Saturday, January 9, 2010

In definite


What is absolutely correct or incorrect?? This is something I would generally ponder upon.

Now I know, the answer to this is ‘nothing’. Nothing can be as absolute as two plus two equals four is. Newton told this centuries ago. The ‘frame of reference’ matters.

For instance, a person sitting still in a moving car says he is at rest. Another person standing on the ground says the former is in motion while he himself is at rest. Well, then who is correct? The answer is, neither. Both of them are ‘absolutely’ incorrect! But relatively correct.

Similarly, in our lives everything is relative and is always relatively judged. Beauty, pain, love, betrayal, hatred - are all relative. They do not have any absolute meaning. They exist because their antonyms exist - like particles-anti particles, gravity- anti gravity.

There is nothing that we should or should not do - none of our decisions are right or wrong. Situations, circumstances etc should determine our actions. Life is not mathematics. We do not have formulae and rules for our problems. The answer and the solution to our troubles are not absolute, they differ- they depend upon parameters like time, situation, person etc.

7 comments:

  1. I like this thought about everything being relative. In fact Einstein once said, while explaining about relativity, ""Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." So if this guy agrees with what you've written, I don't have a choice I guess :-P. Good work.

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  2. Well written about relativity......Shaily...well described...

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  3. Must say..sound intellect u have got..keep it up!

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  4. Forgot to comment on ur blog name....very philosophical..but very true!!

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  5. "They exist because their antonyms exist".. this quote made my day :)

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  6. I do agree to almost everything u've written here, and yes the fact that everything is relative is so true, especially when it comes to Perfection, it definitely a relative term. And i like the quote, "they exist because their antonyms exist" !!
    PS: If u try changing just the feel of ur blog, may b the template it would rock :) :)

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