I was once bitten by a mad dog....starved and filthy and ugly. so obviously i had to take all the anti rabies injections. every time i used to go for those injections i used to say to the nurse......goddamn that bludy idiot dog....what the hell did i do to it? cud it not get anyone else to bite? WHY ME...? the nurse said something that i already knew..."o c'mon, it is itself infected with rabies that makes the dogs aggressive and they are forced to bite. they dont distinguish. sometimes they bite themselves too."
while i was returning home, her words about an obvious fact were echoing in my head and then it suddenly dawned upon me like.....BINGO...THAAAAAT'S IT. i realised that our human society is also a jungle having all sorts of human-animals. we have cunning foxes, creepy snakes, domineering lions, opportunistic hyenas, funny monkeys, mediocre sheeps, solitary scorpions...........the list goes on. i call this human biodiversity. now, if i am walking in a jungle and i find a snake, a poisonous one, what will i do? I WONT BLAME THE SNAKE FOR BEING POISONOUS AND AGGRESSIVE. it is what god made it. i wont have that complaint even if it bit me. all i wud say then wud be..."o hell....I SHUD HAVE BEEN BE MORE CAUTIOUS." i wud also not go into a chronic state of depression and guilt as to......"o my god.....i am such a careless person.....i am a fool....i am good for nothing....etc etc..."
SO WHAT WILL I BE THINKING IN THAT MOMENT...?
i will be thinking that the snake bit me BECAUSE.........it bit me. THAAAAAAT'S IT. full stop. period. i cannot blame the snake. i cannot blame myself. all i can do is to be a bit more cautious in the future. KNOW beforehand as to WHAT i am dealing with.....and then think, expect and behave accordingly.
Hence, i took the whole idea and superimposed it in my behaviour towards people around me. I found that many a times i have tried to kiss snakes and pat hungry lions.....and obviously had disastrous consequences. No matter how absurd it may seem to u now, trust me, we all do it. Hence, i concluded, that in future if i am dealing with a snake, and it is indispensable, i will maintain a safe distance. If i have a rabbit, i will pat it, kiss it, cuddle it in my lap and shower all my love on it. I also realised that until then i have had a sense of tolerance to the way people were. Now i had acceptance.....the way i had acceptance for the way any animal was. what's the difference? well, if i were to be tolerant towards the animals, it would mean that even after knowing that i have a snake with me upfront, i continue to complain about the way it is, i continue to kiss it, continue getting bitten by it, and yet, somehow, manage to live with all this.....this is tolerance. Once i know that it is a snake.....i wud accept it to be the way it is....(poisonous and lethal) coz that's the way IT IS .....that's the way god made it and wants it to be........and,hell, i will surely keep a safe distance. It is up to me to figure out a way to deal with a particular type of person standing in front of me. It is MY responsibility.
This concept also helped me in forgiving people for their apparently "unforgivable sins". I also found that in order to forgive others, first I had to learn to forgive myself. I found that in life, whatever happens, just happens, because it has already happened. As today's young generation says in their obscene slang..."Shit happens". :)
TODAY......I AM AT PEACE.....WITH MYSELF......AND WITH EVERYONE AROUND ME.....HUMAN OR ANIMAL.
while i was returning home, her words about an obvious fact were echoing in my head and then it suddenly dawned upon me like.....BINGO...THAAAAAT'S IT. i realised that our human society is also a jungle having all sorts of human-animals. we have cunning foxes, creepy snakes, domineering lions, opportunistic hyenas, funny monkeys, mediocre sheeps, solitary scorpions...........the list goes on. i call this human biodiversity. now, if i am walking in a jungle and i find a snake, a poisonous one, what will i do? I WONT BLAME THE SNAKE FOR BEING POISONOUS AND AGGRESSIVE. it is what god made it. i wont have that complaint even if it bit me. all i wud say then wud be..."o hell....I SHUD HAVE BEEN BE MORE CAUTIOUS." i wud also not go into a chronic state of depression and guilt as to......"o my god.....i am such a careless person.....i am a fool....i am good for nothing....etc etc..."
SO WHAT WILL I BE THINKING IN THAT MOMENT...?
i will be thinking that the snake bit me BECAUSE.........it bit me. THAAAAAAT'S IT. full stop. period. i cannot blame the snake. i cannot blame myself. all i can do is to be a bit more cautious in the future. KNOW beforehand as to WHAT i am dealing with.....and then think, expect and behave accordingly.
Hence, i took the whole idea and superimposed it in my behaviour towards people around me. I found that many a times i have tried to kiss snakes and pat hungry lions.....and obviously had disastrous consequences. No matter how absurd it may seem to u now, trust me, we all do it. Hence, i concluded, that in future if i am dealing with a snake, and it is indispensable, i will maintain a safe distance. If i have a rabbit, i will pat it, kiss it, cuddle it in my lap and shower all my love on it. I also realised that until then i have had a sense of tolerance to the way people were. Now i had acceptance.....the way i had acceptance for the way any animal was. what's the difference? well, if i were to be tolerant towards the animals, it would mean that even after knowing that i have a snake with me upfront, i continue to complain about the way it is, i continue to kiss it, continue getting bitten by it, and yet, somehow, manage to live with all this.....this is tolerance. Once i know that it is a snake.....i wud accept it to be the way it is....(poisonous and lethal) coz that's the way IT IS .....that's the way god made it and wants it to be........and,hell, i will surely keep a safe distance. It is up to me to figure out a way to deal with a particular type of person standing in front of me. It is MY responsibility.
This concept also helped me in forgiving people for their apparently "unforgivable sins". I also found that in order to forgive others, first I had to learn to forgive myself. I found that in life, whatever happens, just happens, because it has already happened. As today's young generation says in their obscene slang..."Shit happens". :)
TODAY......I AM AT PEACE.....WITH MYSELF......AND WITH EVERYONE AROUND ME.....HUMAN OR ANIMAL.
