Victory in the overall scheme of things is of righteousness and of an order which is moral in character. If it wasn’t, the history of the globe and humanity would have been different. We can manipulate to the fullest and be accountable to the least; the will of the larger cosmic order will prevail
Whether we like it or not, we need each other. Indeed, Homo sapiens, it is agreed, cannot survive in solitude. Yet, dealing with each other is often a pain unmitigated. That however, has not prevented anyone from experimenting.
Sometimes one can wonder as to why man is taken to be a thinking animal. One wonders what kind of thoughts makes one travel over the same path of error over and over again.
Consider the act of being in love. Almost everyone has tried his hand at this emotion and almost everyone has gone through the same let-downs and the same heartaches. That has not prevented anyone from going through the next round of experimentation. love and emotion is only the more visible and demonstrable set of human sentiments. There are larger numbers of other emotions including anger, envy, jealousy, gluttony — and the list can be endless. The model of action, response and learning remains remarkably similar in all emotions.
This model can be extended beyond the life span of individuals, societies and generations. Across the millennia people have said the same things in love, anger, hate and more. Sometimes, one wonders whether there is any cumulative human learning, and if so, what it totals up to.
One can understand that learning and the value-addition procedure is the domain of science and technology and even in mathematics, where the upgradation and the application of principles get increasingly enriched and progressively more dependable. Behaviour is another domain al together. Hence the basic question remains: Where do we go from hereIJ
Each individual is a separate script, each individual has his own symbols of expression, each individual has his own values of right and wrong. Each individual considers himself to be the smartest of all. There are very few exceptions to the generalisation.
In confirmation of this cliques and faction are formed and personal strategies laid down. Some of us are more gifted in reading such behaviour and adapting to it. Some of us are not as adept. The laurels are often collected by people who are able to successfully conceal their real emotions and are able to strike the chord the situation demands.
If all individual or group behaviour could be so easily programmed, the path to behavioural success would be simple. There would be coaching, training and operational universities in this domain. There are such institutions but without certification of predictive validity. They are fiddling with wires in the dark.
People handle conflict and emotions by techniques ranging from withdrawal to violence. Napoleon Bonaparte, the strategist, is reported to have stated that surprise is one of the biggest ingredients of conflict resolution. When this is laced up with treachery, concealment and rigorous planning, the ‘goddess’ of success could smile.
Smarter and more ruthless personalities are born, and they undo the successful people of yesteryears by applying techniques and methodology of the preceding victors. The chain goes on.
The smarter leader of the currently dominating generation is more often than not betrayed by his own cohorts who want to be leaders. Other fatal errors are made. In an emotionally weak movement or out of smugness, the leader lets his defences down and is demolished.
Most of all, it is soulful to realise that victory in the overall scheme of things is of righteousness and of an order which is moral in character. If this was not so, the history of the globe and humanity would have been different.
The will of the larger cosmic order exists and that will ultimately decide — not over a year, not for a decade, but in its own time.