Each being is unique and has their own unique role in this drama of life and each being at various points has the prerogative to challenge the status quo and to breed fundamental changes in their lives and surroundings, the kind of changes that define revolutions. War and peace, love and hatred, happiness and sadness, beauty and ugliness, poverty and riches, fame and decline and all such opposites are the stuff of great stories.
And each of us is the protagonist of our own life stories and as I have learned the greatest knowledge is in knowing yourself because that leads to knowing, understanding and loving all.
In this great drama of life which will forever go on and that will never bore me the pious and religious can be the greatest bigots and the most judgmental, and the criminals who breach moral values can be the kindest and of real value.
What makes a person a hero and what drives a person to crime?
We are all born into differing circumstances with differing life states and differing experiences and that makes us unique and everybody wants their story to be heard.
While the laws of life, love and karma are the same everywhere just like the law of gravity human beings are each vastly different, with differing wants and desires, differing inclinations because life has a magical way of shaping everybody uniquely.
But the Truth is one and that is humanity.
Aristotle said that both extremes are vices and the only virtue is the golden mean.
Like my grandmother said, "Do everything in life, experience everything, but in moderation and do it with dignity." That has shaped my life.
I am trying hard to not idealise love, people, circumstances, values and to appreciate the regularness in people but I love writing and I live in the world of ideas and sometimes I toy with the ideas of ideals. That's my uniqueness and that's what shapes me.
Many say that the true goal of life is happiness but then why do we take animals to slaughterhouses to feed our stomachs or why do we crave things that bring us happiness but at the same time bring us pain? Like love, and belonging and all the various attachments to things, people and circumstances, to values and ideals.
I think the true virtue of life and aim of existence is freedom, attaining it and giving it. And it all begins with freedom of the mind, the unfettering of our soul from all the conditions that chain it and to respect the freedom of all life.
And non-judgmentality even as we discern and see differences brings us closer to becoming more free.
The greatest revolutions in society have not been fought for happiness but for freedom because in seeking freedom we truly value our life and in giving freedom we give the highest respect to the other.
So let's bridge our differences, and unshackle each other from judgments, let's honour our uniqueness and respect each life no matter what the karma, let's smile more at each other, and say I Love You more and not just to some people, let's hug more, let's talk more, let's seek to understand ourselves and others in all freedom and great conversations can be had anywhere anytime.
The greatest beauty cream is a free mind. When someone is sad and gloomy and spewing dissatisfaction let's give them our love, respect and understanding.
Let's practice non-judgmentality. You never know that grouchy man you always ignore, who always frowns, stays quiet and grumbles to himself may have the most interesting experiences in life. You just need patience and courage to listen.
Practice freedom. Be free and grant freedom to all from your judgments because that is where happiness lies and that is the goal of all human endeavour.
It is in the fight for freedom and emancipation that we learn all our life's lessons and bring out the best in us.
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