My Human set theory

The universal set in any personal experience is the union of a persona, a philosophy, personnel, action, reaction, past, the space and the people we come in contact with during the event. The length of the event is immaterial. More than our persona, we seem to be shaped by the rest of our universe. The more we socialize, comparisons with other people make us draw an intersection set, where common interests draw us to each other. The hope and glamor of the intersection set and hence the commonality in all of us is that we try to fill the intersection with the universal set. If the judge in the reader wants to indict me of such a 'crime', I shall plead guilty.

There is a lot more credence to minute scientific differences in humans than to major perceived differences in personality. Typification and preconceived notions are as rampant as humans themselves. In the current scenario of social networking, globalization of ideas, grouping of societies by race, color and religion, how do we stand a chance at asserting ourselves as an individual? Is it really so easy not to compare one against the other in the deep recesses of our mind and decide based on our perceptions? I personally find it difficult to make any sense out of individual interactions. Sub- consciously we have all decided to act out our lives in a particular fashion and we deem it to be the perfect one. When we see someone else doing the exact same thing, we tend to dream about the commonalities and not about the differences; after all we understand characteristics only when we identify with them. What does that mean to friendships and promises of 'I do not care what you are'?- As I sit in the coffee shop and sip my coffee, the flaw in this non- judgmental attitude becomes a bit more clear. Forget everything about the color of the skin, nationality, or the belief principle. It truly boils down to what this person means to you; what this person's thought characteristics are. After all, unless there is at least a mental connection and an emotional connection, no relation would flare up. Both these connections being so fickle and finicky, it is perfectly rational when someone relies on their judgment to make a decision regarding a person. I may not like what you think or do or how you view life, but only when you tell me what I do not want to hear. It does make me vulnerable to those smooth and oiled voices of those who would tell me what I want to hear. But, remember charades can only last so long. In the end my friends are not my universal set, speaking mathematically. My friends are those in whom I identify myself or the potential myself. They are not facsimiles, but ones with a different universal set from mine, with a different set of experiences that shapes them into a unique person. Here goes my morsel towards hypocrisy- I do not care what they are. I LOVE THEM FOR WHAT THEY MEAN TO ME. They are not me; but they complement me in a way that make my thoughts wholesome.

Yin-Yang- As I see it

i like the yin-yang
Bharti: who doesnt
:P
me: i find it to be intriguing and an extremely complex concept
it is amazing
if you look far enough there is always the yin-yang that controls it
Bharti: hmmm
temme more
me: as in if you are to believe dan brown, yin yang seems to indicate the opposite sexes and how they complement each other and how they are needed to run the world
but the truth is... there is yin and yang--- presumably the male and the female
but also, there is yin within yang and yang within yin
which makes it extremely interconnected
though a fundamental literal understanding would tell this, yin yang basically syas opposites always co-exist
without a posit, there cannot be an opposite
though this is elementary, there can be no posit without opposite
thats the beauty
so if you look hard enough, you can always find the opposite of a postulation.
going back to the good and the evil thingy,
good within the evil and evil within the good
Bharti: :)
agreeeeed
me: same with the male and female.. which was also sorta explained by siva-parvati as a single embodiment in Ardhanari
likewise, light gives shadow and shadow cannot live without the light nor can the revrse happen

me: this is basically what interests me
the concept of contradiction within the space of a single breath or a single entity
and i love it
!
Bharti: hmmm
me: seems to get your brain wheels turning

the way i see it, a human lives his life inherently and intuitively knowing this
but he does not consciously become aware of it until after going through the different stages of life
we come into the world thinking we are separate- the male and the female
and as time goes we understand hormonal variations
and then we understand people are different again and that men and women think different
as time still moves on, we understand how men think like women and how women think like men
- getting into each others shoes or by just thinking like themselves
Bharti: i so agreee
i ve told u time n again
sex is jus a anatomical diff
me: time passes on and with marriage and procreation and child birth, compassion as a female thing is lost
its a general term for humans
!!!!

and then you look at other people growing up grappling with the same ideas
and silently laugh at them, cos you know we are all the same... but they are still trying to find themselves out
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesome


This post is dedicated to Bharti Kannan, with whom I had this conversation.