So now we understand that in our case we do a clear violation of the “felling – thought – verbalization – expression” pathway by starting at the wrong place that is thoughts instead of feelings. But that is only natural to us because we are stationed within our social intelligence and have lost all links with our innate intelligence which is the true birth place of feelings. So the language which was born to express the feelings in the first place has now overridden and overwritten its own creator, the feelings. Please understand that the language was born out of the FEELING of necessity to smoothly and effectively communicate but now language itself has filled, occupied and completely cloaked our entire system, so much so that its own creator (the feelings) is hard to find in our system. Language (a facet of social intelligence) has created a poor substitute, a cheap replica of feelings that is MOOD and we are repeatedly fooled by it into accepting moods as our feelings. But our previous discussion has made the difference between the two (moods & feelings) amply clear. Now when we communicate without feelings and purely through thoughts we are in desperate need of a “Common reference database” in the form of language we use but this “Common reference database” defined previously as “a generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols for the ease of conveying thoughts, ideas and feelings between individuals” has its limitations after a certain point. For example the words DOG refers to dogs as we all know the animal that we all know so well for its loyalty (and barking) but each one of us in our own minds and according to our own experience and likings is seeing a different breed of dog ( an Alsatian or a beagle or poodle etc...) . They are all dogs none the less but each starkly apart a poodle against a bull dog or a Chihuahua against a boxer are all worlds apart. This example aims to expose the inadequacy of language and its shortfall at its ability to convey details beyond a certain limit. One may argue that in the previous example if instead of the words DOG had a specific breed name been mentioned then each and every reader would have visualized the same thing. Wrong again!!!! Well even if the specific breed name was mentioned each one of us would only end up imagining (visualizing in our minds) that dog of that breed which we have seen and then again the differences between individual dogs of each breed are stark. So now we get downright ridiculous we say “a 7 years of age boxer dog of 80 pound weight, 24 inches height, with distinctive drooping jowls, a sleek, tight fitting coat that needs minimal attention.” Is everyone able to see that same boxer in their mind..............? Impossible. So now let us discuss another example but with a more human touch to it. A group of people are at a party and an elderly lady makes a reference about a common acquaintance of the group, Mr. Albert, who has yet not arrived and is delayed. One lady is all praises and says that Albert is such a charming and obedient person, she is his aunt. A young man present there just smiles (and does not speak) but holds a contrastingly opposite opinion, he feels that Mr. Albert is an overambitious, domineering and very intolerant man, he is Mr. Albert’s subordinate at the office. A young lady, one amongst the gathering, feels that Uncle Albert is the most charming and considerate person in the entire family, she is his niece. Another person just chuckles and nods his head in disagreement without saying a word but he feels that Mr. Albert is the most callous, insensitive and deceptive person on the planet, he is a customer to whom Mr. Albert sold a piece of property through his firm.
Please understand all the people at the party are talking about only one person, and they all know him well (unlike our unseen boxer breed,dog,example), yet the images, visualizations and feelings generated upon referral of that one name are so very different. At one end is love and respect and at the other are anger, disgust and hatred.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
MOODS Vs FEELINGS
In the previous post, labeled THE PROCESS, we understood what exactly the natural pathway of expression was, “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression”. Equipped with the insight of “what should be” we are now in a better position to understand “what actually is happening” in our own lives.
To begin with, we have been totally cut off from our root that is our own innate intelligence. This has lead to a major blockade in our ability to relate to feelings with clarity. Hence we are living most if not all our lives with thoughts and very little if any with feelings. So the very start or the root of the “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” process is disrupted since instead of beginning with feelings we begin with thoughts. Before we go any further let us also understand clearly that MOODS are different from FEELINGS.
Moods are nothing but PERSISTENT THOUGHTS, thoughts with a capability of prolonged stay in our system, they have the capacity to become the background upon which further new thoughts of a similar pattern emerge and hence linger on in our system. For example a thought comes to mind that “I should go to the market and buy some grocery”. This thought will fulfill itself and disappear once we visit the market and get the grocery. On the other hand, if we visit the market and find it closed for some reason then a sense of disappointment takes over our system. Now just like any other thought this sense of disappointment should also leave us as soon as we leave the closed market and head for home. But it does not; this sense of disappointment becomes a mood and sets off an entire pattern of thoughts based on it. Now thoughts start coming in “oh all the grocery is about to get over what will I do tomorrow?”, “what if the market remains closed tomorrow also?”, “what if the banks are also closed today and don’t receive my cheque payment, today was the last day of payment?”, “what if this and what if that......” a pattern of negativity and failure grips our system due an isolated and unrelated incidence triggering off a PERSISTENT THOUGHT. This is what we call a mood.
Feelings on the other hand are an INSTANTANEOUS AWARENESS generated within our system either in response to an outer world stimulus or situation or instantaneous awareness of our inner self WITHOUT the involvement of words or language. For example, when we see magnificent scenery, such as a beautiful sunrise or snow clad mountains etc..., we instantaneously feel a sense of joy within ourselves a sense of happiness pervades throughout our system. But please be very clear that this sense of pleasure or joy is independent of words or language, we just feel it. Only when asked “how was it?” or later just for the sake of expression and categorization of the event in our life for our own selves we reply using words such as joyful, pleasant etc... But at that instant of experiencing the moment the pleasure or joy did not come to us in the form of repetition of words such as joy, joy, joy or pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. It was just an instantaneous awareness generated within our system which was given a name, such as joy or pain etc..., at a later moment in time in order to classify and categorize the moment. This categorization and classification is the LABELING function of social intelligence which we have previously discussed.
To begin with, we have been totally cut off from our root that is our own innate intelligence. This has lead to a major blockade in our ability to relate to feelings with clarity. Hence we are living most if not all our lives with thoughts and very little if any with feelings. So the very start or the root of the “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” process is disrupted since instead of beginning with feelings we begin with thoughts. Before we go any further let us also understand clearly that MOODS are different from FEELINGS.
Moods are nothing but PERSISTENT THOUGHTS, thoughts with a capability of prolonged stay in our system, they have the capacity to become the background upon which further new thoughts of a similar pattern emerge and hence linger on in our system. For example a thought comes to mind that “I should go to the market and buy some grocery”. This thought will fulfill itself and disappear once we visit the market and get the grocery. On the other hand, if we visit the market and find it closed for some reason then a sense of disappointment takes over our system. Now just like any other thought this sense of disappointment should also leave us as soon as we leave the closed market and head for home. But it does not; this sense of disappointment becomes a mood and sets off an entire pattern of thoughts based on it. Now thoughts start coming in “oh all the grocery is about to get over what will I do tomorrow?”, “what if the market remains closed tomorrow also?”, “what if the banks are also closed today and don’t receive my cheque payment, today was the last day of payment?”, “what if this and what if that......” a pattern of negativity and failure grips our system due an isolated and unrelated incidence triggering off a PERSISTENT THOUGHT. This is what we call a mood.
Feelings on the other hand are an INSTANTANEOUS AWARENESS generated within our system either in response to an outer world stimulus or situation or instantaneous awareness of our inner self WITHOUT the involvement of words or language. For example, when we see magnificent scenery, such as a beautiful sunrise or snow clad mountains etc..., we instantaneously feel a sense of joy within ourselves a sense of happiness pervades throughout our system. But please be very clear that this sense of pleasure or joy is independent of words or language, we just feel it. Only when asked “how was it?” or later just for the sake of expression and categorization of the event in our life for our own selves we reply using words such as joyful, pleasant etc... But at that instant of experiencing the moment the pleasure or joy did not come to us in the form of repetition of words such as joy, joy, joy or pleasure, pleasure, pleasure. It was just an instantaneous awareness generated within our system which was given a name, such as joy or pain etc..., at a later moment in time in order to classify and categorize the moment. This categorization and classification is the LABELING function of social intelligence which we have previously discussed.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
THE PROCESS
THE PROCESS
To begin with we need to understand the entire process of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression”. Though difficult to understand or believe in our present state and due persistent societal conditioning since birth, the first in this process are feelings. It was only when the feeling to (necessity must also be FELT) to communicate arose it became a thought which expressed itself in the form of a generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols so as to facilitate communication. This understanding, that it is the feelings that arise first, is very critical, vital and pivotal. Critical because it has the capacity to change our very state of being in a flash of a moment. Vital because it can be used a check mechanism (we will come to that later) and pivotal because it is this knowledge that can help us do the act of striking the fine balance between the inner and outer world.
