I had a wonderful professor for teaching that fuzzy logic/concept about Jurisprudence. Sometimes, I did even feel that we the students of a small district headquarters did not deserve such a powerful lecturer. His lectures would have had a wider reach, if he had been teaching at a larger institution, in some metro-city or so. I had to feel contented by ensuring fullest grasp of what ever he taught, and never missing any of his lectures, not mere attendance-wise, but content-wise even. It fetched me good results. But again, it was a total loss, commercially. I never happened to put it to any ‘gainful’ use. He gave wonderful concepts which contributed to my faster inner growth.
He gave simple examples of how ‘power’ corrupts. A local magistrate, he quoted, normally would award a minimum sentence for petty crimes like theft, but when some theft takes place at the house of this magistrate, then, for the next one week he would hand out ‘maximum’ punishment possible under the law! The accused, his lawyer and even the public prosecutor would be left gaping at this abnormal attitude of the judge(quite helplessly, since it would be futile to incur the time, effort and money for an appeal). This is human psychology, the lecturer explained. We have to live with it, and with such people, and with such possibilities.
A mother-in-law is dreaded simply because she has no other place or scope to assert the little power that she ever enjoys in her life. The situation is most convenient. The son has the ‘natural’ weakness for her. All along, she was just an unpaid domestic help slogging for her family, her own mother-in-law, her husband, her children, her in-laws etc. Now is the time to have that ‘feel’ of some power, that little power, left in her. And by the time she becomes a mother-in-law, the ‘invoking of wisdom’ (or even that ‘common-sense’) takes too long a time (the age takes a toll on the response mechanism, like that last lap of 3rd stage of hypothermal state, where a person’s actions are decided only by the last few thought processes preceding that stage). Only the fortunate mothers-in-law retain the wisdom of putting their experience to better use, the purpose of playing a responsible role of an experienced elderly person in a family to shape the destiny of the family to higher levels.
A person who had to struggle to get a promotion, seeks an easy outlet of his/her frustration by setting about to ‘feel’ the magnitude of power acquired by trying it out on harmless innocent subordinates around. Worse is the case of a politician, who is in a great hurry to first recover the large amount spent to get elected, and then to proceed to ensure perpetuation of self and his ‘own’ people on the seat of power.
Even in the movies, when a villain enters a small-arms-shop, and is shown a new weapon, he is tempted to immediately try it on the only available victim, nearest at that time, the helpless salesman! Such is the nature of power. In those fictional stories/movies, a newly acquired boon or power is frittered away, trying it on helpless victims in the vicinity.
Quite often, I struggle to convince people around me that my purpose of arguing is not to demonstrate my ability to outwit the other by using word-power/logic-power. Very few remember that during the first or better half of my life (the ‘power-full’ youth), I mostly remained a bit inconspicuous though right at the hub of life-activity. Even now, the inclination is more towards moving out of the way of others. I have enough within, to keep myself blissfully happy, and most harmlessly peaceful, to others around.
It takes a lot to harness the power than the efforts to acquire it. Benevolent and compassionate spiritual Masters invariably ‘plug’ even the key-hole-views of such powers surging into their disciples, very cautiously, consciously and compassionately. That, the person who causes hurt invariably feels greater pain than the person who receives it, is the painful truth that outlives the hurt-injury or even the scar itself. It is just a question of time.
Well, a youngster asked a question which triggered some thoughts about how it feels when we are reminded of our power (it is already latent in all of us, awaiting to be discovered)! The epic story tells us that this power was capped in the case of Hanuman, who requires to be reminded of his own power, in times of need, by people around Him. The least misuse of power happens usually, in the cases where the muscle power is built up. Big accomplished ‘pehelwans’ (wrestlers) seldom use it on people who are examples of “a straight-line without thickness”.
(with Power-full) Regards,
psn (29th May, 2010)
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Lust for fighting?????
I have practiced boxing and a bit of mma, but never had an actual match (inside the ring, i've had a few outside). Because of this my body aches for a fight. It makes me feel sick how I act, but I can't change it. I will contemplate beating the **** out of people who disrespect me or annoy me. I know its wrong, but I don't know what to do, please help. Thanks
My answer:
The most wonderful part is when you say "I know its wrong". There are yet others who are not so fortunate to even know this, leave alone declaring it courageously! Now, why call it 'wrong', when we can look at it as "it is not needed really, every time". There are many legendary fighters who are adored more for their 'effortless' self-restraint, than their prowess!It is not altogether bad or wrong to feel the 'ache' to fight. It is just that we need to evolve a little more beyond the basic natural instinct of self-preservation/survival. This self-awareness which is quite unique to we humans only, tends to 'overdo' this instinct of self-preservation/survival. It is fortunate that boxers, wrestlers can feel this 'overdoing' much earlier. What about the rich who use money power to harm others needlessly and regret it too late in their life? What about people with high power due to position/designation/authority who misuse the power to satisfy their ego, hurt others, even their country/society/etc and then regret it later (unable to even confess)? That is why the popular saying ""power corrupts".
All we need to do is to look a bit more deeper, when you are reminded (of this 'ache' or this 'wrong'), and reassure that this capability looks better when put to use to defend ourselves, the needy, and the weak against some other 'power-ful' fellow who is yet to realise the correct way to use this power(that is why, even in legendary movies, stories, the hero is portrayed to give many chances to the villain taking a risk of yet another needless confrontation!).
Nice to have you on 'human' side. Thanks. Very best wishes. May you become yet more powerful boxer.
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