Individually challenged

Like that “physically challenged” ( a polished & less-hurting name for handicapped people), a question that I came across seemed to challenge the ‘individuality’ of individuals!

We have awards for individual excellence, at work places for motivation, at political levels to highlight performers, and so on. (It is almost ritualistic, most of the times, when the awardees attribute their individual success to teamwork! Beyond the mumbling of those few words of ‘humility’ gesture, no thought is given to the constituents of our individuality.)

In a world where there is a rat race for the top slot in almost every field, we seem to lose track of the main concept of that individuality. We are driven by the situation, circumstances, and the goals set by materialistic society. When I said driven, I am tempted to compare our over-cluttered mind, with no scope for ‘our’ control over it, to that joke… A person trying to enter an overcrowded bus was being pushed away by the “out-standing” people hanging by the foot-board. When he still insisted on gaining entry, they asked him “what is so special about you, that you insist thus to enter in this crowd?”. He humbly appealed to them saying “But I am the driver of this bus!”. Our mind allows no space to us to reach the driver’s seat!

This question seemed a welcome variation amidst the clamor for individuality, and tips seeking help to reach that ‘unique-ness-slot’.

At least this time, the asker seemed to get what he wanted!

Indivisible regards,
Psn(14th June, 2010)

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100608042854AAd0Evf

Is anyone really an individual?

My answer:
"Really" speaking, we are perhaps 'indivisibles'(and not individuals!).We are so deeply inter-dependent with everything and everyone around, that we have very little of our own to call it an 'individuality'. Now-a-days, that idiot box decides what we should be thinking about most of the time! The whole crap contained in the memory came from outside. And keeping it aside, we are just 'walking' vegetables. Most of our actions are 'prescribed'. It is almost like a 'baton-race' where we carry the baton for a while, to be handed over to next generation. Even that seems a great struggle now, when we have spoiled the ecology so badly!