LEArNINGs: From INDIAN PARENTING!

Posted Friday at 05:00 PM5 days

The struggle of belief

I fee; that the indian parenting style is a mix of authoritarian (^Control ⌄Sensitivity — punishment and reward orientation) + Authoritative (^Control ^Sensitivity — Social responsibility and altruism promotion). The control to be morally correct, nurturing sensitivity on whims and fancies. They have their own definitions of right and wrong w/o questioning anything. And that tends to trickle down on how we think while adulting.

But what if we awaken to the reality? What if we let the logic do the talking? What if we dare to look foolish, untie the naught of the whole by curiously seeing the words of use? According to Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy, we would be able to find the meaning or purpose of our life.

Would our anxious ambivalent personalities let us do the honors tho? We like snuggling in the comfort of discomfort. It feels familiar.. it feels known but it isn’t making happy. So should we look for an alternative?

Wehave suffered a loss of joy in the journey of independence..the joy of little things.. to be able to speak when we want to, to be able to receive care when desired, to be able to smile without irony, to be able to pray without religion, to be able to be nice without justification.

“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.” — Viktor Frankl

What it has done is created pseudo confident individuals who don’t know emotions..noone’s blame and everyone’s too. Can we create an opportunity to find the naught sides.. to refurbish our beliefs? By asking questions.. by seeking the one which is not untrue? By going after the logice? To find where we want to head?

Shanti Shanti?