Point of View - 2

 

(Further to Point of View - 1)

These windows could very well be the mental state of two 13-14 year old boys or girls sitting in the same class.

One could have seen a hot movie on the 52" television in his personal bedroom (apparently hailing from a well to do family). To his credit though, he could be quite ingenious and innovative in imagining himself in the adjoining room with the girl of his dreams (or in the movie)

The other chap, was studying the whole of last evening, didn't sleep till 2am , unnecessarily received two slaps from his drunkard father and is thus driven to study and build a better life for his mother. Not from a very "cultured" family, you see.

Being in the same room does not get them the same lives and backgrounds, least of all same thoughts. But then this is no news for anyone.

However, the benefit of being able to see two different activities for two similarly placed people does suggest that we can try and implement the same when we are communicating with anyone besides ourselves.

In other words, there can never be a single point of view to take for granted. Every view with a different brain behind it has precisely that : A different brain working out of a different lifetime of experiences.

To me that poses a whole lot of questions and combinations :

• Should I be worried about other's point of view at all , since there is no single "other" (Please all attitude) ?
• Can I master my point of view to encompass everyone's point of view ( advanced version of above - know all to please all )
• What do I get by knowing everyone's point of view ?

..................etc.

 

Obviously, I do not have answers to all of these, but I do have a theory developing itself to answer the above and likes.

To be put in details later but the basis of this theory lies in the fact that the world is what I know (belief being different from knowledge) it is.

Thus, if I do not have any one else's point of view in consideration, then mine is the one that matters and is correct.

Conversely, if what matters to me is anyone else's outlook, then my actions and life will be driven not by me but by others, and I spend my life walking as many tightrope's as people who matter.

 

If you've read this far, why not write back and let me know your thoughts ?

Point of View - 1

"Udhar dekh" (Look there) Vishnu said.
I looked at the window that he was pointing to in the building across the parking. There was a young couple, in a semi-embrace, making out.

It was more than a smile that came to my lips as I looked at the couple for a few minutes, weaving through other similar memories in my mind.
I generally glanced at the other window besides the first one and looking at the classroom there realised that the floor was being used as some kind of a school or college.

My smile was replaced with a grin as I realised that the unique view that we were enjoying.
From where we stood, we could see a room full of intellectual knowledge exchange and no baser instincts visible. (Although I bet the Indian guy sitting there was totally checking out the blonde diagonally ahead of him)

For all we knew, people in this room might as well be having some biology lessons, oblivious to the fact that there was a biology practical of a kind being executed in the room besides them.

In the other room, all that was visible was love and passion.
Again, for all we knew, the couple making out was least bothered about the people in the adjoining room and the nuances of hormones.
They would be more mindful of the romance in the air, the fun and adventure in the moment. They might be conscious of any footsteps out of the door and the steps they had taken towards some kind of an emotional (long or short) future.

The irony which made me smile, this was all contained and separated by thin walls, segregating their two small worlds but allowing us to see them as cross sections, owing to the angle we had ! A different viewpoint that is.

How does that relate to the point of view that we maintain with us and the mental block that we have?
Does it say something about people who advise us claiming they have an "expert opinion”?


I intend to express my thoughts on it. Do write if you feel likewise.