As I learn more about various parts of elephant of reality, i realize how everybody else is so focussed only on their part of reality. I've met so many people in recent times whom I admired or looked upto, only to realize that all of them are looking at one part of elephant and assuming it to be the only reality. It scares me !
It scares me because I don't want to be like that. I can't imagine a more dangerous situation than not knowing complete reality and yet not realizing it. I can't imagine how detrimental it'll be to assume that what I know is the right thing and everything else is wrong ! (to be polite, "less right" )
But that's what is happening.
What scares me even more is that all these people are very introspective and reflective and yet they do not realize their flaw in understanding reality. Could it be me ? At this moment, assuming my reality to be complete ? It scares me ! Makes me more wary !
How do I see the elephant in its fullness ? This is one key question in my life right now.
There is another thought, I am learning that our mind is actually a problem solving or question answering machine ! It has immense capacity. We give it a question and if we persist with it , we are sure to get the answer. So many scientist, researchers, monks, managers, leaders have persisited with their quest and their mind (using it broadly including experience, thoughts and intution) found the answer.
So, the bottomline is "if we have a question and we persist, we will find an answer". This brings to the second part, "what question do I want to persist with ? "
To find a solution to "education" and problem of schooling ?
to find a solution to social issues of our world ?
To find the reality of our world and my being ?
Which is the question, is my question !
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