You can pierce through complexity only when you are seasoned. To see through the veils is not an easy job. Who is able to recognize that religions are similar? Only a knowledgeable person can. Not everyone can see the same human being in a crowd of rich and poor. God resides in all beings. This is the most common and similar characteristic.
Differences come when we cannot see the common thread in all of us. Jinnah perhaps failed to see the common thread too. Hence, he became obsessed with the idea of being different and demanded a separate state. Life can be extremely simple only if we wish. The fights, differences arise when we feel different. Few riches, few books, few goods, few awards make
us feel different. But you are the same speck of dust that you were.
How does it matter what language one communicates with? Words of wisdom retain their essence whether explained in English or Hindi. A lot of wisdom do not reach wider audience or not given due attention because the thinker does not know English. Not really an ideal situation! A kind of veil I wrote in the beginning.
Fashion is another form of veil. It is not fashionable to explore history to learn from saints who were more connected with soil than we are or will ever be. It is not fashionable to be simple. Simplicity is, most of the time, mistaken as ignorance of fashion by those who cannot lift the veil. Look around to see everywhere, we all need water, air, space, shelter, etc – humans or animals. East or west, north or south, we have more in common than otherwise.
It is useless to pretend to be different. How great can you get? How big can you become? You can’t live without air on which you have no control. I have never really understood why it is difficult to understand such a simple thing!
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