Sunday, June 04, 2006
EXISTENTIALISM
May 03, 2007
Sorry friends! for the long wait... but i was on a "world tour of India" because of my Summer Project.
This is going to be a post difficult to understand.... not because it is some high funda stuff, but i've just written as i have felt in my heart... it was also difficult for me to decode these thoughts i had... i want my readers comments on this... here goes...
Compassion... I just cant understand and accept this particular term... Compassion in terms of love for beings around u is understandable, but compassion in form of 'pity' or 'sympathy' - it is a sick concept. The two might seem the same but they are completely different.
By displaying such compassion, people tend to display their sensitivity or "tenderness of heart"... total bullshit!
pick up you individuality, have self respect.. and let the creature u are showing ur sympathy towards (compassionee from here on), have his own individuality and let him retain his self respect...
Just as i'd say, "demand and take what u deserve; nothing less and nothing more", i'd also like to state that let the compassionee of urs take wht he deserves... if he cant or doesn't, thts his problem coz thts wht he deserves... That is the way u are being more kind towards him and u r doin the right thing... because u are offering him an oppurtunity, an oppurtunity of allowing him to gather himself and hold his head up, though he is shattered...
Yes, this also means tht Charity is a crime... A strict no-no for giving alms to a physically fit begger or a tip to a waiter or anything of that sort... yes, help should be rendered to the people who need it (not to be addressed as needy), but only if they are worthy of it...
Well, i was thinking all this when i came across an interesting piece.... Ayn Rand sayz, "I do not consider charity a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty."
The answer lies in "Existentialism"... it is the philosophy that places emphasis on individual existence, freedom, and choice.
All said and done, i recently found myself buying and gifting a few mangoes to some poor kids on the road... a friend asked me howz this is justified with ur disbeleif in charity... well, these 5 year olds deserved it.. they might not have tasted fruits in their life and rest of their childhood would pass without them.... even here thr is a problem... such reptitive actions would make these kids into weak adults, who will live on gaining sympathies all their lives....
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into this world, he is responsible for everything he does."
Jean Paul Sartre
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Hey Sazeal,
I agree with u !! From ur profile at orkut, I found that u have read the Fountain Head by Ayn Rand. In reference to that, I would like to mention that to always help a man in his task, will make a "Peter Keating" out of him.
If u help a butterfly to come out of its cocoon,of its catterpillar stage, it will not be able to fly for the rest of its life, as it has not struggeled or gained power in its wings that will make it able to fly !!
One must have the power to exist!!
Good write-up!! Keep up the good work !!
Posted by: Drushti | Sunday, June 04, 2006
good work mate! keep up the good work! if not tapmi, such works will help you exist in this big bad world..
Posted by: Parasharan | Tuesday, June 06, 2006
while on the subject of existentialism, i wonder if u've read Albert Camus' "The Outsider" which speaks of the protagonist's existential angst. its a great read. all about how non-conformism with societal norms and mores leads to exclusion and excommunication from a community which does not set much store by individualism and personal freedom.
ur blog was a good read, though. make sure the mba education does nothing to suppress the creative streak !
steve wozniak said in an interview, that education kills innovation ! this coming from the co-founder of apple !
Posted by: lakshmi menon | Tuesday, June 06, 2006
hi...
if i am not wrong yours is the only blog from Tapmi.plz update it regularly atleast.:)
Posted by: Vasundhara Navlay | Monday, August 07, 2006
Compassion is :
Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.
This is what Bhagwad Gita says:
Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
Well I got what u wanted to say about compassion. And I agree to some extent.
But Do read the message of Bhagwad gita.
It says a lot about it.
ANd I could not make much out of your concept of existenialism.
Plz try to elaborate a bit if possible
Posted by: Manan Gandhi | Monday, August 07, 2006
hey sazeal,
this is the first post i read on your blog... but believe me, now im compelled to read all the remaining ones...
i totally support your point of views... we need howard roarks in this world not peter keatings...
keep up the good work and excuse me.. i have to read all the other posts :)
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Posted by: Anna Emilie | Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hi Sazeal!
I`m looking for the copyrights of the picture, which linked me to your website from Google.
(www.isical.ac.in/~malapati_r/hunger.jpg)
Can you please give me some further information about it?
That would be very nice!
Sincerely
Icke
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