Saturday, May 31, 2008

Good to be bad

Sometimes I feel that there is a looooot of good in being bad. Let me explain. In society it is very tough to be good. Very early on you have to decide for yourself whether you really want to be good. Lets say there are two people A and B. A always wants to be good for B. It is definitely not easy for A. A keeps doing things to make B happy. Sometimes, probably a lot of times manipulates things just because B cannot tolerate. B keeps thinking that A is the best and A is very good. But the problem is A cannot think about herself/himself that he/she is very good. A's life keeps deteriorating. Just because A is very much inclined to the idea that B should always think of A as good, A is not feeling good about himself/herself. This can happen between two people of any gender in the society.

We are so much inclined to the idea(actually spoiled by the idea) "of being good" in our society. We are not feeling good about our own selves which is the most important thing in life. But let us say that, if suddenly things change and in the above story and B somehow felt that A is bad and A realised that she/he could not do anything to recover from that. Then see what happens. A actually will be freed from so many things. He/she starts feeling good about himself/herself, starts feeling original, as what they truly are. Manipulation towards the one person has reduced, which is very good. No more pressure to cling to the idea of being good. Their originality will come out. Stopping every idea of being good will actually make the person more and more original. The more you come out of this, the more free you are.

There has been so much, pressure on everyone in our society that you should be good to your parents, spouse, children, teachers, relatives, friends etc. This imposing and people accepting the idea has created so many problems. Being original is much better than being good. But if "you are very true" which is nothing but being original, being truthful and may not be being good, there is no pressure. You can do whatever you want. You need not impress anyone. You need not be good to anyone. In the process of being original, if someone likes you let it be, if someone doesn't like you so be it. Let the idea of being good not create a lot of pressure in your life. Its soo good in being bad. Let it start with bad. Let it be original and NOT GOOD. By and by you can see that everything will be original and finally truth(which is beyond good or bad).

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