Memory, no matter how beautiful, is a dead thing. Just like an image, a picture. Attachment to the dead is a prime symptom of a sick mind. One cannot form an image of something truly alive. Thus, one cannot be attached to something truly alive.
If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.~CG Jung
I have crazy “woke” ideas like “The USA should act like part of the global community, not like the cops of the entire planet” and “Being born in a specific set of circumstances doesn’t make you better than anyone else” and “We shouldn’t destroy our own habitats”
@1WhiteRabbitt Valid point but the cycle is vicious. In order to start seriously reflecting on these issues, one requires to take a break from that very job. But without the job, one's immediately without food and home. How is one to think about things that really matter, then?
Things are very difficult to change in a country like ours. The country is extremely diverse (which in itself is not a problem, of course.) The problem is that the common Indian seems to have quite low emotional intelligence. Politicians, religious leaders are very good at manipulating such people. It is easy for them to use diversity for creating divisions in the society.
The problem is not so much in the political or the economic world. It's our psychology that needs a complete revamp. It is unfortunate how easily the individualistic, nationalistic propaganda gets spread today. Man needs to realize that while the individual is important, it's the community that eventually remains and functions. At the heart of all the problems is the "me"