We FEEL good in the company and presence of a person, this feeling is sensed by our social intelligence it quickly identifies the feeling as good in a flash of its thought process and sticks the label good on it and starts verbalizing by pumping up words like “I feel so good”, “it feels so nice being with you”, “I really enjoy your company” etc... Now this is a very crucial bit of understanding, that all these words of praise have been generated by social intelligence in response to a genuine stir of pleasant feelings in the innate intelligence hence these words are TRUE they are ALIVE. Now to express them or not to express them is totally up to us, whether we remain silent or communicate what we feel inside is voluntary but only this last bit, that is expression, is under our control rest of it has already happened involuntarily within us. These words, as mentioned in the example above, have followed the true and natural flow of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” and hence are true and have meaning .Now we can clearly see why this understanding is so critical, it defines TRUTH for an individual. We can gauge anything and everything we speak (and hear too) as truth or false. All we need to do is trace back their origin. If the words we have spoken have arisen within us from the very depth of our feelings they are true and if they have just been “thought – verbalized – expressed” by-passing their origin at the depths of feelings (may be due to some vested interests or ulterior motives) they are false. Similarly, but this demands a higher level of mental & emotional clarity as to the ability to operate from the innate intelligence and not get stuck with the social intelligence, we can gauge the truth in the words we hear. If the words that we have heard are allowed to percolate into our innate intelligence, and not just get blocked out at the level of social intelligence, then we would find that with a flash of feelings in an instant we would be aware if the words contain any truth or not. This is why this understanding of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” process is so vital, because it serves as a check mechanism. It can keep a constant check on the truthfulness of inflow and outflow of words within our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”.
With this check mechanism installed into our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” we can constantly be aware of the truth inside and outside of us. This awareness brings in immense clarity within us and hence automatically allows us to function better in the outer world.
But due to our continuous conditioning and a socio-cultural milieu that never teaches, expects or allows us to look into all these facets of our existential reality we have totally severed all our links with our innate intelligence and hence our true feelings. And this is how the “FROM COMMUNICATION TO CONFUSION” phenomenon takes birth.
To begin with we need to understand the entire process of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression”. Though difficult to understand or believe in our present state and due persistent societal conditioning since birth, the first in this process are feelings. It was only when the feeling to (necessity must also be FELT) to communicate arose it became a thought which expressed itself in the form of a generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols so as to facilitate communication. This understanding, that it is the feelings that arise first, is very critical, vital and pivotal. Critical because it has the capacity to change our very state of being in a flash of a moment. Vital because it can be used a check mechanism (we will come to that later) and pivotal because it is this knowledge that can help us do the act of striking the fine balance between the inner and outer world.
We FEEL good in the company and presence of a person, this feeling is sensed by our social intelligence it quickly identifies the feeling as good in a flash of its thought process and sticks the label good on it and starts verbalizing by pumping up words like “I feel so good”, “it feels so nice being with you”, “I really enjoy your company” etc... Now this is a very crucial bit of understanding, that all these words of praise have been generated by social intelligence in response to a genuine stir of pleasant feelings in the innate intelligence hence these words are TRUE they are ALIVE. Now to express them or not to express them is totally up to us, whether we remain silent or communicate what we feel inside is voluntary but only this last bit, that is expression, is under our control rest of it has already happened involuntarily within us. These words, as mentioned in the example above, have followed the true and natural flow of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” and hence are true and have meaning .Now we can clearly see why this understanding is so critical, it defines TRUTH for an individual. We can gauge anything and everything we speak (and hear too) as truth or false. All we need to do is trace back their origin. If the words we have spoken have arisen within us from the very depth of our feelings they are true and if they have just been “thought – verbalized – expressed” by-passing their origin at the depths of feelings (may be due to some vested interests or ulterior motives) they are false. Similarly, but this demands a higher level of mental & emotional clarity as to the ability to operate from the innate intelligence and not get stuck with the social intelligence, we can gauge the truth in the words we hear. If the words that we have heard are allowed to percolate into our innate intelligence, and not just get blocked out at the level of social intelligence, then we would find that with a flash of feelings in an instant we would be aware if the words contain any truth or not. This is why this understanding of “feeling – thought – verbalization – expression” process is so vital, because it serves as a check mechanism. It can keep a constant check on the truthfulness of inflow and outflow of words within our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM”.
With this check mechanism installed into our “MIND-BODY ORGANISM” we can constantly be aware of the truth inside and outside of us. This awareness brings in immense clarity within us and hence automatically allows us to function better in the outer world.
But due to our continuous conditioning and a socio-cultural milieu that never teaches, expects or allows us to look into all these facets of our existential reality we have totally severed all our links with our innate intelligence and hence our true feelings. And this is how the “FROM COMMUNICATION TO CONFUSION” phenomenon takes birth.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
COMMON REFERENCE DATABASE
So what exactly is this entity?
It is one of the rare paradoxes staring straight into the human eyes but without even earning their attention, leave alone perplexing them. It is a THE basic software necessary to run THE most vital necessity of society, the function which is not just a function but also the very foundation of any society, COMMUNICATION. Yes indeed, no society can exist without communication amongst its members. In fact it is only through communication that an understanding is arrived at, responsibilities are assigned, rights are explained and interaction to further propagate, innovate and improve a certain action, ideology or function are brought to being. In essence the very fabric of society is woven and brought to existence by the thread of communication.
What communication is to society, “Common reference database” is to communication. That is, “Common reference database” is the thread that has woven and brought into being the possibility of communication. It not only forms the very basis of communication it is the very fabric from which the dress of communication has been prepared. So how do we define “Common reference database”?
It would be defined as “a generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols for the ease of conveying thoughts, ideas and feelings between individuals”. Please understand that this definition may seem to be defining language and its script but it is not so it goes a step beyond, it explains the very origin of language.
By their very nature sounds, syllables and symbols have no meaning. For example if the shape of all the letters in front of our eyes were to be changed they would suddenly become meaningless patches of black and white to us but the new shape they have taken would continue to convey the same meaning and insight to some other person (as these shapes, or words do to us) because these new shapes are Japanese and the person reading them is conversant with it. Similarly these shapes and symbols (or words as we like to call them) though conveying a lot between us are no more than black patterns on white sheet (totally meaningless) to a person who does not understand English script.
Similarly with words, what sounds as meaningless gibberish to a person from one country is a complete language to others of a different country (example, Chinese to an Englishman). So we see clearly that neither the symbols of script nor the sounds of language have any inherent meaning its only our “generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols for the ease of conveying thoughts, ideas and feelings between individuals”, through conditioning (at home, in socio-cultural milieu) and education (at school and in the socio-cultural environment), that gives them their (the symbols of script and the sounds of language) attached meaning.
Here again we must emphasize the importance of this mutual agreement (upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols) since it is because of this agreement only languages could be developed and hence communication made possible between individuals. And as ever from here begins the interesting part, from the innate intelligence sprung out this innovative concept of agreeing upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols to facilitate communication but as always our social intelligence mishandled this wonderful tool completely. This forms the basis of “FROM COMMUNICATION TO CONFUSION” phenomenon.
It is one of the rare paradoxes staring straight into the human eyes but without even earning their attention, leave alone perplexing them. It is a THE basic software necessary to run THE most vital necessity of society, the function which is not just a function but also the very foundation of any society, COMMUNICATION. Yes indeed, no society can exist without communication amongst its members. In fact it is only through communication that an understanding is arrived at, responsibilities are assigned, rights are explained and interaction to further propagate, innovate and improve a certain action, ideology or function are brought to being. In essence the very fabric of society is woven and brought to existence by the thread of communication.
What communication is to society, “Common reference database” is to communication. That is, “Common reference database” is the thread that has woven and brought into being the possibility of communication. It not only forms the very basis of communication it is the very fabric from which the dress of communication has been prepared. So how do we define “Common reference database”?
It would be defined as “a generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols for the ease of conveying thoughts, ideas and feelings between individuals”. Please understand that this definition may seem to be defining language and its script but it is not so it goes a step beyond, it explains the very origin of language.
