Life
is moving now in jet speed. It is unimaginatively hard to keep pace with this
speed. Practically speaking, everyone is running as fast as he can to face the
challenges of life. That life is a great pleasure to enjoy is a bygone
conclusion. The definition of life is at present radically changed because the
concept of life is always changing its complexion and dimension. The elements
that beautify a life are now waning out in momentum. It is not an exaggeration
to comment that life is becoming robotized in the whirlpool of complexity. The
way the meaning of life is changing in the streak plate of life, we are
becoming both perplexed and outwitted to find out the true definition of life.
We are forgetting that the cordial as well as understanding base relationship
between man to man discloses the meaning of life in total fragrance. If we are
debarred from emotion, feelings, sentiments, moral understanding and so on in
relation with good senses and qualities we will never be able to build up human
bonding and in absence of it a life becomes completely meaningless.
Sharing
joy and grief with others in equal proportion is the true essence of life and
when it comes into being meanness and narrowness find a suitable berth in a banishing
island. It requires investment of time for others in greater orientation. It
has now become a common understanding that there runs extreme paucity of time because
we are always out of breath to face the challenges of life, always changing the
resultant combination of factors and components. By courtesy of science and
technology we get everything readymade, if we so try. So, the logic that time
is very short stands untenable. Naturally there exist certain valid questions
in our mind and the relevancy of those questions can never be ruled out
willingly or unwillingly. Well, let the question of paucity of time be placed
in the shelf temporarily for some obvious discussions in due pertinence.
Man
is the architect of modern civilization. But it is not a quick fix. Investment
of enough time has made it possible where collective effort of human being
should definitely be taken into account in top priority. We are all society
bound. We can never overrule the social code of conduct and it is time which
has taught us this. Society or sociability is absolutely conceptual. It is to
be felt and the understood. The fundamental characteristics of a society can be
clarifies as down noted;-
·
A SOCIETY IS
A GROUP OF SENTIMENT BEINGS.
·
A SOCIETY IS
THE SUM TOTAL OF MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP OF HUMAN BEING.
·
A SOCIETY
CAN BE DEFINED BOTH ELABORATELY AND CONDUCIVELY.
·
A SOCIETY
CAN BE DEFINED BOTH IN TERMS OF COOPERATION AND CONTRADICTION.
Both
cooperation and contradiction is well marked in a society. But a society runs
in peril when contradiction triumphs over cooperation. In today’s world
contradictions with no such dialectical approach are very much exposed in full
command. Naturally alienating trends coupled with divisive outlets are gaining
momentum. We express our reservation to maintain a healthy relation even to our
next door neighbour. On the other hand we try to dominate him in terms of
money, influence and other elementary factors. It gears up mental tussle to
destabilize mental equilibrium. Without perfect analysis of our capacity and
capability we are becoming the participants of rat race competition. As the
resultant consequences; our morality, sense of human understanding, noble
senses and sentiments are gradually going down to abysmal state. We are
forgetting our traditional culture what elates us. Without keeping intact the
maintenance elements of our cultural elements and components we are plunging
into self development practice. We are strangely mortgaging our likings and
pleasure to changing circumstances what turn us senseless human robot. A robot
does have no intelligence and spontaneity. It acts according to instruction. It
does not have any individual style to perform. It always acts as a dancing
puppet or slave. The culture what does not give birth creativity and
innovativeness is a meaningless culture. What is the sense of being the
propagator of that culture? It is the beginning of new destruction.
A
culture is better concerned with the utility and usage of the products being
invented by man. E.B.Taylor, the writer of the book “PRIMITIVE CULTURE” has
elaborately defined culture in this way :- “CULTURE IS THAT COMPLEX WHOLE WHICH
INCLUDES KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS, ARTS, MORALS LAW, CUSTOM AND ANY OTHER
CAPABILITIES AND HABITS BY A MAN AS A MEMBER.” From this angle of vision it can
be inferred explicitly without any crisis to transparency that the sum total
activities of human being is called culture and none of us can survive without
a specific cultural trend to follow. Or more in a easier way; a man who
struggles hard to remain alive honestly with society compatible phenomenon
being undisturbed is his own culture. But one thing should always be kept in
mind that no cultural trend should be indulged what shatters the basic
principles of a society. For the interest of the generation to come it is our
fundamental duty to exhibit a society liable to nurse the basic senses of goodness
in culture.
