‘We all are the same’, is a statement that doesn’t often receive applause because people tend to think they are not.
“We are different than the rest,” answered the crowd in unison somewhere in an auditorium where this statement was repeated. Does that really make them different or does that prove the original statement?
Is the supporter of a right wing politics truly different to that who supports the left side to the center?
Is a Jew different to a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist?
What is exactly behind this ‘different’ business? Is it a possibility in a world that rewards tribal mindset and collective belief?
Belief- a rather quirky thing!
What is your belief all about if one were to ask themselves?
Is it a set of presuppositions that one needs to be accept (like those webpage cookies) if one wishes the membership of a group? Somehow in matters of faith, belief has received the most popularity. Is that a coincidence?
What is belief for the religious kind? Is it a rubric of instructions that helps them navigate life better? Or is it a mythological dictation that tries to capture their imagination just to divert it a little bit so that they might be able to postpone their desires for another life? ‘It can both’ would be a reasonable guess!
And what’s the outcome. Of course an individual who smirks at this world thinking he is the rightly guided. After all he has seen through the delusion of the world, he believes. Has he really seen it or has he been asked to believe that he has seen it?
The human person is queer animal. He is very intelligent and always curious to break the mold? The belief is met with a herculean task? How to maintain the position of capture. One wonders how it might achieve that! Well, we have seen a dog on treats as we have observed a dog on leash and more often we have seen a dog enticed by treats and coerced by a leash.
Sometimes questions beget more questions and sometimes the answers burrow themselves deep hoping for a suitable time.