By their very nature sounds, syllables and symbols have no meaning. For example if the shape of all the letters in front of our eyes were to be changed they would suddenly become meaningless patches of black and white to us but the new shape they have taken would continue to convey the same meaning and insight to some other person (as these shapes, or words do to us) because these new shapes are Japanese and the person reading them is conversant with it. Similarly these shapes and symbols (or words as we like to call them) though conveying a lot between us are no more than black patterns on white sheet (totally meaningless) to a person who does not understand English script.
Similarly with words, what sounds as meaningless gibberish to a person from one country is a complete language to others of a different country (example, Chinese to an Englishman). So we see clearly that neither the symbols of script nor the sounds of language have any inherent meaning its only our “generalized agreement upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols for the ease of conveying thoughts, ideas and feelings between individuals”, through conditioning (at home, in socio-cultural milieu) and education (at school and in the socio-cultural environment), that gives them their (the symbols of script and the sounds of language) attached meaning.
Here again we must emphasize the importance of this mutual agreement (upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols) since it is because of this agreement only languages could be developed and hence communication made possible between individuals. And as ever from here begins the interesting part, from the innate intelligence sprung out this innovative concept of agreeing upon MEANINGS IMPLIED by a variety of syllables, sounds, gestures and script symbols to facilitate communication but as always our social intelligence mishandled this wonderful tool completely. This forms the basis of “FROM COMMUNICATION TO CONFUSION” phenomenon.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
THE REAL SECRET BEHIND ALL SUCCESS
So how then these great inventions, discoveries, ideologies and developments happen???
INNATE INTELLIGENCE. Please be very clear that anything that is genuinely genuine and worthwhile (or groundbreaking) has had its origin in the innate intelligence. If we were to look closely into the lives of all the great scientists, inventors and achievers we will find one thing in common. That is their detachment from social intelligence. If we look into their lives we would find that they were a subject of mockery and ridicule, they were labeled as dreamers, eccentrics and preachers of blasphemy but none of it deterred them from doing what they were doing. They did not require any social consensus or survey of belief in them. Their belief in themselves and what they were pursuing was enough. This was possible because they were operating from a totally different space of innate intelligence and NOT social intelligence. They did not let the imposed boundaries of pre-existing logic and knowledge curb their visions and dreams of new possibilities. They could hang on to their convictions even in the face of extreme adversity since their conviction was rooted in their innate intelligence (at least for their vision or dream, if not the entire personality). Once successful they get hounded and surrounded by the astounded and dazed social intelligence in the form of media, interviews and fan following all of whom are social intelligence centered and are just dumbfound at these new inventions, discoveries or achievements. Since anything new, fresh, creative or genuine is an impossibility for social intelligence which is nothing but a SEEMINGLY (not actually) LOGICAL CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM PAST applied to live the present and project the future.
So now we clearly understand that all great things that were worth achieving, whose achievement shaped our society of today and which makes our lives more convenient and better than the past were achieved through the rooting of individuals in their innate intelligence. Of course for the expression of all these great achievements social intelligence was necessary.
For example, by seeing the falling apple Newton could understand the concept of gravity in a flash within his innate intelligence but to express the same in a communicable, reproducible, lucid mathematical form he needed the help of social intelligence and a tiresome battery of experiments and equations. Similarly by imagining himself to be sitting on the edge of a light beam to the edge of the universe Albert Einstein could, in a flash of innate intelligence, grasp the entire concept of relativity but to be able to convey the same ideas to each and every individual in a uniformly consistent, objective, reproducible and lucid format he too had to utilize the social intelligence in the form of language, physics, mathematics etc...
So we understand that innate intelligence is the true propeller of our society towards development, inventions, discoveries and enormous achievements.
But how does it occur and the actual mechanics of the same shall be discussed when innate intelligence to us starts becoming a real reality more than the social intelligence itself and it does not just remain an empty word anymore.
INNATE INTELLIGENCE. Please be very clear that anything that is genuinely genuine and worthwhile (or groundbreaking) has had its origin in the innate intelligence. If we were to look closely into the lives of all the great scientists, inventors and achievers we will find one thing in common. That is their detachment from social intelligence. If we look into their lives we would find that they were a subject of mockery and ridicule, they were labeled as dreamers, eccentrics and preachers of blasphemy but none of it deterred them from doing what they were doing. They did not require any social consensus or survey of belief in them. Their belief in themselves and what they were pursuing was enough. This was possible because they were operating from a totally different space of innate intelligence and NOT social intelligence. They did not let the imposed boundaries of pre-existing logic and knowledge curb their visions and dreams of new possibilities. They could hang on to their convictions even in the face of extreme adversity since their conviction was rooted in their innate intelligence (at least for their vision or dream, if not the entire personality). Once successful they get hounded and surrounded by the astounded and dazed social intelligence in the form of media, interviews and fan following all of whom are social intelligence centered and are just dumbfound at these new inventions, discoveries or achievements. Since anything new, fresh, creative or genuine is an impossibility for social intelligence which is nothing but a SEEMINGLY (not actually) LOGICAL CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM PAST applied to live the present and project the future.
So now we clearly understand that all great things that were worth achieving, whose achievement shaped our society of today and which makes our lives more convenient and better than the past were achieved through the rooting of individuals in their innate intelligence. Of course for the expression of all these great achievements social intelligence was necessary.
For example, by seeing the falling apple Newton could understand the concept of gravity in a flash within his innate intelligence but to express the same in a communicable, reproducible, lucid mathematical form he needed the help of social intelligence and a tiresome battery of experiments and equations. Similarly by imagining himself to be sitting on the edge of a light beam to the edge of the universe Albert Einstein could, in a flash of innate intelligence, grasp the entire concept of relativity but to be able to convey the same ideas to each and every individual in a uniformly consistent, objective, reproducible and lucid format he too had to utilize the social intelligence in the form of language, physics, mathematics etc...
So we understand that innate intelligence is the true propeller of our society towards development, inventions, discoveries and enormous achievements.
But how does it occur and the actual mechanics of the same shall be discussed when innate intelligence to us starts becoming a real reality more than the social intelligence itself and it does not just remain an empty word anymore.
THE REAL SPEARHEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is culturally confined, exclusive, imposing and rigid. If these were to be the hallmarks of social intelligence then how could we come so far, from hunting in the jungles to our voyages to mars and moon???
Social intelligence is purely reference based that is, “it is written like this in the text book don’t question it, are you smarter than the books?”, oh what a pity and irony those text books were also written by human beings like us and that which is valued as the ultimate cutting edge today goes into the dustbin or at the maximum appears in history books 50 years later, then why so much undue importance to the printed text?
It was social intelligence that persecuted Galileo Galilee when he discovered that earth was not the center of the universe. It was social intelligence that made the mockery of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright brothers, when they started experimenting with the possibility of flight. It was social intelligence that had a hearty laugh at Albert Einstein when it (social intelligence) was unable to comprehend his concepts of mass energy conversion and his insights into relativity. So we see clearly that all that whatever we appreciate as great and ground breaking today was a matter of ridicule and scorn at its inception and social intelligence is to blame for all the ridicule and scorn.
Social intelligence is born in present out of past, that is it is the sum total of all our understandings from the entire past up till this moment. Social intelligence views the present moment through the looking glass of past information and projects the future as per its understanding of past. So there is no room for freshness, creativity, originality and innovation. Social intelligence is nothing but past lived in the present and projected into future, it like living a life in a continuous flashback mode. That precisely is the reason why we end up in “same situations different places, similar relations or relation dramas different faces”. If we were to closely and keenly analyze our lives we would be surprised to see that we are almost living a PATTERN in our lives in everything we do. From school through college to work place we are stuck in same performance levels (mediocre remains mediocre and failures remain failures). From adolescence to present day each and every relationship we have is running itself at a spinal level in a pattern we have created for it with no freshness, no liveliness, no excitement or joy at its core.
For example, certain people have a pattern of becoming familiar with the other person very quickly then entering into a very intense relationship soon the intensity dies off and so does their interest in the other person and they just sit and wait (unknowingly, subconsciously though) to find a reason an excuse to put some blame on the other person and walk out of the relation and the person.
Some people have the pattern of being extremely enthusiastic, positive, and optimistic and dedicated towards their NEW job. But as soon as the NEW job does NOT remain NEW anymore their enthusiasm turns into boredom, their positivity turns into fault finding with the system, their optimism becomes delusion of “overburden and exploitation” and their dedication soon turns into excuses and lethargy.
We too like the people exemplified above have a pattern in each and every aspect of our life (we may have identified it or may not have) and we religiously and dutifully continue to live it even without our knowledge because we choose to live by the staleness of social intelligence.
