The Other Side of Me
A human being is a complex organism. There are several facets and multiple undercurrents to his personality. This is essentially owing to the fact that the human being has evolved from countless incarnations of life and death. This evolution not only constitutes the physical process, but the spiritual one as well. As the human being evolves through time, with every single incarnation, he starts acquiring some specific traits which are native to the human existence. The human existence which is inherently bipolar in its very essence thus embellishes the spirit with its characteristic traits that in the end constitute the personality of the human being.
The reason why I so humbly state the abject bipolarity of the human existence is owing to the fact that every human being has very diverse desires in his life. On one hand he is always bound to his instincts and his impulses. On the other hand, he always feels that he needs to seek a more loftier purpsoe in life than aimless fornications. Thus at the same time, there are parallel streams of desire that run in a human being. He wants the both the extremes with great passion and thus many times, this creates a paradox within his personality, wherein he is plagued by these diametrically opposite desires.
Now the human being, upon discovering the aforementioned fact realizes that essentially, the world would not accept him for who he is. Though he is aware of the fact that every single human being in this world is a two-faced, bipolar parasite; he is afraid to show that indeed he himself is one. This further leads him to categorically deny one facet of his split personality. What this means is that he just starts to ignore a side of himself. He may secretly indulge in it periodically, but he is never ready to accept it as a part of his own persona.
Acceptance is crucial for any change. Man can never change unless and until he accepts reality completely. He has to do so with no shed of regret, shame or despondency. Acceptance is the first step towards recovery. This is essentially where the true spiritualist comes into the picture. A true spiritualist is always aware of all the facets of his personality. He knows that they are a part of him and that he cannot simply deny it. At the same time, he is aware of his own shortcomings. He knows what part of his personality is creative and what part is not. Thus upon accepting himself with no shed of regret, shame or sadness, he then makes every possible attempt to ensure that he acts in a way that is ultimately producitve and creative. He ensure that his acts are always in the greater good of himself and those around him.
The aforementioned stage of spiritual evolution is quite hard to accomplish in one’s life. Most individuals often crack under pressure and expose themselves to the hypocritic society. This form of confessionary social suicide accomplishes nothing in the way of overall progress and satisfaction (*cough* Tiger Woods *cough*). Thus the point to realize is that the world need not see your real face. It is important that you see it for yourself. For once you see it and realize your complete self; efforts can be made to progress effectively. Thus in this way you would be able to enrich that part of yourself which is creative, productive and divine; while shedding of the part that is essentially self-centered, conspiratory and humane…
“The way to be free is to realize the other side of me…”
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February 7, 2010 9:10 pm
