One of the readers and my good friend Richeek has raised some points of objection and I feel the need to clarify them through this post.
Well Richeek,I think a man is inherently self-confident.When he starts seeing the world around him,he perceives the fact that almost everyone in this world tries to live for others and always in constant fear of being unacceptable to their fellow beings.This makes them lose faith in their ability.You see,when you are involved in charity,you are involved in some sort of sacrifice.Then it stands to reason that there must be someone present to collect the sacrificial offerings.
"When there's service,there's someone
being served". Then there comes the servant-master relation with the man speaking of sacrifices intending to be the master.
A man's first duty is to himself.It is the right of man to be happy,happy in his own judgement and not go by what others say.
This is a world where the thought of each man is not his own, but an attempt to guess the thought of the brain of his neighbor who has no thought of his own but an attempt to guess the thought of the next neighbor who has no thought--and so on around the globe.
There are a very few egoists in the world and a huge number of altruists,people ready to help others.Look around and see how many people are happy to live all by themselves,not meddling about others,not at all concerned about what others do or think. Please think about it and let me know about your thoughts.
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Dear Sumit,
Most people in this world are neither altruistic, nor are they selfish in the higher sense of the word. Neither do they give much attention and care to others around them, nor do they care to listen to their own consciences. And that's basically why the world is a decadent place, reeking of ignorance, bloodlust, blind-belief, unnecessary hatred, and over-indulgence in useless matters. Had there been more 'selfish' (those to listen to and serve their own souls and lives without harming others seriously) and/or selfless people around: this earth would be paradise.
I wish we had some more people who are willing to know what they really want from their lives, hard-working and honest people. But as fate would have it, it was never meant to be too good anyway.
the mother-fucker : "I don't know, from the tenor and spirit of some of the texts of the blog writer it seems that at times he does sound a bit supercilious; as if perched from a high moral plane, he is almost talking down to the fellow guys and sharing the laboured fruits of his wisdom! A subtle undertone of sanctimonious piety (you see a 'I know it all' syndrome) with a tinge of cynism and a deep-seated pessimism(often throwing away the baby with bath water while deriding the concepts of material, professional success, modernity, progress etal as wholesale 'self-centred', 'avaricious', 'insular', while waxing eloquent on his investing a few lakhs of rupees in companies floated by his ex-students) and a trifle dismissiveness about the ordinary and the low-witted, permeates his writing, which, despite the profoundly philosophical inflexions, does at times leave a bitter taste in the mouth."
Personally, I don't know Mr Chatterjee and have nothing against him and without being unfair, I thought I had the right to say what I felt. Despite the loud protestations of 'selflessness', 'higher self' etal, in a panic-stricken reaction, he removed my entry, branding it as 'rubbish, repetitive trash' and advising me to start 'hate sites', if possible with his professional advice. My dear, is this fair, going by the catholicity of spirit that he preaches ? To find such insularity and a rabid intransigence even among the erudite and cultured as Mr Chatterjee, undoubtedly is, I am stumped, to say the least! I would again fervently request him, through your blog,and through Sayan's, of course, to see reason and let my entry stay unscuttled, expecting your extremely well-meaning responses, not being enamoured by the apparent infallibility of your revered Sir, to prove me wrong through your objectivity and passion.
At times, perhaps, it is better, without being too wrapped up in yourself, to perceive the entire thing from a dispassionate distance and laugh at the numerous follies and oddities and contradictions we unknowingly display! I apologise to you and to your Sir, if I've similarly over-reacted. Bye folks! No ill feeling!
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