Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Chief Justice within us

Many believe that God created man in His image. There is also popular belief that God judges each soul based on his actions or karma. There is also another popular belief that god is within us.

Forming a mash up of all these beliefs, a lot of us have come up with the new concept of being the judge ourselves and judge every person on the face of this earth.

The most recent case of this obsession to judge is Sachin's hundredth 100. Expert advices from non cricketing professionals about Sachin's game, his dedication, selfishness etc.

The most ridiculous ones... 'he's playing for his record' , 'Sachin thinking about his 100 is affecting his game'

This is where my problem lies. Would any one accept a similar criticism if a friend or a stranger comes up and says 'you dont enjoy your job, you must retire'. Won't we tell him to shove that thought up his *** and mind his business?

Sachin's case is just an example of how most of us approach lives. We try to judge everyone around us. We form opinions, polarised views with almost no sufficient data about the other person. It's a no brainer that judging others is not going to make your life any better. Yet we do it.

I believe life would be much simpler if we don't judge others and just see one another as individuals going about their lives.