And then you say it all..

Discussion on what is right, what is not. They form a part of many lives. Philosophy has been very close to me. But yesterday, a frend of mine gave me a very good thought in a wonderful discussion.

I was sitting and talking about why people do what they do, when he said he will explain. He said there is only one fact in life, "survival". Everything else derives from that and i challenge everyone who claims to be above that. Plato, Socrates, blah blah blah. He mentioned about an interesting aspect. He told me that i deal with machines and people's career, but a doctor deals with life. Even there, he has to make a trade off. When there is one oxygen cylinder and two patients who are dying, he tries to save one with better expectation to live. Which philosophy works here? The men in death bed are world to many more lives, but for him its about taking a sensible decision and not emotional. Philosophy says, treat all men equal, but logics say probability of hitting it right is best on the other side. He has not committed a sin, he has given life to the one with best chance of "survival."
He said take example of your work life. People will be good, they will back stab, they will do all kinds of things to get best grades. You might have been the rightest, still they will take away your share if you dont know how to "survive". All philosophies given and taken, how good you have to be will depend on person you are dealing with. If you are being good to bad person, you are letting him be worse and hence your survival as a good becomes questionable or "foolish". So, its all conditional. You have to be balanced, not do bad to anyone, but you have to protect yourself also. If someone tries to act smart, be smarter. If someone is genuine, be genuine. Its called "art of survival." Its the ultimate reality of life. If xyz says i love you, then it does not mean that you have to. First, you have to check whats the intent behind his feelings and then measure them. Philosophers will say that people love you because they think they do, but the fact of life is that even love has a set definition for everyone. It could be thought process, looks, ability to talk.. blah blah blah. There will be millions of moments in life when people will ditch you, blame you, not because you are wrong, but because their own conscience can not stand infront of you. You dont have to give up your good dreams for them, instead you have to stand by and let them fight their own survival fight.

About a man who closes his company on ethical issues. He has taken away food from 400people overnight for no valid fault of theirs. For me he is not right, while the ethical issue was big, the responsibility of 400 people was bigger. There is nothing good about philosophy here, unfortunately it does not curb hunger. I dont know about good, i cant see it, but i know that there is hunger and too much bad because people are unable to survive.

And what he said in the end was beautiful. Everyone is selfish, Gandhi gave up everything because his self ego got hurt by britishers, Mother Teresa did what she did because her mental satisfaction derived from that, i will sit with you and talk because i feel that this is what i want to do and like to do, the dog will bark because he thinks that his area is his area. Now, tell me who among all of us is not living to survive and who do you think is bad or good? The biggest philosophy is Geeta. It says irrespective of what happens in life, do your karma. There is no bigger philosophy in life, its called action and survival. You will do some good and some bad, in the end if you come out well without hurting people who did not hurt you, you have done good.

I was speechless.You are every bit right my friend, no wonder you are succesful and at peace with world. :)