Newton said: "Action and reaction are equal and opposite" / "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction".
Being Idle has its own advantages. You can work in the devils workshop which always welcomes you with open arms. So, I thought why not do something meaningful like add a clause in accordance with the theory created by this great human being mentioned above with all due respect to his genius mind.
Any human would think before doing anything or atleast most of them would. So, if every action has a thought behind it then that "thought" can be thought of as the "action" because of which he has acted which is the "reaction" for all action results in a reaction, even though some are hardly physical.
I guess we have used Newton's theory to prove the major assumption that thought is equivalent to action before jumping into the actual framework of my "relativity". I believe, the fact that something that is not physical has the luxury of not being bounded by the rules scientific analysis. Like if "thought" is thought of as an action then it does not necessarily need a reaction as it can also be reflected upon!! Meaning: if you have a thought then you just have it and you may experience it but may not act upon it! Here is a story from a book that read long time ago (with due references)
The great Buddha was going on his usual alms round when one day a lady simply mentioned some facts that she saw in him. She told the great Buddha about the fact that he was hale and hearty, looked like a learned person which meant he could do something if some one instructed him to and that she thought he was the most unethical and lazy person ever seen. Now, the disciple of Buddha who was just beside him got really angry listening to her comments as how often does a person abuse the Great Buddha right in front of him?
So the lady said, why is it that they don't work somewhere like any other person instead of begging for alms and depend on others mercy for a living? That proved to be the last straw for the poor disciple who felt terrible angry at that women because she never realized whom she was speaking to and went to argue with her only to be stopped by Buddha himself. Then, the duo of course when on with their alms rounds as usual.
Later in the day, when they had finished with days work, the disciple could no more handle the confusion and decided to approach Buddha and ask him about his thoughts on the days highlights. Buddha soon realized the confusion in the disciples mind and asked him to get a cup of water for him which the disciple promptly did. Then he asked him whose water was it, for which the disciple said, your cup of water. Buddha asked him to keep it for a day with himself and then asked him the next day as to whose cup of water is it for which the disciples answer was the same. Then Buddha said that he does not want it and instructed his disciple to take it, which of course was accepted.
Now Buddha asked him, whose was the cup of water for which the disciple said it was his meaning the disciples! So Buddha went on to ask him about how the water had changed its master? For it was Buddha's the previous day and now it is not his anymore and belongs to someone his disciple! So the wise disciple understood the great mind of the Buddha and bowed his head in respect.
Coming to think of the story its not really strange as we do the same every day like make coffee in a pot and then divide it into three or four cups and then put an invisible label on it to mention whose it is just to make it easy. But, the tragic truth is we also divide our mind and bind it by such unwritten rules that something belongs to someone when it actually does not belong to anyone. Its persists in nature, it just "is" that's it. For the coffee belongs to everyone and if thrown, no one. Only after you "thought" of choosing a cup did you choose one and then it suddenly became yours. I mean, your mind got convinced that the cup of coffee is your whereas it is just a frame of thought and nothing more.
In the same way the Buddha told the disciple who was angry about the women that if you thought the insults were directed at you then it would be for you. And not just that, it would affect you and consume you . And if you thought it was not for you, then it as much the truth as the last sentence gave you. The bottom line is that "it persists" thats it not with you or someone else. Sometimes it can be an opinion or a thought sometimes it can be a physical action. Remember, thought comes and goes, but you never come, and you never go, unless you act upon it. Many a times you might not even act on it, like when you think of owning a Magic lamp that could give you anything that you want, you are not acting on it. Its just a thought it came and went but you were in the same place that you were before the thought.
So, if thought is so flexible or formless then why is it that we make it rigid? If one mentions something about us, then we react instantaneously to it. We forget that "thought" has this tremendous ability to reflect upon it and never react. True, you can reflect upon something and never react to it no matter how impulsive you get.
It just comes by the realization that you are a mirror. You can be a mirror to the thoughts of a person and reflect upon it rather than react toward it. You see the mirror does not have a mind of its own but has a lot to teach.
