Reason for Choice

Every person living will have preferences. All that a person comes in contact with might not be preferred equally. The reason for variation is known at times and at times not known. Only saints/aghoras have equal preference to everything.  But being ordinary human beings with little control over the mind, we have varied preferences.

Humans being social animals are living in societies. A human society is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. The society is built on certain principles/traditions that are to be adhered to.

Individuals being brought up in society will follow the basic guide lines of the society that they are part of. In general all societies have a principle of non-nudity. Those who differ with this principle have formed a separate society and made of places or beaches where nudity is permitted. Thus for any society principles are the key.

A free society is one where the all the choices are not imposed on the individuals, it that were the case, then a jail would be a better place to live. Broadly for many societies of humans, holy scriptures have gives the guidelines from the lifestyle, food, business, warfare, etc. People keep challenging the rules but as long as the society accepts there is no problem. But when it reaches beyond a limit the persons are punished. The limit depends from society to society.

The limit of tolerance cannot be universal, and the religions which propagate this universal uniformity of religion will never achieve anything except destruction. The growth of the society happens only when people challenge the existing principles and thrive to improve the lives. The improvement can again be subjective to the individuals of the society.

The choice made and the reasons for it are highly spurious. People tend to think the choices made by them are correct, based on the societal values at the time.  The choices are only correct as long as the people feel that way, and for others the same choice would not be ok.  This is the real beauty of the human life, diversity.

The reasons for the choices made are limited by the knowledge of the person, societal norms. The judgment of the past choices repentance when we have failed, and feel happy when met with success. The society never lets go of the success or failures easily, and the mean is what many follow. Very few societies achieve excellence due to this tendency of being at the mean, which promotes a general mediocrity.

In the end, if I cannot say why I donot eat brinjal or some other vegetable it’s a choice different from the mean?  Some call it foolishness, while I say it’s an unusual choice. When the societal knowledge improves to the extent to understand, may be then can I understand the reason behind it. When Galileo first told, that earth moves around the sun, he was punished. Since such barbarism doesn’t exists today, everyone cay dare to follow the path of his choice. When the society matures enough everyone understands the meaning of our choice and so do we.

The reason for a particular choice may be the fear of the unknown, past experiences, knowledge acquired and in some cases it’s just a gut feeling. The important thing is not what choice we make, but to live with the choice we make and be at peace with ourselves, others and the entire planet.