Confusion

The very word itself is confusing. I still remember, when I heard another name first, before I really allowed the word ‘confusion’ to percolate into me clearly. It was in our History lessons, a great being called “Confucious” happened to visit India. And then, the strange similarity in the pronunciation led me to look at confusion. As a kid, I was wondering, how it would be to undergo that utter confusion. We kids were quite clear about almost anything, then! (The very first few steps into adulthood engulfed the mind into dense clouds of that confusion. Now the search was about what was that root cause of such confusion, not about ‘how does it feel when confused!’

Confusion brings along an intense search for ‘trust’, because mind, by its very nature does not afford any confusion to stay too long! It keeps us uneasy all the time. When ‘trust’ depends on a ‘search’, distrust seems an easy and safe option. (This is where the traditional methods of ‘guidance’ helps a smooth transition through that turbulent stage of life). The turbulence ignited by the puberty causes its own polarization in a undue hurry. The logic seeks crystallization of concepts with undue haste, in its own pursuit of chasing the precious time, to achieve logical actualization of life goals as an insulation against visible uncertainties of survival needs, comforts, and luxuries too. Somewhere in between there is also a subtle query about validity of all these priorities from existential point of view. But that gets buried under the heap of surmounting tangible priorities!

It was a long and arduous journey to reach that point where sliding down does not happen any further.

Any way, the question about who creates ‘more confusion’ brought back the sweet memories of the mind’s journey through several paths (yes, quite simultaneously too).

There was also a confusion about the difference between ‘instinct’ and ‘intuition’. http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnXAPmNg0KEmcg7y7jggEa2RHQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20101225034340AA76JHl Most people decided the possible answers quite instinctively, and missed reference to the subtle ‘intuitive’ capabilities that everyone, as humans, is blessed with!

Psn(30th December, 2010)




http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101228204600AAvQTue
Why/who/how is creating confusion in world ....theist or atheist.?

My answer:
We ourselves.....
neither the the theist or atheist.
It is much convenient to find a scapegoat than take the accountability ourselves...
This confusion is a healthy thing, in fact, only if we just learn to handle it properly. It seems there was a story about Gautama Buddha. In those days, there were experts in just arguing. There job was to argue, confuse, win, and earn.Now one such person became expert in arguing that there was no God. He was a bit aged and got worried, thinking 'What if there is really a God! He wouldn't spare me! All my life I was working only against Him!' ... So to clear this doubt, he visited Buddha in the dark hours, trying to meet him alone. Buddha said 'Yes' to his query. A few disciples over heard it and announced. The same day evening, another person who strongly argued about theism also met with a similar but opposite kind of doubt. To him, Buddha said 'NO'! ...
Now the disciples got confused. The same Buddha saying quite opposite thing the same day?

(Buddha was not at all worried about others branding him this way or that way. His compassion towards fellow beings was great, and he saw greater purpose in invoking the thirst, disallowing the mind to 'settle'! From spiritual point of view, a settled mind is worse than a confused mind, when quietening of the mind is the main aim!)