Hello Stay-At-Home Professional,
Is this partial lockdown troubling you? It for sure is bothering me (because I’m Corona positive and writing this from the isolation of a room corner).
That was the reason for not being able to write to you on Friday. But the streak must continue, so here I am writing on a Saturday.
This instance is just one of the repetitive cycles where we are confused: have we broken the rules or not? And what is right? The letter of the law (following rules by the word) or spirit of the law (doing ethical things, even if they’re illegal)? And most importantly: which of them would be a ‘good’ person upload?
Ram can easily be classified as the good guy. He’s repeatedly upheld rules as well as ethics: respecting his parents’ wishes, fighting the bad guys to protect law and order, never breaking a single rule (Praan jaaye par vachan na jaaye).
Duryodhan is slightly different. In his entire life, he’s never broken a rule of war (even in his final battle with Bhim), yet he filled his intentions with envy and hate.
Krishna, of course, is a totally different character. Always scheming, bending rules of the game, manipulating people. But never for himself. He always had the bigger picture of Dharma in mind.
I’m really confused: how do we navigate this grey area? Do ends justify the means? Or should we follow the rules even they are hollow?
Please reply and guide me.
