If somebody
strike you suddenly with the question, Are you violent person? What would you
likely answer? Nope (with confidence) or Noh (with little stammer) or oh yea I
was But once upon a time and not anymore or etc. etc. All responses would be
based on past experience of being not violent or violent. But the quest here
is to explore if ‘not violent’ person suffice upholding of the principle of
‘Non-Violence’. If somebody uses ‘Non-violence’ and ‘Not-Violent’ interchangeably
it may not grab the attention of many laymen like me. I am trying to segregate formidable
synonyms where both appear so similar yet could be ocean wide apart. Let me try
to put up my own argument and tore apart the two for both are antithesis of each
other though it may sounds alike (according to me with least concern what other
thinkers have said).
Non-violence is a principle. To be in state of
Non-Violence is to proclaim to be upholder of non-violence. It means to
completely denounce violence, It is proved during tested times, It is to be
attained or reached upon, It is a way of life covering every aspect of lives. Its
perfection is hard to attain but one may considered attended its astute when
domination of Non-violence over all other approach in his life. Non-violence is
a principle which is abided by it and it alone unconditionally. But, it is also
the victim of its own goodness, it is either museumized or idolized and hardly
practice. To be in state of Non-violence is to persuade non-violence in
oneself and on to fellow human being.
My suspicion of
the reason when a ‘person is not violent’ goes beyond the code of non-violence
mention above. Are we not violent just because our threshold of getting violent
has not been tested? it means lack of
opportunity to ignite this threshold? Are we not violent people because of the
consequences violence produce? Or for the reason the violence itself is wrong
and immoral? If the reason is the former one then we have expertise the art of
living a deceiving life. There is no guarantee that our thought is not violent
but it is just that it is not acted out which makes us a cowardice with dual
face. This means we could compromise so many other aspects of our lives values,
standard or moral at opportune time without any difficulty. Being in state of
not violent hyper activates our imaginative visualization, at will we may kill
or knock down a person thousand times without even make a slightest of angry
gesture. It is like a dormant volcano
where its activation is completely unpredictable and just waiting opportunity
for its outburst. Being in state of not-violent one can profess it very
comfortably and even preach but instigate violence very characteristically.
Their imagination and creativity could bring out cases and situation where
non-violence could be held at stake, conditioned, superficial or its concept
extended. Like in Muna bahi MBBS a Gandhian thrashing the villain blue and
black just because Gandhi says nothing about how to treat who slap on the second
chin. Many systems in our society may be not-violent yet fails scrutiny of code
of Non-Violence. Ironically those systems are the one promoting and polarizing
violence and on the other hand even the very reason of controlling much
destructible violence that could happen. Prevention or controlling of violence
violently is a classic example of the system.
So the question
is, are we not violent consciously or unconsciously? It could be very
dangerous if we are unconsciously not violent and don’t have the right reason
for not being violent. Look at our society today. More people were killed or
injured not by the one who profess violent (terrorist or goons) but by the
normal citizens. State have mechanism to handle and control violence from the
one who profess it but System or law has no solution to control the diverse
nature of problem lease out by eruption of not-violent people. The helplessness
is for the one who are bearer of the violence yet act out a live of
not-violent life. It is hard to be healed as they hardly get activate and it
stay in unconscious state. I am equally susceptible to this social virus. After
thinking a lot I concluded I am equally helpless and so all I could do is kept
myself busy instigating peace consciously for I may outgrow the little devil in
me someday.
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