The Lessons From A Honeybee... Contd

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'Housefly Mindset' And Human Glory

One might argue that even houseflies, pigs and worms have a place in keeping the ecological balance. 'They play the role of Nature's scavenger. But for them, there will be stink, filth everywhere.' Quite right. It is all right for them. But, why should human mind stoop to such a level? While the role of Nature's scavengers is understandable, it is a shame on the human glory to become so small and disgraceful. When a person develops a 'housefly mindset', he pronounces a terrible curse on himself for the simple reason that by so doing he has forgotten his true nature. Man is essentially divine. The 'housefly mindset' fails to see this. It focuses only on the poorer side of life—that of human failings and weakness.

The more a person 'sits' on such festering sores, the more sick he becomes. Thinking negative, depressing side of life is never the food of mind. Thinking of holy, purer thoughts is the real food of mind. The human mind needs thoughts of greatness, of courage and resilience, of self-sacrifice and self-abnegation, of purity and self-control. To speak of others' meanness and narrowness, however justified or urgent it may look, is not the food for human mind. However degraded a man may be, one day he must realise that his degradation is not ultimate. Though he will reap the results of actions, he is not destined to be cursed and damned all his life. He is the result of what he chose to think. He has no choice about the results, but the actions, or his responses to actions, are his choice. Once he understands this, he takes an upward turn. This is how man progresses from lower joy to higher joy.