I feel that a lot of restlessness in the world might be loosened if only we took away some silly constraints we have. I imagine there are people who might feel a lot better if they just let out one high pitched scream. What are the possibilities of doing that today without being judged or labeled? I think even bathroom singing is an outcome of this fear of judgement.
All of this started when we asked children jumping around in the house to shut up. For a better world, I think we need to reverse this. At least in our homes. There should be at least one place where people can be without their defenses.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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//What are the possibilities of doing that today without being judged or labeled?//
I feel we have to come out of this trap of being judged by others, to come out of the protective environment. But in a social life, is it possible? I feel it is possible, when we are fully aware of our social relations and social responsibility. Probably, hard to explain – because it has many variables depend on the person who is querying about this.
Why are we concerned about being judged by others? It must be because, we are afraid of losing our status. It is the image of ourselves, others are holding – more preciously, we afraid of the image we have about, others image about us. Looks so complicated…..
I understand, we can’t get ride of these things immediately……..But we can have understanding of such things, which may give a great deal of freedom.
May I suggest you have a look on the blog http://harmanjit.blogspot.com/. This guy analyse things intelligently. He follows some thing, he named as “actualism” or “actual freedom”. He claims that he is against spirituality and Actualism is much more than spirituality. If you place your argument towards spirituality, he rejects it out right. And he is dead against the concepts of Mr. Jaggi Vasudev also. But I feel these are not any valid reasons for not reading his blog, as per me.
Probably, it may help to see things from another angle of view.
I feel you misunderstood the intention of the post. The problem is not one fear of being labeled or judged. It's just that if the person next door thinks you are a mad man, simple day to day things for which we rely on will start assuming friction. The question is, do you want to go through it?
Again, the "protective atmosphere" was not to suggest that you should take a cocoon and stay safe there. It's just that, to do some things, you need a certain space where not a lot of questions come in. Things can get unnecessarily complicated otherwise.
There is a real incident about a person who danced at the railway station because he felt happy at that moment. He did not worry about being judged. But they promptly took him to the mad asylum against his will. You tell me if it is worthwhile to go through that exercise? Some form of social engineering is definitely necessary to manage the perception of others.
Finally, this post has nothing to do with Sadhguru! I was just wondering how simple and natural things have been complicated because of ideas and expectations.
Sorry, if the comment was not relevent to the context of this posting.
The suggesstion given at the end was not relevent to the posting or the comment itself. It was just a suggestion and a warning relevent to the suggestion itself. Sorry for not adding this before suggeesting that!
Cheers!
Driving on a highway, all alone inside my car - I can scream to my heart's/soul's content :)
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