Anger at something that hurts the sense of the sacred and the divinity within us is a movement of the nascent psychic presence within us. But the throwing of the shoe is an act of frustration, a kind of vital reaction. It is a mismatch between what the soul feels and how the nature reacts. There could have been other response, wiser and stronger which might have had a greater impact at the CJI. Feeling a surge of anger is in such instances is the response of the soul when it is still developing. Throwing the shoe is more a lack of self-control in this situation at least. The response should have ideally been a strong intellectual rebuttal.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
Follow up question:
Yes, Alok da. I agree with you, though I also understand the advocate’s anger and frustration. Still, what is really sad is that the pleas of Hindus are not taken seriously in our native country.Ā
The hindus have been a neglected lot for sure but do you know the reason. It is because the Hindus have always been a divided lot. The multiplicity of approaches makes the Hindu wide and tolerant but when it comes to choices he acts for his own comfort and convenience. We have become seekers after comfort and pleasure rather than truth and light. Seeking selfish aims we have become weak in will and void of courage. First we must regain our own truth. We must ask ourselves what it means to be a Hindu. There are several sects and cults and practices in Sanatana Dharma but the core is the same. It is that core we must discover and unite in. For a hindu the terror of death ceases. He fears nothing as he seeks no personal gains. His life is a sacrifice and a pilgrimage. He works to fulfil God’s Will, to play his role well wherever God has placed him with perfection but is detached enough to leave it the moment his inner calling changes. He believes in inner shuddhi and vichar shuddhi than mere outer shuddhi and aachaar shuddhi. Such hindus are very few and hence we were overrun by far inferior people especially because we started believing in Mayavada and individual Moksha as the ultimate goal. It is no use blaming others when our own house is not in order. Let the Hindu first recover his truth and his strength and all else will be added. Sri Aurobindo reminds us.
‘We say toĀ theĀ individual and especially toĀ theĀ young who are now arising to do India’s work,Ā theĀ world’s work, God’s work, “You cannot cherishĀ these ideals, still less can you fulfilĀ them if you subject your minds to European ideas or look at life fromĀ theĀ material standpoint. Materially you are nothing, spiritually you are everything. It is onlyĀ theĀ Indian who can believe everything, dare everything, sacrifice everything. FirstĀ therefore become Indians.Ā RecoverĀ theĀ patrimony of your forefathers.Ā RecoverĀ theĀ AryanĀ thought,Ā theĀ AryanĀ discipline,Ā theĀ AryanĀ character,Ā theĀ AryanĀ life.Ā RecoverĀ theĀ Vedanta,Ā theĀ Gita,Ā theĀ Yoga.Ā RecoverĀ them not only in intellect or sentiment but in your lives. LiveĀ them and you will be great and strong, mighty, invincible and fearless. Neither life nor death will have any terrors for you. Difficulty and impossibility will vanish from your vocabularies. For it is inĀ theĀ spirit that strength is eternal and you must win backĀ theĀ kingdom of yourselves,Ā theĀ inner Swaraj, before you can win back your outer empire.Ā ThereĀ theĀ Mother dwells and She waits for worship that She may give strength. Believe in Her, serve Her, lose your wills in Hers, your egoism inĀ theĀ greater ego ofĀ theĀ country, your separate selfishness inĀ theĀ service of humanity.Ā RecoverĀ theĀ source of all strength in yourselves and all else will be added to you, social soundness, intellectual pre-eminence, political freedom,Ā theĀ mastery of human thought,Ā theĀ hegemony ofĀ theĀ world.”
Affectionately,
Alok Da
