Friday 24 May 2019

Apathy or Over expectations!!

I normally look for information around topics, concepts, issues I come across in daily life, be it professional, social or familial. www has been a great source.

Over period of time, I seem to have developed uncanny ability to hit the most relevant page at the top of Google search. I wonder what else should I do, but seeking knowledge, wisdom, solutions!! Clifton says "Learner" in me is the issue. Some may even say I do not have any other job or work or responsibilities and that is the reason I pass time searching and surfing.

For some time now I have started sharing what I find. I feel that is my responsibility. I have created a broadcast group besides being member of a couple of professional and familial groups. Obviously these groups are ones I share my findings with. Clifton attributes this behavior to "Responsibility" talent theme, I am born with.

So far so good. I am doing what I like to do and what I am good at doing. It does not end there. At my age I should have digested Bhagwat Geeta's Chapter 2, Verse 47,

"कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

अर्थात तेरा कर्म करने में ही अधिकार है, उसके फलों में कभी नहीं। इसलिए तू फल की दृष्टि से कर्म मत कर और न ही ऐसा सोच की फल की आशा के बिना कर्म क्यों करूं | ॥47॥"

As many say, preaching is easy. Practicing is not. I do expect outcomes or at the least acknowledgement.

I have, since the time I started sharing, observed from out of about 100 such recipients, a few and the same few, acknowledge, many of those few appreciate and some of those few discuss. But very large numbers remain unresponsive.

I wonder, have I chosen wrong cause, or wrong groups, or wrong means, or wrong times, or wrong topics?
Or is it that what I consider of interest, does not interest most?
Or do they have other more important or interesting tasks to be engaged in?

I will be worried only if apathy, lack of interest or motivation to improve and excel is the cause. And if so, I am responsible for motivating them to look at what I am sharing, since, as Rigved puts down:

"आ नो भद्रा: क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वत: |"
हमारे लि‍ए (न:) सभी ओर से (वि‍श्‍वत:) कल्‍याणकारी (भद्रा:) वि‍चार (क्रतव:) आयें (आयन्‍तु).
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side. - Rig Veda, I-89-i

3 comments:

  1. When one reads something or come across any other experience, one tries to imbibe it, writing about it helps crystallising the thoughts, for ourselves...may others read or grasp or respond or not. Your writings are always interesting.

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