The
two precious things the man has, but the animals don’t have are the words and
the thoughts. The nature does the thinking for the animals. If animals have any
language or the words of their own that may help the animals to express
themselves, but that may not be of any use in effecting a change in their
lives. The man’s case is different. He, himself, can think and can effect
changes in his life, making use of his thoughts and expressions.
The
man can conduct himself, according to his thoughts. He can review the outcome
of his conduct and can make necessary modifications in his thoughts. He can, once
again, conduct himself, according to the modified thoughts and review the
outcome. This process can go on and on till the man arrives at some thoughts
that benefit the man. He can make use of the language he knows to communicate
about his thoughts, the way he conducted himself, according to them and the
outcome of his conduct so that the entire human race can make use of the results
of the experiments performed.
In
a nutshell, we may say that our conduct, according to our thoughts, must
nurture our thought and should add qualitative value to our thoughts. Once our
thoughts and the ways to conduct on their basis attain a practical desirability
for the benefit of the mankind, the need for their expression and circulation
comes up; that must be carefully met with.
When
we cease to be creative, we stop thinking. When we stop thinking we conduct,
copying to the conduct of the others or to fulfill our immediate desires.
Hardly having anything worth expressing, then; we play with the words and make
others believe that we still are the people I possession of the two precious
things; the thoughts and the words.
No,
this is not a philosophy. This is what we find prevailing in our surroundings,
immediate or remote. Our teachers, or leaders and all those on whom we depend
play with words; unfortunately, we also, are not exceptions.
Just
by the way, when will we stop playing with the word ‘leadership’?
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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