My opinion is that only if people had added a clause to the Great third law of relativity that action and reaction are not always equal opposite especially when dealing with something as tricky as the human mind which is represented by a "thought" (About which I shall deal with in the next blog) then I guess the world would be a much better place to be. So, my clause to the third law of relativity is "Every action can also be reflected upon probably in an even profound manner than the action itself upon which there can or cannot be a reaction". For all of you who were able to understand it, just let it be for its just a thought. Not yours nor is it mine, not here not there, neither is it physical nor temporal it just "IS".
The great Buddha was going on his usual alms round when one day a lady simply mentioned some facts that she saw in him. She told the great Buddha about the fact that he was hale and hearty, looked like a learned person which meant he could do something if some one instructed him to and that she thought he was the most unethical and lazy person ever seen. Now, the disciple of Buddha who was just beside him got really angry listening to her comments as how often does a person abuse the Great Buddha right in front of him?
So the lady said, why is it that they don't work somewhere like any other person instead of begging for alms and depend on others mercy for a living? That proved to be the last straw for the poor disciple who felt terrible angry at that women because she never realized whom she was speaking to and went to argue with her only to be stopped by Buddha himself. Then, the duo of course when on with their alms rounds as usual.
Later in the day, when they had finished with days work, the disciple could no more handle the confusion and decided to approach Buddha and ask him about his thoughts on the days highlights. Buddha soon realized the confusion in the disciples mind and asked him to get a cup of water for him which the disciple promptly did. Then he asked him whose water was it, for which the disciple said, your cup of water. Buddha asked him to keep it for a day with himself and then asked him the next day as to whose cup of water is it for which the disciples answer was the same. Then Buddha said that he does not want it and instructed his disciple to take it, which of course was accepted.
Now Buddha asked him, whose was the cup of water for which the disciple said it was his meaning the disciples! So Buddha went on to ask him about how the water had changed its master? For it was Buddha's the previous day and now it is not his anymore and belongs to someone his disciple! So the wise disciple understood the great mind of the Buddha and bowed his head in respect.
Coming to think of the story its not really strange as we do the same every day like make coffee in a pot and then divide it into three or four cups and then put an invisible label on it to mention whose it is just to make it easy. But, the tragic truth is we also divide our mind and bind it by such unwritten rules that something belongs to someone when it actually does not belong to anyone. Its persists in nature, it just "is" that's it. For the coffee belongs to everyone and if thrown, no one. Only after you "thought" of choosing a cup did you choose one and then it suddenly became yours. I mean, your mind got convinced that the cup of coffee is your whereas it is just a frame of thought and nothing more.
In the same way the Buddha told the disciple who was angry about the women that if you thought the insults were directed at you then it would be for you. And not just that, it would affect you and consume you . And if you thought it was not for you, then it as much the truth as the last sentence gave you. The bottom line is that "it persists" thats it not with you or someone else. Sometimes it can be an opinion or a thought sometimes it can be a physical action. Remember, thought comes and goes, but you never come, and you never go, unless you act upon it. Many a times you might not even act on it, like when you think of owning a Magic lamp that could give you anything that you want, you are not acting on it. Its just a thought it came and went but you were in the same place that you were before the thought.
So, if thought is so flexible or formless then why is it that we make it rigid? If one mentions something about us, then we react instantaneously to it. We forget that "thought" has this tremendous ability to reflect upon it and never react. True, you can reflect upon something and never react to it no matter how impulsive you get.
It just comes by the realization that you are a mirror. You can be a mirror to the thoughts of a person and reflect upon it rather than react toward it. You see the mirror does not have a mind of its own but has a lot to teach.
My opinion is that only if people had added a clause to the Great third law of relativity that action and reaction are not always equal opposite especially when dealing with something as tricky as the human mind which is represented by a "thought" (About which I shall deal with in the next blog) then I guess the world would be a much better place to be. So, my clause to the third law of relativity is "Every action can also be reflected upon probably in an even profound manner than the action itself upon which there can or cannot be a reaction". For all of you who were able to understand it, just let it be for its just a thought. Not yours nor is it mine, not here not there, neither is it physical nor temporal it just "IS".
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