Everybody
is equal in God's eyes.. But the concept of equality, I think, has been
misunderstood.. And this misunderstanding is so deep and labyrinthine that
people today fail to see the actual meaning of it..
Generally
speaking, when societies were forming in mankind's earliest days, they
understood the differences.. Man's attempts at trying to understand things that
happen around him, made him categorize and analyze. At first things were good..
But through the ages, the concepts for the conception of the differences became
oblivious.. Man forgot why the differences were?! They were so blind that they
thought God had made things to be like this. And as man sought power, he made
these differences as a source of forming hierarchies in the society, too.. So
there were those who thought that they were better of than the rest.. And these
"rest" rested at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Those who
were at the bottom of this man-made hierarchy were mistreated eventually. They
were thought to be unworthy souls. But what happens when u treat somebody badly
for ages? Their comes a critical moment, when the mistreated rises and says,
"ENOUGH!" And there is a revolution. And so there was…
So in the
not-very-distant past, these revolutions took place.. Those placed higher were
shaken.. And as time progressed, man understood how much they have wronged.
This immense guilt made them take action, make amends. And trying to make
amends they made another mistake.. They propagated Equality, a
misunderstanding.. Man has forgotten the actual meanings of equality, and
blinded by guilt they didn't realize what they were propagating! And as of
today, I think, the misconception prevails.. I think its not about
"Equality", but the "Harmony among the Differences", the
"Unity in Diversity".
These
approaches at uplifting the wronged are, according to me, the most hypocritical
method of saying "We are Equal". No we are NOT! Not TOTALLY! Every
individual is different! That is why they are Individuals. But they are not
completely different. There ARE aspects that are Equal.. But the present
society, I think, fails to understand these aspects.
I'll be
talking about some of these in the following posts in my blog. These will
include Male-Female equality Caste
equality, etc.. Read on..:)
