While education may be
a tool to guide as a light for a man to walk in the dark, it is sometimes
surprise to note the tool proves otherwise. Man is a super creature on this
universe that has a capability to tame and control other animals. Human beings
have reached moon and places beyond imagination. Man has invented sophisticated
machines and developed technologies. For instance, a man can control almost
everything but it becomes a big issue when he does not know how to control and
convince himself.
We harness a ferocious
galloping stallion; tame giant wild elephant to work for man but a man hardly
succeed perfectly in taming another man. A man also has a power to drill
through a huge mountain, drive deep down to bed of an ocean, climb up to top of
the highest peak in the world, etc yet a man superficially brings other humans
under his control but fails practically. The repercussions of a man trying to
control other men always result into violence, murder, atrocities and other
inhuman acts. The world has witnessed many great personalities but yet they
could not fully influence and mould the people in the way he/she wanted. Their
philosophies had seldom worked in a practical world. Over the period, the world
has witnessed two great world wars. The bloodiest and disastrous wars almost
ended the human race from this world.
It is the ego, self
centered mind set, colour, region and cultural differences that make very
difficult to bring all the people under one umbrella. Practically, a teacher
may teach a group of students from all walks of life but the capacity to grasp
the ideas will vary. In short, what I am trying to say is “sometimes, it
becomes practically very difficult to change the mindset of people who are
partially or fully educated’. Though a man may superficially agree to the ideas
of other man but his inner instinct over rules him. Ultimately, this results in
the clash of ideas, personality, expression, etc
Person with irrational
thinking will not really incline to the opinions and ideas of others. That is
why, rounds of talks are convened time and again to remind and rephrase the
points/ideas resolved at one point of time in the past. When an educated man
becomes infamous with filthy thoughts, it results in obnoxious consequences
which impact the whole society in general. If an education is a true solution
to end all the violence then we need to raise a question as to why we come
across violence frequently despite a good literacy rate.
Indeed, a man is a
difficult creature on this universe to tame. A strong and stringent laws may be
able to keep a man in a cocoon of harmonious society but he always looks for
loophole in the system to do something wrong. Therefore, self control could be
perhaps the best control to tame oneself to be able to suit in the civilized
human society. Great books and examples may guide a man theoretically yet it is
another milestone to be able to know and understand one self.
