The Mind and the Ice Cube..

The mind is a zoo.Or maybe a warzone. The mind is bombarded with a million thoughts at the same time. Which thoughts to entertain and which to dismiss, remains a mystery unsolvable. We each live in a different world or rather we each perceive the world differently, through a different pair of eyes.And we form rules for ourselves based on these perceptions which may have been derived from the daily experiences of ourselves and those around us.Sometimes the very rules we live by trap us into living a self fullfilling prophecy.We judge too fast, we judge based on actions alone.Sometimes these judgements and perceptions take a living form of their own and start establishing dominion over our souls, subjecting us to sheer torment. Sometimes we genuinely want to believe the best of those around us, but because of this dominion that has taken root in our state of minds, we are unable to know any better.A wretched state.Why do people say or do the things they do?We make assumptions based on our interpretions of the person's intentions or motives, which then again is based on our interpretation of the person's facial expressions, voice, body language. Past experiences of others and self too, play a role in these assumptions.The inclusion of IT in our lives has just added an entirely new and magnificent face to this sort of interpretation.Sometimes a person may be genuine, but they come across as pretentious. Sometimes a person is pretentious and yet they are believed.So perhaps open communication would be the antidote to this endless interpretation business.Then again, communication would involve questions and questions too are subject to interpretation and sometimes people understand your question and sometimes they do not.Asking a question and actually articulating your doubt are two different things.Sometimes we ask the right questions and get the answers to totally different questions.Maybe, the other party does not understand or the other party is evasive, fearing jugdement would be passed on them if the truth was plainly spoken.But if we think about it, we are all, but human. We have needs and everything in this life that we do revolves around those needs. Some people feel a need to help the poor, they help the poor, because they feel the need.Some people gamble because they feel the need for thrill, they gamble.Therefore,who is to judge whom?We all have needs. If only people were open about themselves, there will be no room for misinterpretations.There is no one person who is in a position to judge another person, since we do not share the same pair of eyes.Therefore, if we were to all realise that, perhaps we would be bolder, perhaps, we wouldn evade questions, perhaps there would be fewer lies and fewer misunderstandings.

But for now, with all the judgements, perceptions, understandings and misunderstandings, the mind is a zoo, a warzone.We do not know any better.Try crushing a ice cube with your bare hands and you will get cut, but try leaving that ice cube under the sunshine and it will melt, eventually, no matter how big that ice cube may be. For now, stop judging, stop justifying or condemning or even rationalising a person's behavior, stop crushing that ice cube. What you do not understand, leave it alone. In time, the ice cube will melt.