‘In order to survive, the wild boars have to stay together without minding the bruises and wounds caused by their thorns when they stick together. And to avoid such hurt, if one tries to separate and stays alone, soon it will die due to cold. In the same way, when we live together, we cannot avoid (small) hurts and burse as every human relationship cannot avoid such hurts’, was the main theme of Sri Suki Sivam’s wonderful discourse on the importance of human relationship and the cost that we need to pay for it on June 19th, 2011 in Sun TV.
No one can disagree with Sri Sivam and all those who want to celebrate and enjoy human relationships know the cost that we need to pay for it. But unlike animals, which follow their own natural law and instinct for survival, we cannot live just for the sake of survival based on (animal) instinct alone. Our life as human beings is based on values. But this value won’t work where it is abused just for the sake of survival. Though relationships are very much important and in fact that is the only and main identity for us as human beings, yet where the hurt and wounds lead to causality, then we have to rework that relationship for mutual benefit and blessing. In the animal world, if separation leads to death and therefore have to stick together, in the human world sometimes a small or short separation might help to understand and appreciate the importance of the same relationship, but still people feel the need to protect themselves so they use guns or knives. Several times in human relationships ‘familiarity breeds contempt’. I know we cannot stretch any illustration beyond its boundary, yet we cannot arrange our life based only on such illustrations. Illustrations highlight one important point, yet in applying it for our human life, we need to think and present alternative views beyond the illustration.
Dayanand Bharati, Gurukulam, June 21, 2011
‘In order to survive, the wild boars have to stay together without minding the bruises and wounds caused by their thorns when they stick together. And to avoid such hurt, if one tries to separate and stays alone, soon it will die due to cold. In the same way, when we live together, we cannot avoid (small) hurts and burse as every human relationship cannot avoid such hurts’, was the main theme of Sri Suki Sivam’s wonderful discourse on the importance of human relationship and the cost that we need to pay for it on June 19th, 2011 in Sun TV.
No one can disagree with Sri Sivam and all those who want to celebrate and enjoy human relationships know the cost that we need to pay for it. But unlike animals, which follow their own natural law and instinct for survival, we cannot live just for the sake of survival based on (animal) instinct alone. Our life as human beings is based on values. But this value won’t work where it is abused just for the sake of survival. Though relationships are very much important and in fact that is the only and main identity for us as human beings, yet where the hurt and wounds lead to causality, then we have to rework that relationship for mutual benefit and blessing. In the animal world, if separation leads to death and therefore have to stick together, in the human world sometimes a small or short separation might help to understand and appreciate the importance of the same relationship, but still people feel the need to protect themselves so they use guns or knives. Several times in human relationships ‘familiarity breeds contempt’. I know we cannot stretch any illustration beyond its boundary, yet we cannot arrange our life based only on such illustrations. Illustrations highlight one important point, yet in applying it for our human life, we need to think and present alternative views beyond the illustration.
Dayanand Bharati, Gurukulam, June 21, 2011
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