Intensive reading rather than extensive reading is exploratory in nature.
Thirty years back when I first came across a hoarding which read "a sage who walks alone" I attended J.K."s first meeting.He was a genius of geniuses.When i could connect to him not logically or intellectually
but really my life changed. I could reach him at his terms. That is it. Inferiority and superiority both extreme states of mind dissolved into nothing. he said "You are the World" And I became the world.
The very famous allegory of "Cave Man" by Plato comes into mind which I wish to share with readers.
Men who are chained to unreviewed convictions values prejudices and ideologies are like human beings
facing the wall of the cave who have never turned to the entrance of the cave and so has never witnessed
the light of the day!
They only see the shadows of reality and the voices they hear are echoes.
If one such prisoner of circumstances is led out of the cave into the broad day light of the sun first thing that happens for him is inner resistance.
Finally if he is enabled to see the whole new world he transorms into a different person though outwardly he looks the same for the fellow human beings.
Imagine if that one person who is mentally liberated has to descend back into the cave!
What great difficulty he has to surmount to get accustomed to darkness of the cave.
No doubt he will be a subject of ridicule and scorn!
In a world of crumbling truths where all generalisaions and commonly accepted definitions of success justice and morality original thinking is the beaconlight and a torch bearer and he lives for this worthy cause.
Let him give the final word!
It was a pleasure reading this article uncle. It reminded me of the pain and the agony of a prisoner in solitary confinement. It is a glorious life outside, in the world where we see the light of new thoughts. Solitary confinement seems to be a punishment. Definitely it is. The person or the prisoner is kept in a cell all to himself. It can be used to his advantage as well as a disadvantage. The way he perceives it matters most. Being alone lets me think of new things, to look into myself and wonder of what i am. To a prisoner, it is a time to look back at what he has done to be in such a state. He can either sit and mourn for his life, Build up his inner rage or See his time and move on thus allowing only the person to have whole control. It is not good to be confined to just one place or situation. Belief that changes all odds is necessary. Looking at this from a practical day to day scenario, uncle you would have thought about your article when you were sitting alone not looking at the mirror but looking into your own self. It is very intriguing that most of what we are is what we do when we are alone. Exposure to the outer world does change the ways of man, but it is when he closes his eyes and listens to himself in the darkness does he know where he effectively is in life.
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