Thursday, May 7, 2015

726. Being Normal is a Mindset…..!!!!

http://www.speakingtree.in/public/spiritual-blogs/seekers/self-improvement/being-normal-is-a-mindset



To be normal like everybody is what everyone living in society will be aiming at. There is nothing wrong at trying to be normal, but one has to understand that the word normal is just a mindset. Hence wanting to be normal is just a delusional, paranoid perception of inadequacy that lends to a behavior that sometimes may turn out to be self demeaning. Here an individual who is attempting to be normal will make himself look abnormal. So the bottom line is that the most abnormal thing in this world is the desire to be normal.  

The deeper meaning of being normal is to do what the most of them do, so it’s a norm irrelevant of whether it has merits or demerits to its credit. The highlight is that this normality depends on majority. This majority created normality is the problem. When I was young I had read a statement “It’s difficult to be honest in a corrupt situation and corrupt in an honest situation.” The situation which is mentioned in this statement has its strength in the majority. This normality which has been accepted by the majority has made us thick skinned and insensitive.    

Now the society in general has accepted corruption as normal. This majority accepted normality has elevated those who were “Need based Greedy” to “Greed based Needy.” It is very natural to think about our own survival as even that thought is also normal and it too has the support of majority. So normally taking bribe and indulging in corruption is a norm. If so, why make a law to curb corruption instead let us reward the most corrupt individual with highest honors. It is quite natural for us to appreciate those who excel in certain field as a part of encouragement.

Having said all these I find it quite amazing when I hear people talk and gossip about individuals who have amassed disproportionate assets. They accept that greasing is normal for getting things done faster yet have that uneasy gesture when they hear about a person who is corrupt. Now the confusion is if one does not accept that which is normal how does it remain normal?

This majority affiliated normalcy has gone to such an extent that it is made many of us think that its normal for a celebrity to drink and drive over people, for a developer or a builder to encroach a lake or a gazing land to build skyscrapers, for a bookie to use a wonderful game to make money through betting, for an N.G.O to be used as smoke screen for stalling any development projects and the list goes on and on and on and on.   

The final realization is that doing which is normal just allows me to fit in. It just puts me in a situation where I might feel that I have done what everyone else does on regular basis. In this process I might have sympathizers and supporters but I do not realize that I am abnormal doing so. As seen in the photo what is normal to a spider is chaotic to a fly. What many could be presuming anything to be normal need not be normal to me…I need to use my intellect which is the higher than mind to decide if it is normal or not…What Say?

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