Social intelligence is nothing but a SEEMINGLY (not actually) LOGICAL CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM PAST applied to live the present and project the future. That is why no innovation, no creativity, no discovery or invention is possible by social intelligence since all these have never happened (occurred) in the past and there are no logical ways, means or understanding available to accomplish the same.
Social intelligence is purely reference based that is, “it is written like this in the text book don’t question it, are you smarter than the books?”, oh what a pity and irony those text books were also written by human beings like us and that which is valued as the ultimate cutting edge today goes into the dustbin or at the maximum appears in history books 50 years later, then why so much undue importance to the printed text?
It was social intelligence that persecuted Galileo Galilee when he discovered that earth was not the center of the universe. It was social intelligence that made the mockery of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright brothers, when they started experimenting with the possibility of flight. It was social intelligence that had a hearty laugh at Albert Einstein when it (social intelligence) was unable to comprehend his concepts of mass energy conversion and his insights into relativity. So we see clearly that all that whatever we appreciate as great and ground breaking today was a matter of ridicule and scorn at its inception and social intelligence is to blame for all the ridicule and scorn.
Social intelligence is born in present out of past, that is it is the sum total of all our understandings from the entire past up till this moment. Social intelligence views the present moment through the looking glass of past information and projects the future as per its understanding of past. So there is no room for freshness, creativity, originality and innovation. Social intelligence is nothing but past lived in the present and projected into future, it like living a life in a continuous flashback mode. That precisely is the reason why we end up in “same situations different places, similar relations or relation dramas different faces”. If we were to closely and keenly analyze our lives we would be surprised to see that we are almost living a PATTERN in our lives in everything we do. From school through college to work place we are stuck in same performance levels (mediocre remains mediocre and failures remain failures). From adolescence to present day each and every relationship we have is running itself at a spinal level in a pattern we have created for it with no freshness, no liveliness, no excitement or joy at its core.
For example, certain people have a pattern of becoming familiar with the other person very quickly then entering into a very intense relationship soon the intensity dies off and so does their interest in the other person and they just sit and wait (unknowingly, subconsciously though) to find a reason an excuse to put some blame on the other person and walk out of the relation and the person.
Some people have the pattern of being extremely enthusiastic, positive, and optimistic and dedicated towards their NEW job. But as soon as the NEW job does NOT remain NEW anymore their enthusiasm turns into boredom, their positivity turns into fault finding with the system, their optimism becomes delusion of “overburden and exploitation” and their dedication soon turns into excuses and lethargy.
We too like the people exemplified above have a pattern in each and every aspect of our life (we may have identified it or may not have) and we religiously and dutifully continue to live it even without our knowledge because we choose to live by the staleness of social intelligence.
Social intelligence is nothing but a SEEMINGLY (not actually) LOGICAL CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM PAST applied to live the present and project the future. That is why no innovation, no creativity, no discovery or invention is possible by social intelligence since all these have never happened (occurred) in the past and there are no logical ways, means or understanding available to accomplish the same.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
WHO AM I?
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, yes this is the answer to this question that has intrigued humanity since eternity (who am I?) it is NOT a complete and absolute answer though. But at the same time it is a truly factual reply to the initiator of the question.
We as we are, we in our present state as we know and understand ourselves and the world around us are nothing more than a singular facet, a singular dimension of our multifaceted, multidimensional existence and that singular dimension (facet) is SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
This SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an implant into our multifaceted, multidimensional system from the society and due to our improper handling of it now it has become our singular dimension of existence. So we must understand that we have completely lost our individuality all that remains of us nothing but our social identity that is why we are in this constant need of social approval for anything and everything that we do or do not do. And this precisely is the answer to the question “But why do we do this, justifying our own discrepancies and in capabilities by falsely alleging the entire society to be in a similar status, condition, behavioural pattern or capability (or incapability) as ours???”.
Since we (as of now, in this present state of ours) are nothing more than the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE software, imported and installed into our system of MIND-BODY ORGANISM by the society around us, we are in a constant and pressing need of approval by the society around us for anything and everything that we do or do not do. Just like an installed software repeatedly requests updates from its parent firm, we (social intelligence) also seek repeated confirmation and updating from our parent firm that is the society.
And that is precisely the reason why we justify all our discrepancies and in capabilities by furnishing false social statistics of generalizations such as EVERYBODY and NOBODY.
But what we need to understand here is that though living in a society as community has done a great lot of good to us in terms of providing us with our basic necessities such as food, water, sanitation, education, shelter, protection etc... our present state of development, advancement and continuing progress from hunters to farmers to organized kingdoms to modern day societies has got nothing to do with social intelligence other than its (modality of advancement and progress) mere expression!!!!!!!!!!!
We as we are, we in our present state as we know and understand ourselves and the world around us are nothing more than a singular facet, a singular dimension of our multifaceted, multidimensional existence and that singular dimension (facet) is SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
This SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an implant into our multifaceted, multidimensional system from the society and due to our improper handling of it now it has become our singular dimension of existence. So we must understand that we have completely lost our individuality all that remains of us nothing but our social identity that is why we are in this constant need of social approval for anything and everything that we do or do not do. And this precisely is the answer to the question “But why do we do this, justifying our own discrepancies and in capabilities by falsely alleging the entire society to be in a similar status, condition, behavioural pattern or capability (or incapability) as ours???”.
Since we (as of now, in this present state of ours) are nothing more than the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE software, imported and installed into our system of MIND-BODY ORGANISM by the society around us, we are in a constant and pressing need of approval by the society around us for anything and everything that we do or do not do. Just like an installed software repeatedly requests updates from its parent firm, we (social intelligence) also seek repeated confirmation and updating from our parent firm that is the society.
And that is precisely the reason why we justify all our discrepancies and in capabilities by furnishing false social statistics of generalizations such as EVERYBODY and NOBODY.
But what we need to understand here is that though living in a society as community has done a great lot of good to us in terms of providing us with our basic necessities such as food, water, sanitation, education, shelter, protection etc... our present state of development, advancement and continuing progress from hunters to farmers to organized kingdoms to modern day societies has got nothing to do with social intelligence other than its (modality of advancement and progress) mere expression!!!!!!!!!!!
SOME MORE CLARIFICATION
“But how do I know for sure if it is the end of journey for me or just the beginning?” an obvious question that springs up after the last discussion labeled “so near and yet so far”. Please understand this very question “but how do I know......” is a testament that we haven’t awakened in our INNATE INTELLIGENCE. If the person realizes that he is not his virtual self (internet avatar) he would automatically and simultaneously be aware of his real and virtual self, he would naturally and obviously handle both his identities with ease and without doubt. But if he were to be stuck with his virtual self just imagining, contemplating or dreaming about the possibility of a physical reality without actually realizing or awaking into it then all sorts of doubts and discrepancies to this theory would arise. Such as “if I am the body then why am I unable to be in total control of this virtual self?”, “if I am the body then why do I still feel hungry after having eaten so much food?”Etc...
So if this doubt, this question arises within us then we can rest assured that our journey is yet to begin.
The anticipation is palpable and excitement is only natural. We are finally going to begin for what we had been preparing since past 2 months, SELF INTEGRATION. But here again a word of caution becomes necessary. The caution, please understand, is not being given out of fear of any anticipation of ill effects or to generate fear and deterrence with regard to these insights and understandings rather it (caution) is being issued out of genuine concern.
A Genuine concern about the true, effective, really transforming and lasting APPLICATION of these insights into our lives instead of making them just another momentarily uplifting reading.
We will now take a look at a few more fine points of insight into our own modus operandi (modality of functioning). Consider the following, if a person is blind from birth there is no way he can be made to understand or feel the beauty of a sunrise or magnanimity of an ocean, it’s just impossible. It is so because he does not have the same “COMMON REFERENCE DATABASE” as ours.
Let first understand the concept of “common reference database”. Well, put simply it is a generalization of our likes, dislikes, preferences and believes, our entire experience of and with life on to the entire humanity or to our own socio-cultural milieu at least.
For example if a person is cornered lying he would immediately throw up “oh come on EVERYBODY lies it’s only a question of getting caught”. Ask an alcoholic and he will assure you that EVERYBODY on this planet can be put in three simple categories
1. Consuming alcohol in public and accepting the same
2. Consuming alcohol in privacy and denying it
3. Dying to consume alcohol but yet have been unable to
Ask a promiscuous person about his infidelity and he will also offer you a similar worldwide classification system. Ask a person caught taking bribe and you would be astounded by his belief in this “classifying the entire world into three categories” thing.