We
can never hand over a society to the future generation what will eat away their
possibilities and capabilities. It is the peremptory duty and responsibility of
ours to hand over a new world to the future generation and we are obliged to
this commitment, failing which History will never forgive us. Here stands the
relevance of the question of sociability. It is the auxiliary force that builds
up our personality to perfect identification. In consideration of the above we
should take into account the environmental scenario with much importance
because it shapes up the mental setup of a man living inside the boundary of
that environmental society. That is why environment of the society and that
society bound culture are intermingled with each other. An ordinary one can
never be transformed to an extraordinary man unless environment is congenial.
Again pedigree or genetic components is equally to be considered. To think with
a difference is a factor always being fueled by family background. A boy of
strong family background can go down up to that level where from possibility of
return is well ensured. Without one or two exceptional cases he can never go to
the litterbin. It is because; his family heritage always haunts him and his
conscience does not allow him to do a thing what is grossly immoral.
If
we want to retrieve our glorified cultural trend principles of relationship are
definitely to be permutated on the basis of reality. Here sense of cooperation
is very much important. “COOPERATION IS THE CONTINUOUS AND COMMON ENDEAVOUR OF
TWO OR MORE PERSONS TO PERFORM A TASK OR TO REACH A GOAL THAT IS COMMONLY
CHERISHED” – it is thus commented by a social thinker. But one thing is
definitely to be kept in mind that sense of cooperation can hardly be promoted
if the goal is same. Taking the common objective as the base the close
psychological intimacy can set up a cooperation standing on moral attachment. Many
of us are under the opinion that our culture has lost its originality and
continuity. Keeping aside the motion of debate; if we want to restore the lost
cultural heritage we are supposed to be up and doing to build up a mentality
and need for restoration. Leaving aside the mechanized world we should come
down close to the soil of the earth. This soil helps us to teach the main
stream of culture, not an infertile one.
To
let one know the characteristics of the soil the fundamental work is supposed
to be initiated from the very early stage. Education should not be a burden to
the children. Spring without colourful flowers is not longed for because the
beauty of spring is the gone. Similarly if the objective of education is not
clear to the children the purpose of education is eliminated from the root.
Education does not aim at to work for individual good. We should always keep it
in our mind that the individual betterment remains always unreachable if the
concept of collective betterment is sidelined. To give priority to the institutional
education does not qualify education in the true sense of the term. It promotes
rat race competition and it always subscribes individual interest only where
question of collectivity is always outthought. It also kills our spirit to
protest against social ills and vices. As we are all society-bound elements no
betterment is made ever possible if the society itself suffers from viral
contamination of poisonous instincts. So it is the million dollar question
today how we can protect the decomposition of human senses and understanding.
Is
there any qualified sense to remain alive sending self-taught education and
culture in permanent exile? Is there any value to play ducks and drakes with
the main stream of education? How can we define a man? A man must have senses
and prestige in even proportionate blending. It is the flow of main stream of
culture that builds up a man in perfect shape. A life alienated from art and
culture does never qualify a man considering all senses of human being. It is
the fossil of a man. Collective thinking and commonness are the fundamental
elements of us to be qualified as a man in true senses. This education is not a
readymade achievement. It is the culture to be practised from the very
beginning because it is a time consuming factor. We are to belief that ‘WE ARE
ON THE SAME BOAT BROTHERS.” A relentless self-searching and self-analysis can
only motivate us to be a complete man with pin-point precision. It is now time
to take oath that avoiding all the restrictions and pessimism of life we should
always sing the songs of life at the sense of any argument and we should pay
honour to our traditional culture. Here lies the justifiability of human life.
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