Urgent Food for Thought: Boxes!
In a society that is screaming for everyone to think out of the box, paradoxically, individually and collectively, we are most comfortable with boxing ourselves in! Our need to belong is possibly, the cause for it and the “family” is our first box and this box instills in us a need for boxes. The more we perceive a need for freedom the more boxes we create. Culture, Race, Colour, Gender, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Relationships, Economic Status, Castes, Introverted, Extroverted, Gen Z to Baby Boomers, Continents, Countries, States…to the family of course, schools and colleges, sports teams, music bands, political groups are all little boxes and this list is endless! We take pride in the number of boxes we fit ourselves into. In the Hindu tradition, we talk about “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” which literally translates to “Earth is family” which means the entire Earth is one family with the concept of Yours and Mine being non existent or base! It is mentioned in the Samaved...