...contd....
You
can never understand someone just by looking at their behaviour in couple of
situations. Two acts externally may look similar but one is committed by the
sinner and the other by the Saint. The act doesn’t make them good or bad
people.
Their intention and
reason to act makes it a sin or a noble act.
For
example:
In
situation A, I hit a person because he is not behaving as per my desire/I hit
to get him to do my work/to usurp his belongings/because he insulted me.
In
situation B, I almost killed a person to save a girl’s modesty.
In
situation B, I’ve committed a bigger crime but it is not considered one as the
act is to save a girl’s modesty. There is no personal gain there. Yes, I will
be punished by law of land but in actuality, that girl and others who know the
truth would praise me, thank me and respect me.
Whereas
in situation A though the harm inflicted is less, the crime is bigger as the
intention is wrong. People who know the truth will never respect, trust or
praise me. Of course law may give very small punishment or sometimes no
punishment for such crimes, but that doesn’t mean I am not a criminal when I
commit such crimes.
At
the same time, one can’t argue saying ‘if killing a person is fine to save a
girl’s modesty, killing someone who insults me or troubles me is also right’.
Right example in the wrong place doesn’t justify ‘wrong answer’. One can argue
such cases and even behave like-wise. But it doesn’t become ‘right’.
That’s
all!
In
these situations, if you just look at court’s ruling or look at the acts
committed you would no doubt think Saint to be a sinner and a sinner to be a
Saint. Only when you know the complete picture what you ‘see’ of that person
would be ‘right’. Till then, though you may argue based on facts and figures
that you have, you are never right. Unfortunately, you’ll presume yourselves to
be right when you are completely wrong.
Similarly
acts of great people if seen topically can be interpreted to our whims and
fancies and we can pain them with colour of our choices. It’s just that the
whole exercise would be not only waste but can drive us towards wrong
understanding and thereby effecting our rational thinking altogether – which is
ever so dangerous.
“Man’s
character is tested in a given circumstance ONLY”.
...contd....
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