Even in our lives we do a similar thing, if we do not succeed at an exam or a project we immediately collect the references of all the people who had failed doing the same, we vouch for their (people who had failed) credentials and the unfairness and disrepute of the exam simultaneously.
If we shy away from a bigger cause or a social responsibility (like standing up against corrupt top management of a company or voicing our opinion against oppressive behavior of a teacher or professor) we urgently summon logical rationalizations such as “oh come on this is real life not a movie we can’t be opposing or going against the system NOBODY does that”.
If we closely examine all the above mentioned examples we will find one stark similarity in all of them and that is EVERYBODY and NOBODY. That is a generalization meant to blanket the entire human population or at least our own ambient socio-cultural environment.
But why do we do this, justifying our own discrepancies and in capabilities by falsely alleging the entire society to be in a similar status, condition, behavioral pattern or capability (or incapability) as ours???
So if this doubt, this question arises within us then we can rest assured that our journey is yet to begin.
The anticipation is palpable and excitement is only natural. We are finally going to begin for what we had been preparing since past 2 months, SELF INTEGRATION. But here again a word of caution becomes necessary. The caution, please understand, is not being given out of fear of any anticipation of ill effects or to generate fear and deterrence with regard to these insights and understandings rather it (caution) is being issued out of genuine concern.
A Genuine concern about the true, effective, really transforming and lasting APPLICATION of these insights into our lives instead of making them just another momentarily uplifting reading.
We will now take a look at a few more fine points of insight into our own modus operandi (modality of functioning). Consider the following, if a person is blind from birth there is no way he can be made to understand or feel the beauty of a sunrise or magnanimity of an ocean, it’s just impossible. It is so because he does not have the same “COMMON REFERENCE DATABASE” as ours.
Let first understand the concept of “common reference database”. Well, put simply it is a generalization of our likes, dislikes, preferences and believes, our entire experience of and with life on to the entire humanity or to our own socio-cultural milieu at least.
For example if a person is cornered lying he would immediately throw up “oh come on EVERYBODY lies it’s only a question of getting caught”. Ask an alcoholic and he will assure you that EVERYBODY on this planet can be put in three simple categories
1. Consuming alcohol in public and accepting the same
2. Consuming alcohol in privacy and denying it
3. Dying to consume alcohol but yet have been unable to
Ask a promiscuous person about his infidelity and he will also offer you a similar worldwide classification system. Ask a person caught taking bribe and you would be astounded by his belief in this “classifying the entire world into three categories” thing.
Even in our lives we do a similar thing, if we do not succeed at an exam or a project we immediately collect the references of all the people who had failed doing the same, we vouch for their (people who had failed) credentials and the unfairness and disrepute of the exam simultaneously.
If we shy away from a bigger cause or a social responsibility (like standing up against corrupt top management of a company or voicing our opinion against oppressive behavior of a teacher or professor) we urgently summon logical rationalizations such as “oh come on this is real life not a movie we can’t be opposing or going against the system NOBODY does that”.
If we closely examine all the above mentioned examples we will find one stark similarity in all of them and that is EVERYBODY and NOBODY. That is a generalization meant to blanket the entire human population or at least our own ambient socio-cultural environment.
But why do we do this, justifying our own discrepancies and in capabilities by falsely alleging the entire society to be in a similar status, condition, behavioral pattern or capability (or incapability) as ours???
Saturday, March 6, 2010
THE MISNOMER
So before we embark upon our journey of “self integration” let us understand that in the absolute sense there is no destination “self integration”!!!!!!!!!
“Self integration” is actually a misnomer in true sense. Consider an idol which out of sheer neglect has been thrown into mud pit. Years after years layers after layers of mud accumulate and harden over it. What then needs to be done if we wanted to retrieve the idol from this seemingly unsightly, randomly shaped, huge and layered mass of hardened mud?
Hammering or chiseling out of all the layers of mud accumulated around it, that’s all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Similarly we also due to our consistent neglect have accumulated innumerable layers of conditioning around our true self or innate intelligence. We seem so fractured, so disintegrated, so fragmented within our present selves because these conditioning's (mud) within our system (or rather over the beautiful idol of our true, innate self)) are layered. They are arranged in layers of time, layers of intensity of experience, layers of importance etc etc..... so we do not actually need to rearrange and integrate all this mud of conditioning over our system our true self. We just need to hammer and chisel them away!!!!!!!!!!!
The beautiful and innately integrated idol of our being would automatically come out, it would automatically shine through. Please understand all our hammering and chiseling has done nothing to create the idol it always was there as it is. The hammering and chiseling has just removed the innumerable layers of mud and dirt accumulated around the idol, that’s all.
A word of caution though, the end result is amazing, miraculous even. It’s like a person indiscriminately pounding with a hammer and a chisel on a seemingly unsightly, randomly shaped, huge and layered mass of hardened mud and suddenly an intricately “carved to perfection” idol, a wondrous and marvelous piece of art appears from within it.
But let us also remember that the idol has resurfaced from that unsightly block of mud only after taking the blows of hammer and the cuts of the chisel. So we must understand that there is nothing to integrate; only consistent disintegration needs to be done to attain the automatically integrated and innately beautiful and wondrous state that we already have within ourselves but are unable to relate to due to the innumerable layers of social conditioning's around us.
“Self integration” is actually a misnomer in true sense. Consider an idol which out of sheer neglect has been thrown into mud pit. Years after years layers after layers of mud accumulate and harden over it. What then needs to be done if we wanted to retrieve the idol from this seemingly unsightly, randomly shaped, huge and layered mass of hardened mud?
Hammering or chiseling out of all the layers of mud accumulated around it, that’s all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Similarly we also due to our consistent neglect have accumulated innumerable layers of conditioning around our true self or innate intelligence. We seem so fractured, so disintegrated, so fragmented within our present selves because these conditioning's (mud) within our system (or rather over the beautiful idol of our true, innate self)) are layered. They are arranged in layers of time, layers of intensity of experience, layers of importance etc etc..... so we do not actually need to rearrange and integrate all this mud of conditioning over our system our true self. We just need to hammer and chisel them away!!!!!!!!!!!
The beautiful and innately integrated idol of our being would automatically come out, it would automatically shine through. Please understand all our hammering and chiseling has done nothing to create the idol it always was there as it is. The hammering and chiseling has just removed the innumerable layers of mud and dirt accumulated around the idol, that’s all.
A word of caution though, the end result is amazing, miraculous even. It’s like a person indiscriminately pounding with a hammer and a chisel on a seemingly unsightly, randomly shaped, huge and layered mass of hardened mud and suddenly an intricately “carved to perfection” idol, a wondrous and marvelous piece of art appears from within it.
But let us also remember that the idol has resurfaced from that unsightly block of mud only after taking the blows of hammer and the cuts of the chisel. So we must understand that there is nothing to integrate; only consistent disintegration needs to be done to attain the automatically integrated and innately beautiful and wondrous state that we already have within ourselves but are unable to relate to due to the innumerable layers of social conditioning's around us.
SO NEAR & YET SO FAR
So now that it’s amply clear and the root cause of all our problems and sufferings has been found, “Forgetting our true self our INNATE INTELLIGENCE (/nature/self) and believing ourselves to be mere SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE”, the obvious solution is at hand, “REMEMBERING OUR TRUE INNATE SELF”................................................................................................................
Sadly though this simple solution is not such a simplicity anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to our consistent, persistent and sole identification with our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE we have totally incapacitated ourselves from being able to relate to or associate with our own INNATE INTELLIGENCE. INNATE INTELLIGENCE to us seems like a distant philosophical entity possessed by sages in Himalayas something that neither exists nor concerns us. And it is due to this handicap of ours we are being forced to take a long detour “so near & yet so far” seems so apt to this situation. We are at a grasps distance to finding the panacea to all the ailments of our lives and yet we are no where even close to getting it due our complete lack of ability to associate with our innate intelligence or so to say our imprisonment within our social intelligence.
It is our inability to be without our social intelligence even for a second that is forcing us to take such a long detour to find the final solution to a perfect living.
