Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Prejudice

We often come across with the people who like us so much that whatever we say they abruptly say “YES-We agree” to everything and to those persons who doesn’t like us and will abruptly say “NO-Its lame, we don’t agree”. This is a very dangerous and alarming behavior which if carried out in masses will lead to complete choking of minds and will cause unbelievably bigger problems.

A person that assumes about somebody that he is a failure personality due to his past experiences or may be he doesn’t like him due to his religious differences, national differences, society differences or may be some personal barriers, whenever will hear a suggestion or a comment from that somebody, will abruptly say “NO”. This is because he has pre-assumed that whatever he is talking is false and “I” can’t believe him. There are so many philosophical reasons to believe that this behavior is a complete wrong. However I want to highlight just a bit of overshadowed portions, whenever we say NO or may be even YES to a comment (pre-assuming), we are actually responding to that person and not to that comment or suggestion which is totally wrong and raw behavior. Then if we argue in favor of our choice about that comment, then basically we are arguing about ourselves and not about that comment, we are trying to prove that I was right in judging you at first place (Sometimes it can come out as right, but I am talking about the approach, which is totally wrong).

Intelligently we should give more importance to an experienced person, and experience means failures and observations, so one who fails, gets experience and is bound to talk sense if he learned from his failures.

In my professional career I learned so many things but the most effective thing I’ve ever learned is “First reaction is Raw”, whenever you respond to something unusual, your first response is an emotion which contain minimal output from your thinking process. So first reaction is raw, come up with your second reaction, which is polished, more thoughtful, more decent and it has reasons.

 When the possible responses are more than one, reaction time increases and more the possible responses are more is the reaction time. There is noJHuman have response time of 250 milliseconds, this is the response time of our physical reaction to an utmost uneven or may be even action which requires spontaneous reaction e.g. when a fly is buzzing us and we want to distract it. When we listen to something and we have to react on it, the reaction time depends upon the possible responses, if there is only one response then its very minimal (reaction time) e.g. Are you a boy? authentic study how much is the response time to a suggestion (but is way more than the physical reaction time), although an algorithm is available! So whatever you do, don’t respond instantaneously, don’t pre-judge or pre-assume.



 flowers are found in bunch of thongs, pearls are found on sand ofJThere are some poetic way to explain this as well,  beaches, and you never know from where a good suggestion or idea can come, so be open minded to even your worst enemy as well.

). We are stuck with an opinion and we are biased for it and we abruptly respond in our favor. Unfortunately, today we are facing this as a global problem and can be referred as perception issue as well. Our enemies (which we think are our enemies) slap us always, no matter what we are doing or what we are saying, now people who are more inclined towards those poles will keep on slamming us and our systems and whatever we say they will say just a big “NO-its lame, I don’t agree” and people who are inclined towards these poles will always think those poles as their enemies no matter what are they doing. So if I am to implicate this scenario to Global situation w.r.t Pakistan phenomena then both parties have this pre-assumingJNow if we extend this pre-assuming behavior a bit then it becomes Extremism (our favorite topic behavior problem and are not open enough to either of the party.

If somebody gives us a suggestion and we respond him abruptly this means we are killing our thinking process, our evaluation capability and research content, and if we carry on like this we end up rusting it. Then not only we killed confidence of a person but killed our behavior as well.

In the end I think, We need to think! we shouldn’t pre-assume about anything, at any level, talking to a friend, a relative, an enemy, a stranger, or anybody. This kills his confidence and rusts our thinking process, overall behavior and personality. And when you give importance to others and their opinions, they grow in confidence Jand world is a good place to live

Happy Thinking and sweeping Pre-assuming Behaviors.

POETRY OF GREAT SUFI SAINT SHAH ABDUL LATIF BHITAI TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH


I am privileged to post, poetry of the great sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. His famous book is “Shah Jo Risalo”, this book has been translated to many languages. Shah Abdula Latif’s poetry contains great message of humanity.
Shah Abdul Latif’s native land is Sindh.
Here is the English translated poetry of Shah sahib.


The One Creator, the all greats;
Lord of the universe
The living, the original;
Ruler with power innate;
The giver, the sustainer,
the unique , compassionate;
This master praise, to Him alone
Thy self in praise prostrate..
The generous, who does create
the universe in pairs..
2
None shares His glory, "He was..is,
shall be"..who this doth say
Accepts Mohammad as 'guide'
with heart and love's true sway;
None from amongst those lost their way
or ever went astray.
3
“He is without a partner” , when
this glorious news you break
With love and knowledge, Mohammad
accept ..as cause him take
Why would you then obeisance make
to others after that?
4
From One, many to being came;
'many' but Oneness is;
Don't get confounded, Reality
is 'One' , this truth don't miss
Commotions vast display - all this
I vow, of Loved-one is.
5
The Echo and the call are same,
if you sound's secret knew
They both were one, but two became
only when 'hearing' came.

6
A thousand doors and windows too,
the palace has ..but see,
Wherever I might go or be
master confronts me there
7
If you have learnt to long, by pain
be not distressed-
Secret of love's sorrow must be
never confessed-
Suffering is by the heart caressed,
and there it is preserved.
8
The poison-drinking lovers, lured
by poison sweet, drink more and more;
To bitterness of fatal cup,
the poison-drinkers are inured,
Though wounds are festering, and uncured,
no whispers to the vulgar goes.
9
All from Beloved's side is sweet
whatever He gives to you.
There is no bitter, if you knew
the secret how to taste.
10
There is a call to gallows, friends,
will any of you go!
Those who do talk of love may Know
to gallows they must speed.
11
If you a draught desire
to tavern find your way;
Thy head do sever, and that head
beside the barrel lay;
Only when you this price do pay
then few cups you may quaff.

12
The genuine lover, for his head
care and concern has none;
He cuts it off---joins it with breath
as gift then hands it on ;
Carves down to shoulders, form loved-one
then begs for love's return.
13
To guard and to preserve the head,
the lover's business is not this---
One of beloved's glance is worth
so many hundreds head of his---
Flesh, skin and bone, and all there is ,
the 'least ' of loved-one , equals not.

Background: This chapter is Shah Latif's very enlighten chapter where he's praised the God and teach us that you may look deep inside you. There is nothing outside but your innermost. We are misguided by quacks, who have misguided us and because of their un approach theories we could not find our own wisdom, which is gifted to us by God. In every verse you will find the eternal wisdom.