Perspective
Dreams, Ideas and Realities
by TA Ramesh
Education
does not end in schools and colleges but continues in life and work in
the outside world. Actually real education begins when one comes out of
the portals of schools and colleges to Nature, arts, science and so on.
Whether one is educated or not most of the time is used for the
day-to-day activities which produce only monotony, frustration,
depression and so on. It is not enough to spend one’s life in mundane
things only which would certainly make the world too much to live for
everyone. Each one should use the special power that lies within to
explore the nature of things that exists everywhere and enquire the
principles or the truth behind them so that the helplessness of man or
the ills of human beings can be overcome. There are so many interesting
things in life which man has to pay attention to. Unless such an attempt
is made social problems cannot be solved.
Drawbacks and Necessity of Change in
the Society
There are a lot of drawbacks not only in education, religion, economy,
administration, judiciary and politics but also in culture,
civilization, journalism and arts affecting the society unaware and
making it go on in the same old beaten tracks without giving hope in new
thoughts, ideas and changes. So, innovations and novelty are very much
needed for the society to breathe fresh and healthy air. Therefore the
writers have an important job to do in the modern world to bring about
the necessary changes relevant to the present and the future functions
of the people of various walks of life. The thoughts of this nature are
necessary to express views towards the betterment of the society in
which we all live. So, they have to analyze the problems of human life,
culture, civilization, Nature, etc. in the modern world as the subjects
of general discussion and find solutions for them.
Social Change Necessary
The big question everybody discusses everywhere is why the society is
not able to change, reform and develop itself even though there are a
lot treatises, discourses, seminars and speeches on social changes. In
reality it is an impossible magic to bring about changes in the society
over night. The social changes cannot be appreciably effected without
convincing the individuals because they are the backbone of the society.
Therefore to reform the society, first the attitude of the individuals
has to be changed; otherwise, change in the society is not at all
possible. That is why in almost all the articles, the matters of the
individuals with respect to the society or humanity as a whole are dealt
with in the world.
Status of Freedom Today
Even in the modern times in many societies of the world individuals of
great promises are not given the liberty to choose the subject of their
interest in education, the work interesting to them and the life they
like to live in the future as the so called experienced seniors who have
fought for the national or political or social causes do not like to
give away their dictatorial attitude with the youngsters for the fear
that their status quo would be disturbed and that they would lose their
respect and honor in the society at the ripe old age. Further, though
there is freedom in many States of the world, because the aspiring
individuals do not have liberty, opportunities and scope for development
as a result of State control, licenses, social restrictions and
favoritism of all kinds, the freedom becomes equal to no freedom at all.
Therefore the famous feeling of Rousseau that man is born free, yet he
is in chains everywhere is quite true even today. Hence it should be
realized that without freedom nothing worthwhile could be possible on
the earth and so people have to be educated for freedom first before
anything else.
Things Needed
Today it is clearly seen that all sorts of malpractices, favoritism,
nepotism, corruption, conventions, customs and obsolete traditions are
being followed in all the fields of human endeavor whether it is
education or judiciary, politics or bureaucracy, religion or society,
etc. crippling the developmental activities of the people. So, it is
necessary that everything has to be corrected, reoriented and reformed
in order to allow healthy developments of the world to go on smoothly
and congenially satisfying the sincere, good and honest people of the
world. Hence it is the duty of intellectuals and writers to analyze all
the matters concerning human life, bring out the best things and truth
in them and suggest suitable solutions for all the problems therein
paving the way for a better world and in this way do a noble service to
mankind.
Human Nature Not Changed
Science and technology have undoubtedly modernized the nations of the
world. In the modern world political, economic and social changes have
civilized many nations and because of these changes, cultures of the
world have also changed but man has not still changed. People still
think about the same old questions such as what life is; how life has to
be lived in the world; and what is called justice in life. Though the
questions look to be simple, yet it is difficult to give convincing
answers today in the modern world.
Justice in Life
Indeed joys and sorrows constitute human life. To live a good life one
should have good knowledge of one’s self, others, world, Universe and
God, then one should earn wealth according to one’s knowledge and
interest and enjoy all possible pleasures of the world; then one should
give all the emotional, intellectual and material gains to others to
enjoy the benefits and finally prepare oneself spiritually to die
peacefully allowing the soul to travel freely to the other world of
perfect peace. That is called a just life in the normal circumstances.
