During my teenage, once I had noticed
that whenever I had a question in my mind which did not have an answer, after a
while I would find the answer randomly somewhere out of the blue. I remember
myself rationalizing it by thinking that when a question goes unanswered, our
subconscious brain keeps searching for answers, and hence spots one when it
comes across it.
Some time back, a thought came to my
mind that our life would have been better and more interesting if there was
‘background music’ in it; like it happens in the movies. For example, if we
were serious, an appropriate background music would be playing around us. It
would help us communicate better, since the recipient would understand the
context better due to the background music made for the occasion.
A few days ago, while watching a
movie on TV, suddenly a dialogue appeared. A character said, “You know what?
There is music in life too! It is just that not everyone can hear it!”
The depth in the dialogue stunned me.
What if our world really has background music in it; but the problem is that we
can’t hear it? And what if there are people who ‘can’ hear it? For example,
someone said something to us, and we understood it only on its face value. But
there is another person, let us say very wise and experienced, and that person
could not only listen to the person but also the ‘music’; and hence got the
context better?
I know this is an imaginary thought,
but philosophically, the thought is magnificent.
If everyone really understood
everyone else, perhaps there would be lesser conflicts and heartburns. Or maybe
if everyone really understood everyone else, there would be anarchy everywhere,
because at times it is better if we do not understand things too. Whatever the
end results, I won’t mind a little music in life. And an ability to listen to
it too.
- Rahul Tiwary
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