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 ?