BE YOURSELF, BE ENLIGHTENED

BE YOURSELF, BE ENLIGHTENED. 

06/27/2025


Winning has, more often than not, been terribly misconstrued, pitting events and ideas that are mutually exclusive in a never-ending conundrum, endlessly clashing with each other. While winning is necessary and significant for people who participate in roles that place them in positions of authority and command, and as arbiters and leaders of state and institutionalized organizations, social and philosophical principles behoves us to temper our  relationships in a quest for harmony and understanding. 


Trampling on the views and values, mores and beliefs of others does not make you a winner. It's a delusionary illusion; a belief that crushing others will contribute to your personal gain, satisfaction and glory! We live by social parameters that clearly delineate our values and beliefs. They are not mutually exclusive, and must be respected as such. Each of us live and  celebrate the things we live by. Imposing many uncooked, unproven, half baked, delusional theories upon each other only creates mischief and adds to frustration and contempt.  


It's an old adage that we should not worry about the things that we cannot change, and strive to change the things that we have control over. This is a very simplistic way of saying that proven values, laws, and principles cannot be bombarded with fits and fancies of wishful thinking by unscrupulous adventurers of theoretical flatulence. 


Many are obsessed with knowledge for just what it is - knowledge. The accumulation of knowledge is good. It is good for achieving certain goals, like meeting requirements for exams and gaining access to exclusive clubs and organizations, and also applicable in relevance to our activities and necessities. However, with whatever requisite  knowledge you have, you still may not be able to perform in your profession, or be effective as a member in your organization. Success in effective  performance depends on what happens after your ‘exam’ knowledge. You have to become illuminated, inspired, and enlightened to build on your knowledge. You have to build an arsenal of wisdom to be able to interpret what happens around you, and what happened before your existence. Knowledge by itself, in our social Interactions is useless if it is not destined to be impregnated with experience, understanding, insight, respect, relativity, and inspiration. 


In the words of Voltaire, ‘learn to cultivate your own garden’, and do not impose your views on others. This not only creates mischief and frustration, but adds tension and resentment. Let us not be perpetually fixated on drowning ourselves in knowledge, without exercising wisdom, before condemning the views and beliefs of others. 










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