Over the past few posts I have been deliberating on experience management and enriching life and evolving, but all this is very easy to confuse with "changing" or "improving". We come across various situations in life and relationships, where we are expected to "change" ... for our own good apparently, there is a very fine line between 'evolving' and 'changing ourselves', yet a world of a difference. I have often seen a constant strife, a persistent inner conflict within people, and their continuous struggle with life to adjust themselves to societal obligations under the garb of aiming towards perfection. A profound thinker (Jiddu krishnamurthy) once said; that, "it is no measure of health, to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society", i couldn't agree more. Society in itself is a collective being (well deliberate more on that in further posts) doing what it can to survive. We are spiritual beings, elements of consciousness cloaked under the blanket of egos, our journeys are solitary, our egos find their identity in the collective identity of society. I do not want to digress, we will discuss the ethos of the ego in some other post.. i would to deliberate on the idea of striving for perfection in this one.
Let me start with the premise first, I believe everyone is made perfect, and everyone is as perfect as they can be given their situation, circumstance and thoughts.
The issues start, when they forget that, and try to achieve someone's, or a society's idea of perfection; when they lead such pseudo lives for so long.. they forget who they really are. People must first understand what they have forgotten; that they are perfect as they are and can continue to be themselves.
I believe "PERFECTION DOES NOT COME FROM CHANGE... IT COMES FROM DISCOVERY"
We are talking about perfection because improving, is always towards a perfectionist goal. One can improve something only until its perfect or until it reaches a state .. that matches the observer's view of perfection.
Further more, assuming that the hypothesis about every individual being unique is true, then each one's view of perfection is unique too.
Lets digress a bit, to see how a concept of perfection is conjured up in the human psyche. The idea of "perfect" is built over a period of time based on cause and effects seen (rather perceived) by each individual.. this cause and effect is basically a response to a stimulus in the environment. Now,since no two individuals could have had all the same experiences with the same environment, it is safe to assume that in some way their image of perfection is also unique.
Coming back, each individual always attempts to "tweak / improve" themselves..(and worse , sometimes others as well) to become a " Better version" until their image of perfection is reached. Now if u attempt to reach your image of perfection and I attempt to my image of perfection..we will hardly ever have a consensus on our betterment"/ "perfection".
The perfection which we ACTUALLY attempt to achieve is a societal image which again varies with the society we live in. A perfect american .. might not be a perfect Indian; similar differentiation in different societies; its just a perception of each society.
Therefore its safe to conclude that Perfection or betterment or improvement is a futile Struggle to attain a level that is a mere perception and not even a fact.. it is as elusive as a mermaid in a sea storm.
We'd rather spend the effort in eliminating every behavior programmed into us in response to stimuli from outside under the lieu of "adaptation"; in simpler words the more you let the outer world define your actions, emotions and thoughts.. the more u will drift from the perfection called "You".
Discover the "YOU" to realization of perfection.
For closure ...I would like to reiterate .. "PERFECTION IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT... ITS A REALIZATION"
I see that I may need to continue this post to contemplate further... until then...
Think about it :)
Let me start with the premise first, I believe everyone is made perfect, and everyone is as perfect as they can be given their situation, circumstance and thoughts.
The issues start, when they forget that, and try to achieve someone's, or a society's idea of perfection; when they lead such pseudo lives for so long.. they forget who they really are. People must first understand what they have forgotten; that they are perfect as they are and can continue to be themselves.
I believe "PERFECTION DOES NOT COME FROM CHANGE... IT COMES FROM DISCOVERY"
We are talking about perfection because improving, is always towards a perfectionist goal. One can improve something only until its perfect or until it reaches a state .. that matches the observer's view of perfection.
Further more, assuming that the hypothesis about every individual being unique is true, then each one's view of perfection is unique too.
Lets digress a bit, to see how a concept of perfection is conjured up in the human psyche. The idea of "perfect" is built over a period of time based on cause and effects seen (rather perceived) by each individual.. this cause and effect is basically a response to a stimulus in the environment. Now,since no two individuals could have had all the same experiences with the same environment, it is safe to assume that in some way their image of perfection is also unique.
Coming back, each individual always attempts to "tweak / improve" themselves..(and worse , sometimes others as well) to become a " Better version" until their image of perfection is reached. Now if u attempt to reach your image of perfection and I attempt to my image of perfection..we will hardly ever have a consensus on our betterment"/ "perfection".
The perfection which we ACTUALLY attempt to achieve is a societal image which again varies with the society we live in. A perfect american .. might not be a perfect Indian; similar differentiation in different societies; its just a perception of each society.
Therefore its safe to conclude that Perfection or betterment or improvement is a futile Struggle to attain a level that is a mere perception and not even a fact.. it is as elusive as a mermaid in a sea storm.
We'd rather spend the effort in eliminating every behavior programmed into us in response to stimuli from outside under the lieu of "adaptation"; in simpler words the more you let the outer world define your actions, emotions and thoughts.. the more u will drift from the perfection called "You".
Discover the "YOU" to realization of perfection.
For closure ...I would like to reiterate .. "PERFECTION IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT... ITS A REALIZATION"
I see that I may need to continue this post to contemplate further... until then...
Think about it :)
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