:30

When the idea of happy marriage (partnership) comprises of fantasy ideals of romantic passion provided by TV, films, fiction books and magazines, no human can ever have a happy marriage.