What's on your mind?
The world has come a long way – treading through changes,
galloping away into the future, trying to find answers to all the problems that
it is facing and yet to face. It makes me wonder if there would be anything left
for humans to unleash in this world. We have come a long way- from knowing what
the world is, why it looks the way it does, who lives in it, why we breathe,
what we eat, what we study, why the sea is so vast, why we have families and
friends, why life has to come to an end, why there should be light and the dark,
why there is joy and sorrow, why we have festivals, what are animals, zoos,
colours, fashion, technology, career, economics, psychology, history, the good,
the evil, the ugly.. and that brings us to an ‘almost-omniscient’ world. This world is one that is ‘six feet from
the edge and thinking..’
One thing we might never know how to unleash is ‘knowing
entirely what’s on someone’s mind’. One might argue that talking helps discover
what’s in the mind of the other person. Talking is an outcome – you can never
trust words. You can trust thoughts. The mystery lies in these thoughts that
nobody knows about and can never peep into.
Imagine a world where everyone knows what’s in your head! Let’s
think of the consequences. One by one.
- There would be no need for you to wait for the results after walking out of the dreading four walls of an interview room because you would have read the interviewer’s mind.
- You would know exactly who your true friends are, so you would choose your friends who really care for you and don’t laugh with you and judge you behind your back.
- You would spend lesser time negotiating because you would know how the other party has his thoughts headed. On the other hand, it could also lead to no consensus as both would know where they are heading and it would be nothing less than a virtual mental tug-of-war.
- There would probably no crime as cops and intelligence agencies would not need anything at all to know what the convict is thinking. An extreme possibility would be that of no ‘intelligence’ agencies left in the world – if everyone’s mind could be read by everyone.
- You would always know what your children are
thinking about, so there would be no fear in your head of what bothers your
children. This also extrapolates to your children knowing what you think of
them. Generation gap problems would become solvable faster.
Imagine a world where everyone knows what’s in your head! It
would be so wrong!
- It would only lead to more battles, wars and arguments when the ugly shit comes out in the open. No peace would come of it.
- Those who call themselves ‘open-book’ and 100% transparent would not have a point of differentiation to talk about anymore!
- There would be no value for ‘selling yourself’ – which means life would become effortless. No more justifying to people who you are, why you do what you do and so on.
- I wouldn’t want to think at all because I would have lost what I am, to the world.
- There would be no discussions, interactions,
love, trust, respect and all the good things that comes out of ‘wanting to know
someone more’.
There is, in this world, of mistrust and dissonance, a deep innate need of staying where you are with the flags that call for the Goodness and Goodness alone. This relates to what I think is a perfect world.. where nobody judges anybody. Is that possible? I do think it is. This would be a world where..
Everyone loves everyone, in mind, in heart, in words, in touch, in feel and in action…
And yet again, who cares what anyone else thinks…? There is no need to know what’s on anyone’s mind. It really doesn’t matter, right?
And then, this piece of writing suddenly seems pointless.. J
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1 comment:
ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhh... (pul ariching) :D wat a depth i say! was just wondering wat will actually happen the otherway around also..
1. wat results and all!!! there is actually no need of an interview only, the moment u see a person u know wat he is thinking and there ends the interview
2. wil u "choose" friends? or can u choose friends actually?
3. no negotiations...
4. no crime..
5. no generation gap...
(bang ons!)
but in the end will there be any thinking at all??? :O
wat a scary thought!!!
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