For those of us in whom the word INNATE intelligence strikes a chord, this scenario of being able to step out of our SOCIAL intelligence and live with our true innate self is a reality; the journey has come to an end for them. From here on these writings would have nothing more, nothing worthwhile to add unto you. You have dropped back to your source, just like the person realizing that he is not just his virtual self (INTERNET AVATAR) but a physical body and a mind of which the virtual self is just a psychological extension, and now you automatically will have the intelligence to do what is to be done, to know what is to be known and live the way you are supposed to live.
But for those of us to whom the words such as INNATE INTELLIGENCE, TRUE SELF etc are as alien as extraterrestrial life forms themselves (if they exist at all?) the journey is just about to begin!!!!!!!!!
We are at the brink of beginning a journey. A journey back to ourselves, our true selves. The self integration process is about to begin.............
Sadly though this simple solution is not such a simplicity anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to our consistent, persistent and sole identification with our SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE we have totally incapacitated ourselves from being able to relate to or associate with our own INNATE INTELLIGENCE. INNATE INTELLIGENCE to us seems like a distant philosophical entity possessed by sages in Himalayas something that neither exists nor concerns us. And it is due to this handicap of ours we are being forced to take a long detour “so near & yet so far” seems so apt to this situation. We are at a grasps distance to finding the panacea to all the ailments of our lives and yet we are no where even close to getting it due our complete lack of ability to associate with our innate intelligence or so to say our imprisonment within our social intelligence.
It is our inability to be without our social intelligence even for a second that is forcing us to take such a long detour to find the final solution to a perfect living.
For those of us in whom the word INNATE intelligence strikes a chord, this scenario of being able to step out of our SOCIAL intelligence and live with our true innate self is a reality; the journey has come to an end for them. From here on these writings would have nothing more, nothing worthwhile to add unto you. You have dropped back to your source, just like the person realizing that he is not just his virtual self (INTERNET AVATAR) but a physical body and a mind of which the virtual self is just a psychological extension, and now you automatically will have the intelligence to do what is to be done, to know what is to be known and live the way you are supposed to live.
But for those of us to whom the words such as INNATE INTELLIGENCE, TRUE SELF etc are as alien as extraterrestrial life forms themselves (if they exist at all?) the journey is just about to begin!!!!!!!!!
We are at the brink of beginning a journey. A journey back to ourselves, our true selves. The self integration process is about to begin.............
Friday, March 5, 2010
THE ORIGINAL SIN continued
This example would amply clarify what we mean by “improper handling”.
Suppose we were to design a virtual self replica or what is popularly known as INTERNET AVATAR. We would make it the way we ourselves really want to be in the real world. Now suppose we engage ourselves the whole day and whole night in making this INTERNET AVATAR (virtual self replica) in attaining perfection for the INTERNET AVATAR and somehow get so lost into it that we start believing the INTERNET AVATAR as our real selves (seems too far fetched but just hang on a little while).
Now when we feel hungry we feed the INTERNET AVATAR with virtual food available in the virtual world, this gives momentary psychological relief due to our extremely strong sense of attachment of identity with this virtual self. But it will never subdue the hunger pangs of our real physical body. So the body again knocks us with hunger pangs. We get surprised because we had just had food (in the virtual world though). We again feed our virtual self in the virtual world (because of our total identification of identity with our virtual self and lack of remembrance of our real physical self) and this time we stuff ourselves to the throat. This time again we obtain some more momentary psychological relief. But soon enough the real physical body throws up severe hunger pangs that twist our intestines and now we start getting frustrated we don’t know what to do, we feel “oh come on I just stuffed myself twice in past one hour how can I still be hungry?, there must be something wrong with me I must see a doctor”. Now the real problem begins, the more we try to find the solution to this problem in the virtual world the more frustrated and depressed we would get because no solution would be forthcoming with lasting results. And our hunger of the real physical body would only keep getting worse.
Though very unrealistic and humorous SHOCKINGLY it is our own TRUE story.
This is what is meant by “improper handling” of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We have lost ourselves in it so much so that it has become our whole identity, our entire life and instead of we using it (SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE ), it (SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE) is using us.
Forgetting our true self our INNATE INTELLIGENCE (/nature/self) and believing ourselves to be mere SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE alone is the ORIGINAL SIN the root of all our troubles, complexities and sufferings.
Suppose we were to design a virtual self replica or what is popularly known as INTERNET AVATAR. We would make it the way we ourselves really want to be in the real world. Now suppose we engage ourselves the whole day and whole night in making this INTERNET AVATAR (virtual self replica) in attaining perfection for the INTERNET AVATAR and somehow get so lost into it that we start believing the INTERNET AVATAR as our real selves (seems too far fetched but just hang on a little while).
Now when we feel hungry we feed the INTERNET AVATAR with virtual food available in the virtual world, this gives momentary psychological relief due to our extremely strong sense of attachment of identity with this virtual self. But it will never subdue the hunger pangs of our real physical body. So the body again knocks us with hunger pangs. We get surprised because we had just had food (in the virtual world though). We again feed our virtual self in the virtual world (because of our total identification of identity with our virtual self and lack of remembrance of our real physical self) and this time we stuff ourselves to the throat. This time again we obtain some more momentary psychological relief. But soon enough the real physical body throws up severe hunger pangs that twist our intestines and now we start getting frustrated we don’t know what to do, we feel “oh come on I just stuffed myself twice in past one hour how can I still be hungry?, there must be something wrong with me I must see a doctor”. Now the real problem begins, the more we try to find the solution to this problem in the virtual world the more frustrated and depressed we would get because no solution would be forthcoming with lasting results. And our hunger of the real physical body would only keep getting worse.
Though very unrealistic and humorous SHOCKINGLY it is our own TRUE story.
This is what is meant by “improper handling” of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We have lost ourselves in it so much so that it has become our whole identity, our entire life and instead of we using it (SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE ), it (SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE) is using us.
Forgetting our true self our INNATE INTELLIGENCE (/nature/self) and believing ourselves to be mere SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE alone is the ORIGINAL SIN the root of all our troubles, complexities and sufferings.
THE ORIGINAL SIN
As the heading proclaims now we will enter into the domain of understanding “what went wrong and where?”
After expanding our understanding of functioning of society and its direct effect on our own way of functioning, living and conducting our lives we might find SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE implanted within our system to be a distasteful entity an unwelcome guest because of its shrewd, selfish, business like nature infiltrating every nook and corner of our life with or without our knowledge.
But please understand that the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is not at fault it is we ourselves who are to blame for this present condition of ours. It is our improper handling that is to be blamed. Desserts are desserts they cannot be had for starters and main course. If taken in such a fashion it will only cause suffocation and nausea. Similarly SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is also a dessert to be added at the end of the main course of our INNATE INTELLIGENCE. But we have been outrageously abusive with it we have had it for breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner, with tea, coffee and juice for all portions and courses of our existential meal.
That is instead of using social intelligence we are being used by the social intelligence. Let us clarify this statement.
Memory & social etiquette's. Understanding, adoption and living of social customs, traditions, relations and the shining jewel in the crown, language (to help us express ourselves to the outer world, to interact, to communicate and express ourselves) are all the various facets of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Also the fact that our staying together as a society has allowed each and every one of us to specialize in one particular field and bring out the best from it for the common good and benefit of all since time immemorial and hence has not only aided but acted as a catalyst to our scientific, economic, medical, technological and infrastructural betterment and constant development which was an impossibility for individuals to achieve without the security, food, shelter and resources provided by the society to them.
So we must clearly reaffirm the importance and contribution of society and social intelligence in our lives before we go any further.
After expanding our understanding of functioning of society and its direct effect on our own way of functioning, living and conducting our lives we might find SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE implanted within our system to be a distasteful entity an unwelcome guest because of its shrewd, selfish, business like nature infiltrating every nook and corner of our life with or without our knowledge.
But please understand that the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is not at fault it is we ourselves who are to blame for this present condition of ours. It is our improper handling that is to be blamed. Desserts are desserts they cannot be had for starters and main course. If taken in such a fashion it will only cause suffocation and nausea. Similarly SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is also a dessert to be added at the end of the main course of our INNATE INTELLIGENCE. But we have been outrageously abusive with it we have had it for breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner, with tea, coffee and juice for all portions and courses of our existential meal.
That is instead of using social intelligence we are being used by the social intelligence. Let us clarify this statement.