Living according to justice seeking truth is the best way of life. But
today how many hurdles are there on the path of justice making every
good citizen almost impossible to go according to justice in the present
world?
Man as Free Bird
Man wants to be as free as a bird and want to do as he likes beautiful,
good and great things without harming anyone in the world. This is the
eternal dream of man for which he has been creating or inventing so many
things with new and new ideas and makes realities many of his good
dreams and goes on in that direction forever and ever. Also, he dreams
so many things, gets ideas to realize them, but realities may be
contrary or different too! That is another thing. But whatever be the
thing man should live as man. That is where his happiness, peace and
satisfaction lie. Otherwise, he will be some other thing which has to be
changed. That is what has to be discussed at length in particular.
Machine-beast-men and Inhuman
Creatures
The advancements in science and technology have increased interest in
materialism overshadowing human values in such a way that man works as
machine, lives as animal and has become a machine-beast-man in the
advanced countries and because of too much politics in all walks of life
man has become as inhuman creature in the underdeveloped and developing
countries of the world. In this situation, he has destroyed not only art
and culture but also destroying Nature which is equal to the destruction
of human race itself. Therefore, the dream of humanism prevailing over
the world affairs of men seems to be the best panacea for the malaise of
man. For this too Nature only seems to give the ideas necessary to
fulfill this dream. To solve all the problems of men, creation of one
world can be the final necessity. Therefore the dream of preserving
Nature, developing humanism and creating one world for making this world
a better place to live, ideas from Nature have to be used to make these
dreams into realities.
Nothing is Impossible
In Napoleon’s dictionary there was no word called impossible; what was
impossible is possible and what is impossible will be possible – was the
motto of Napoleon. Man makes possible the impossible things and gets
satisfaction in his dreams and imaginary works for the present; and
hopes that they would be materialized successfully and realized actually
in the future! Even Einstein believes that imagination is more important
than intelligence. In fact man lives two lives – one for his Self and
one for his Dreams. Life without dreams is uninteresting and impossible
to live. To satisfy himself he dreams and to fulfill his dreams he pays
heavy price in life because desires, dreams and visions make him active
and make life worth living in this world.
Nature the Best Friend
Nature is simply the living scientific art revealing the philosophy of
life. There is beauty everywhere. There is truth hidden in everything.
There is manifestation of love in all their activities. Naturally Nature
is the friend, philosopher and guide to man. So, man gets inspiration,
ideas and encouragement directly from nature. Being a part of it he
imitates nature and tries to overcome the whole! For all the living
beings – fish, fowl and flower there is birth, growth, decay and death.
So also it is the same for man too. There is direct regeneration for
plants, but, for animals and man perhaps there are rebirths of different
kind, which needs to be studied further to have a correct conclusion.
But the cycle of life goes on in the same way for all living beings.
Culture for Humanism
The duration of life between birth and death is unknown. But within the
life how best one can live is the wise thing one can aim at. For that,
the only best way to follow is culture. Based on experience and
knowledge the system we follow to live with good manners and morality
can simply be called as culture which includes love of Nature, music and
books cherished in humanism aiming perfection in thoughts, words and
deeds. Even civilization without the basis of culture is unreliable.
That is why modern civilization has made human life proceed in fear and
anxiety in the performance of things, increased dangers deadly hazardous
to health and driven the world to the brink of savagery and destruction.
Religion may make a cultured person a divine being but culture teaches
tolerance, patience, hospitality and unity in diversity and converts a
brute into a human being because of its humanism which is what most
needed today in the world. Further, for all the problems of the world we
can say that the ultimate solution is the creation of one world through
culture.
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Education
does not end in schools and colleges but continues in life and work in
the outside world. Actually real education begins when one comes out of
the portals of schools and colleges to Nature, arts, science and so on.
Whether one is educated or not most of the time is used for the
day-to-day activities which produce only monotony, frustration,
depression and so on. It is not enough to spend one’s life in mundane
things only which would certainly make the world too much to live for
everyone. Each one should use the special power that lies within to
explore the nature of things that exists everywhere and enquire the
principles or the truth behind them so that the helplessness of man or
the ills of human beings can be overcome. There are so many interesting
things in life which man has to pay attention to. Unless such an attempt
is made social problems cannot be solved.
