Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Vicious Generalization

Nasty argument with a co-worker led to this reflection. I was trying to explain him that there is no "western" or "eastern" philosophy and strictly "one nation" does not constitute all of western and seriously there are more nations to western bit than America to it. I did tell him "get over it, ownership of nation's success leads to stumping of personal growth." In fact, we are now marching, however slow, towards a global correct way of thinking movement. This need to own and grab is the first step towards devastation. Everything good is western or all western is good is a faulty expression. We have realized this with time. The boundaries of such demarcation are dissolving every minute. If converse was true, I would have been sitting on land of consummate, blissful nation. We all know that it may not be true. The nature and magnitude of problems vary in every scenario but they do exist in every nation.

Anyway, here is something I have believed or come to realize for a while is being reinforced by Tony Robbins in his talk here. With all the histrionics attached in his presentation he is still making some valid points and not to miss the interesting need of contributing.

Like always I astray, here is something interesting and sweet I read somewhere...

" You can imagine, then how he must have felt that soft purple twilight when his eyes first fell upon this strange creature, who seemed so quiet and gentle, yet in some way so strong, but most of all- so deep, not shallow. She gazed at him intently, not seductively or flirtatiously like all the other (girls), but clearly....and unafraid...until he felt lost in cool, green water. He returned her gaze and something happened. Later, neither of them was quite sure just what it was. They just knew it had happened."

6 comments:

Bharat said...

Too broad of a topic to take a side for me...as it goes for every civilization - some things are good, some things are bad and some things are mediocre. I think its we who choose and make something big.

I think that a civilization is a on-going emerging evolution but not a converging phenomenon.

But the last quote u had in there is pretty sweet though!

Rajarshi said...

it's true..."the west" (which includes countries as far east as australia!) still thinks there's something implicitly superior about it's way of doing things.

the last quote was nice to read!!

Rambler registries said...

Hi,
thanks for the kind comments. I spent a lot of time to watch the fireworks...if time=money...then yes..spent a lot of it, otherwise it was good. worth the wait.

Twisted DNA said...

Dman, I turned so American that it took me a while to realize you are not talking about philosophy differences between East coast and West coast :)

The ground rule for my life: "Every philosophy is flawed. Every religion is flawed. Every person is flawed. Live with it."

Pallavi said...

bharat- actually yes!! sorry, it wasnt well thought of post..rather a random downpour of various thoughts..

rajarshi-yes thats one myth westerns need to correct..;)

rambler- i meant for the amount of money spent on firework and not time on pics.

twisted-then my ground rule wud be don't believe twisted dna. no but seriously, living with it is not the solution!

Unknown said...

We all generalize. Rational people take the best of the things that every culture, world, nation gives us.

-Pilgrim