Memory & social etiquette's. Understanding, adoption and living of social customs, traditions, relations and the shining jewel in the crown, language (to help us express ourselves to the outer world, to interact, to communicate and express ourselves) are all the various facets of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Also the fact that our staying together as a society has allowed each and every one of us to specialize in one particular field and bring out the best from it for the common good and benefit of all since time immemorial and hence has not only aided but acted as a catalyst to our scientific, economic, medical, technological and infrastructural betterment and constant development which was an impossibility for individuals to achieve without the security, food, shelter and resources provided by the society to them.
So we must clearly reaffirm the importance and contribution of society and social intelligence in our lives before we go any further.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
DEEPER INTO THE SOCIO-MENTAL SETUP
Now we have come to understand that we are constantly, sometimes obviously, clearly and consciously and at other times subtly, finely and subconsciously, judging people around us by two primary criterions
I. Is he/she of any direct or indirect help/utility to me (it may be physical, mental, emotional, financial, social etc...)
II. What is this persons money making potential or capacity or his monetary worth.
Please understand very clearly that this is the way we function in each and every relationship and aspect of our life no matter how unpalatable this fact may appear.
The mind quickly jumps and says “oh come on this is nonsense I love my parents selflessly” or “I love my children without judging them” or “I love my husband or wife without any reasoning”.
Children love parents who listen to them and fulfil their demands and wishes. Parents love children who become the extension of their life their desires. One issue of a no to a love marriage from parents or taking a child wanting to take arts instead of science or choosing to become an engineer instead of a doctor or an issue of settling abroad is good enough to expose the flourishing forest of unsaid expectations in a moment between children and parents.
One incident of failing to live up to the norms or standards set up between them vehemently exposes the fallacies of lovers amongst themselves.
Please understand that we have become a true reflection of the society we live in.
Society always asks “WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT?” A Doctor gives assurance of care and treatment, an engineer ensures constant progress towards development and making our lives easier and more convenient, an architect ensures infrastructure development, an accountant comes in handy to handle the most important COMMODITY of our time, MONEY, hence all these and likes of these are of direct help to us (besides their money making potential also) and hence these professions themselves enjoy respect irrespective of the character and nature of the person involved with them, at least prima facie.
Entrepreneurs, Big businessmen, Industrialists etc are respected for their shear monetary worth (besides their capability to help in the form of employment generation, charity etc...).
Even a scientist for that matter is not entitled to our respect till he has patents, inventions or awards (recognizing the utility of his discoveries or inventions) to boast of in his social showcase.
On the other hand an unemployed music composer, singer, actor or a player etc would be looked down upon since neither are they of any direct or indirect help to the society around them nor do they have any monetary worth. But as soon as they hit it big time (singers, actors, players etc...), please understand that these are the same people who were being condemned till yesterday for the lack of their social contribution and credibility, these people would be idealized, they will becomes icons etc... Only because of their associated monetary worth (and the tag along fame).
I. Is he/she of any direct or indirect help/utility to me (it may be physical, mental, emotional, financial, social etc...)
II. What is this persons money making potential or capacity or his monetary worth.
Please understand very clearly that this is the way we function in each and every relationship and aspect of our life no matter how unpalatable this fact may appear.
The mind quickly jumps and says “oh come on this is nonsense I love my parents selflessly” or “I love my children without judging them” or “I love my husband or wife without any reasoning”.
Children love parents who listen to them and fulfil their demands and wishes. Parents love children who become the extension of their life their desires. One issue of a no to a love marriage from parents or taking a child wanting to take arts instead of science or choosing to become an engineer instead of a doctor or an issue of settling abroad is good enough to expose the flourishing forest of unsaid expectations in a moment between children and parents.
One incident of failing to live up to the norms or standards set up between them vehemently exposes the fallacies of lovers amongst themselves.
Please understand that we have become a true reflection of the society we live in.
Society always asks “WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT?” A Doctor gives assurance of care and treatment, an engineer ensures constant progress towards development and making our lives easier and more convenient, an architect ensures infrastructure development, an accountant comes in handy to handle the most important COMMODITY of our time, MONEY, hence all these and likes of these are of direct help to us (besides their money making potential also) and hence these professions themselves enjoy respect irrespective of the character and nature of the person involved with them, at least prima facie.
Entrepreneurs, Big businessmen, Industrialists etc are respected for their shear monetary worth (besides their capability to help in the form of employment generation, charity etc...).
Even a scientist for that matter is not entitled to our respect till he has patents, inventions or awards (recognizing the utility of his discoveries or inventions) to boast of in his social showcase.
On the other hand an unemployed music composer, singer, actor or a player etc would be looked down upon since neither are they of any direct or indirect help to the society around them nor do they have any monetary worth. But as soon as they hit it big time (singers, actors, players etc...), please understand that these are the same people who were being condemned till yesterday for the lack of their social contribution and credibility, these people would be idealized, they will becomes icons etc... Only because of their associated monetary worth (and the tag along fame).
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
WHAT WENT WRONG? Continued...
The societies we live in across the nations and continents, beyond the barriers of race, creed or colour throughout the planet irrespective of their geographical location have laid their foundation on one principle question “WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT?” .That is this question “WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT?” is the principle guiding force or the intention behind the action or the motivation behind a decision. And this is precisely from where the two gigantic decision makers of our own lives are born namely UTILITY & PURPOSE.
Let us exemplify the situation. Please understand that from its very inception societies across time, location and civilizations have been a “CONSORTIUM OF CONVENIENCE” (let us analyze from the very beginning the birth and development of the society) that is, “I will do the farming, you do cloth making, he will take care of pottery, she will take care of the cattle rearing, these guys will go for hunting etc etc...”. One man or one family alone cannot do all these diverse functions but the society or the “CONSORTIUM OF CONVENIENCE” ensures that every person is put to some use in the social fabric to achieve in effect convenience for all. So if a person is farming he is contributing food to the society he is worthy of respect because there is no life without food, if a person is hunting or rearing cattle he is again providing for THE MOST valuable commodity to the society of those times & he is worthy of all the praise and respect. But if a person is engaged in pottery making he is not providing the society with THE MOST essential commodity of that time that is FOOD and hence is not worthy of a similar cadre of respect.
With time farming became common place and food was not as big a worry as it used to be (in early and developmental period of human society) man also acquired the art of manipulating its surroundings by making canals and irrigation networks. Hence farming is no more DIFFICULT or HARD TO ACHIEVE but as the societies grew so did their greed of amassing resources and exploiting their neighbours and hence SOCIAL SECURITY became a matter of concern. From that era arose the WARRIORS who gave to the society of that time THE MOST essential commodity then SOCIAL SECURITY and hence archers, sword fighters, warriors and thus KINGS arose from them who took the position of most respected from the hunters and the farmers.
With time we evolved into a social structure of present day where food and social security (and other basic necessities) could be taken for granted provided one had the MEANS to obtain them and that MEANS to obtaining everything right from basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter to the absurd superfluities of designer wear and 5 star cocktails became MONEY. And hence farmers, hunters, soldiers and kings all were moved aside and the new mantle of respect and awe was given to money or the people who could make money (and to some extent to people who directly contributed to our well being and could play a vital role in times of dire needs e.g. Doctors Etc...).
So now it is easy for us to understand that why Surgeon’s, a CEO’s and entrepreneurs are looked unto with respect and an unemployed youth or a person doing a PhD in Sanskrit is looked down upon because neither is going to be directly helpful to us (like a doctor etc...) nor either has the money making capacity of an entrepreneur or a CEO.
Let us exemplify the situation. Please understand that from its very inception societies across time, location and civilizations have been a “CONSORTIUM OF CONVENIENCE” (let us analyze from the very beginning the birth and development of the society) that is, “I will do the farming, you do cloth making, he will take care of pottery, she will take care of the cattle rearing, these guys will go for hunting etc etc...”. One man or one family alone cannot do all these diverse functions but the society or the “CONSORTIUM OF CONVENIENCE” ensures that every person is put to some use in the social fabric to achieve in effect convenience for all. So if a person is farming he is contributing food to the society he is worthy of respect because there is no life without food, if a person is hunting or rearing cattle he is again providing for THE MOST valuable commodity to the society of those times & he is worthy of all the praise and respect. But if a person is engaged in pottery making he is not providing the society with THE MOST essential commodity of that time that is FOOD and hence is not worthy of a similar cadre of respect.
