Unlocking the Grandeur Door of Openness

REALITY - Ah! The 7-letter mayhem that literally causes people to smack their hands onto their foreheads whenever they find something that's diametrically opposite to what they strongly, fiercely, intensely and deeply hold to be sacred and true.

Is that the REAL nature of reality?

First up, the reality (at least as we know it) is only a social construct that is chiseled and sculptured by the particular cultures, geographies, and religions for eons together. What is right in one place is wrong in another though there is yet another right which is the objective right as prescribed by the scriptures and science although the Vedic Scriptures are actual science in its pure and distilled form. 

That being the empirical case, the normal reality is an agreed upon measure by the majority who expects that the Mavericks, Eccentrics, Iconoclasts, and Heretics must necessarily conform to their defined standards in order to have an artificial sense of safety and security for their own survival and descendants. This close-mindedness and reluctance to accept the hard-core reality that no one is the same have resulted in astonishing disparities and intolerances towards those who reject the authority and mandate as set by the greater number of the masses. 

The same insular and parochial thinking is equally applicable to those who defy the larger part of the population as they have the fantastic idea that the better section of the society lives a dull and drab life due to their conventional and traditional mindset when a more dynamic and vibrant is in the offing as you break down the walls of customary narrative and probe into the uncharted and unmapped areas where the secrets are patiently waiting to be discovered. 

I am not making this up. You will understand why I said this by the end of the blog.

When we look through the dazzling prism of science, history has categorically, definitively and decisively shown us that our civilization has logically and gradually moved on to the next step in the evolution by those who dared to look beyond the generally prevalent norms. 

Take for example. Copernicus who rejected the might of The Church when he proposed the Helio-Centric Theory. Likewise, Bruno and Galileo were also at the receiving end of The Inquisition when they failed to comply with the demands of The Church to recant the truth which The Church perceived to be a destabilizing agent of the society.

But, what was the actual truth? Everyone, at least the educated and non pro-Flat Earth Society, knows now that our Earth revolves around the sun.

IMHO, Truth is like the layers of a sedimentary formation. It should be given appropriately to the suitable person at the proper time to have a fitting impact which culminates into the right course of action.

For instance, no one knew that Infra-Red was all around us in the real world until William Herschel discovered their existence which catapulted its occurrence to applications in numerous fields ranging from communication to art to medicine to astronomy. It's not only restricted to IR but also to the person(s) who found that the wheel was a convenient form of transportation millenniums ago which resulted in a radical transformation of the way we lived through the advent of such a superior technology at that point in time.

Discussions and debates are also ready eye-openers when it comes to an agreement with our own conflicting views as long as they are stated and presented in coherent, cogent and compelling manner backed with solid arguments. This doesn't mean that what we previously held was false or untrue or wrong. It just means that there are tonnes of invisible perspectives and secrets which our Mother Earth and Universe has quarantined so that the right person comes along, decodes and threads together the entire cake of life rather than just viewing a slice or a piece of it and falsely thinking that's the actual truth when it is not in the absolute sense.

How does it matter to see the whole tree instead of the branches?

Simple. Let's take Communism, Capitalism, Democracy, and Dictatorship. Everything has got its own pros and cons whether you like/want to acknowledge the elephant in the room or not. 

The advocates of Communism will proclaim that it is superior to all forms of social organization. Similarly, the proponents of other ways will definitely pronounce that theirs is the supreme and the rest is inferior. This can cause a gigantic and unimaginable friction between the warring parties eventually leading to verbal rallies, shouting matches and even deaths in the most extreme fanatic case when the right way is that every practice is as equally great and important as the other and whatever floats one's boats, they can be a part of it instead of resorting to barbaric activities or sledging outbreaks of violence.

This doesn't necessarily mean that an individual ought to be a representative or member of one or the other. Some people can also be unbiased, neutral and objective enough to equally respect every structure with all its flaws knowing very well that no one is perfect yet having the phronesis that achieving perfection is extremely difficult but not impossible as it requires a day-in and day-out perseverance, persistence, determination, and grit to come out with flying colors.

Openness requires a great deal of patience, tolerance, endurance, receptivity, and sensitivity to others which is not only restricted to sharing and transferring ideas but also encompasses all life forms as well to truly appreciate the wonders and marvels of our Cosmos As-Is rather than looking at the reality through tinted glasses and assuming it to be the exact truth.

The rewards of Openness is what propelled the Big Bang out of the single point and transformed us into who we are and what we are now after billions of years of drip-by-drip evolution. Even a child has to be opened from a mother's womb in order to be cared in her tender arms and breathe the fresh air in the world. 

However, the openness should be just enough else the mother will bleed to death, figuratively and literally.

Ultimately, the fruits of engaging with every element of the reality are that it gives you an enriching and fulfilling life that is immensely satisfying to lead a complete life sated with peacefulness and without stress or tension.