With time farming became common place and food was not as big a worry as it used to be (in early and developmental period of human society) man also acquired the art of manipulating its surroundings by making canals and irrigation networks. Hence farming is no more DIFFICULT or HARD TO ACHIEVE but as the societies grew so did their greed of amassing resources and exploiting their neighbours and hence SOCIAL SECURITY became a matter of concern. From that era arose the WARRIORS who gave to the society of that time THE MOST essential commodity then SOCIAL SECURITY and hence archers, sword fighters, warriors and thus KINGS arose from them who took the position of most respected from the hunters and the farmers.
With time we evolved into a social structure of present day where food and social security (and other basic necessities) could be taken for granted provided one had the MEANS to obtain them and that MEANS to obtaining everything right from basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter to the absurd superfluities of designer wear and 5 star cocktails became MONEY. And hence farmers, hunters, soldiers and kings all were moved aside and the new mantle of respect and awe was given to money or the people who could make money (and to some extent to people who directly contributed to our well being and could play a vital role in times of dire needs e.g. Doctors Etc...).
So now it is easy for us to understand that why Surgeon’s, a CEO’s and entrepreneurs are looked unto with respect and an unemployed youth or a person doing a PhD in Sanskrit is looked down upon because neither is going to be directly helpful to us (like a doctor etc...) nor either has the money making capacity of an entrepreneur or a CEO.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
WHAT WENT WRONG?
So now we come back to ourselves as individuals and get busy working on us to get answers and enjoy solutions.
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us???
So what went wrong? , where did it go wrong? And how did it go wrong?
The answer to “where did it go wrong?” is pretty straight forward and simple. It obviously went wrong in the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE division of ours since INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and incorruptible by its very nature.
Memory & social etiquette's. Understanding, adoption and living of social customs and traditions and the shining jewel in the crown, language (to help us express ourselves to the outer world, to interact, to communicate and express ourselves) are all the various facets of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Such is the diversity, necessity and multiplicity of function of social intelligence that all we know and experience about ourselves and the world around us is only via media social intelligence. But social intelligence, as we have now come to understand, is an implanted accessory into the MIND-BODY ORGANISAM of ours to enable us to fit into the social set up structure. Hence it is oriented towards moulding and fitting us into the social set up rather than taking care of our own personal growth and fulfilment. That is SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an accessory implanted into our MIND-BODY ORGANISAM to make us socially useful and productive, to ensure the welfare and sustenance of society, to ensure an orderly and smooth functioning of the society.
Please understand INNATE INTELLIGENCE is yours (individual based) and works for you, for your fulfilment as opposed to the (implanted) SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE which is of the society and works for the society (community based). Let us be very clear that there is nothing wrong with the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE itself, it is an important tool for social coexistence, mutual harmony, beautiful relationships etc... What is wrong is the importance given to it and its handling by us.
A few examples would help us dissect separate and delineate the differences between the seemingly closely intermingled intelligentsia's (INNATE & SOCIAL).
If we were to meet a doctor, an engineer or a businessman we look up to them with respect on the other hand we look down upon an unemployed youth, we look down upon people pursuing non-professional streams of education.
Why? Why should it be so?
An unemployed youth is not taking anything from us, a person pursuing a PhD in Sanskrit is not asking us pay for his living expenses then why do we look down upon them?
Why don’t we look up to them with the same awe and respect as that of a Surgeon, a CEO or an entrepreneur?
INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and perfect by its very nature and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an absolute necessity!!! Then from where has this pile of negativity garbage arisen in us???
So what went wrong? , where did it go wrong? And how did it go wrong?
The answer to “where did it go wrong?” is pretty straight forward and simple. It obviously went wrong in the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE division of ours since INNATE INTELLIGENCE is pure and incorruptible by its very nature.
Memory & social etiquette's. Understanding, adoption and living of social customs and traditions and the shining jewel in the crown, language (to help us express ourselves to the outer world, to interact, to communicate and express ourselves) are all the various facets of SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Such is the diversity, necessity and multiplicity of function of social intelligence that all we know and experience about ourselves and the world around us is only via media social intelligence. But social intelligence, as we have now come to understand, is an implanted accessory into the MIND-BODY ORGANISAM of ours to enable us to fit into the social set up structure. Hence it is oriented towards moulding and fitting us into the social set up rather than taking care of our own personal growth and fulfilment. That is SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE is an accessory implanted into our MIND-BODY ORGANISAM to make us socially useful and productive, to ensure the welfare and sustenance of society, to ensure an orderly and smooth functioning of the society.
Please understand INNATE INTELLIGENCE is yours (individual based) and works for you, for your fulfilment as opposed to the (implanted) SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE which is of the society and works for the society (community based). Let us be very clear that there is nothing wrong with the SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE itself, it is an important tool for social coexistence, mutual harmony, beautiful relationships etc... What is wrong is the importance given to it and its handling by us.
A few examples would help us dissect separate and delineate the differences between the seemingly closely intermingled intelligentsia's (INNATE & SOCIAL).
If we were to meet a doctor, an engineer or a businessman we look up to them with respect on the other hand we look down upon an unemployed youth, we look down upon people pursuing non-professional streams of education.
Why? Why should it be so?
An unemployed youth is not taking anything from us, a person pursuing a PhD in Sanskrit is not asking us pay for his living expenses then why do we look down upon them?
Why don’t we look up to them with the same awe and respect as that of a Surgeon, a CEO or an entrepreneur?
Monday, March 1, 2010
BACK FROM THE INTERLUDE
So we have gone around the globe, for that matter the entire universe, and seen a number of basic, principle laws in action, various possibilities and definitions. But all this intergalactic cosmic wandering brings us back to our own planet and the pending (and yet unanswered) question of UTILITY & PURPOSE. The “what do I get out of reading and knowing all this?” “How does my life change by knowing all this mumbo-jumbo?” is still hankering around in our minds. Let us understand it in a step wise fashion.
If a child were to burn his hands with a matchstick fire and was told by his parents that “matchstick is dangerous it burns” ( instead of fire) then he will have repeated burning experiences sometimes with gas fire, sometime with coal fire, sometime with lantern fire etc etc... Till he gets burnt by every single type and variety of fire the potential for another accident (burning incident) is just waiting around the corner. Instead of being taught that “fire is dangerous it burns” he has been wrongly taught that “matchstick or candle or lantern is dangerous”. Just the right knowledge “fire is dangerous it burns” is enough; he need not even suffer a single experience of burning, to confer him the understanding to save himself from burns.
Similarly this basic knowledge, this insight into the functioning of the universe and our own selves becomes the right knowledge (like “fire is dangerous it burns”) incorporated in our system and hence saves us from an uncountable plenty of unpleasant experiences that could have come our way due to our own ignorance and lack of understanding of them (just like the incomplete and incorrect knowledge that “matchstick is dangerous it burns”, instead of fire).So herein lies the UTILITY of this knowledge.
The PURPOSE on the other hand is still better. When applied in our lives (and not just read and contemplated upon) it has the potential to open up an abundance of previously unknown and unheard of vistas of new possibilities in our own lives and with this “new found self” we would be free to challenge our boundaries and self-imposed limitations, chase new dreams and accomplish previously deemed impossible goals.
If a child were to burn his hands with a matchstick fire and was told by his parents that “matchstick is dangerous it burns” ( instead of fire) then he will have repeated burning experiences sometimes with gas fire, sometime with coal fire, sometime with lantern fire etc etc... Till he gets burnt by every single type and variety of fire the potential for another accident (burning incident) is just waiting around the corner. Instead of being taught that “fire is dangerous it burns” he has been wrongly taught that “matchstick or candle or lantern is dangerous”. Just the right knowledge “fire is dangerous it burns” is enough; he need not even suffer a single experience of burning, to confer him the understanding to save himself from burns.
Similarly this basic knowledge, this insight into the functioning of the universe and our own selves becomes the right knowledge (like “fire is dangerous it burns”) incorporated in our system and hence saves us from an uncountable plenty of unpleasant experiences that could have come our way due to our own ignorance and lack of understanding of them (just like the incomplete and incorrect knowledge that “matchstick is dangerous it burns”, instead of fire).So herein lies the UTILITY of this knowledge.
The PURPOSE on the other hand is still better. When applied in our lives (and not just read and contemplated upon) it has the potential to open up an abundance of previously unknown and unheard of vistas of new possibilities in our own lives and with this “new found self” we would be free to challenge our boundaries and self-imposed limitations, chase new dreams and accomplish previously deemed impossible goals.
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