Have you ever noticed that it's so much fun living a life with complete honest thoughts? Appreciating the beast inside you? Everyone has that beast inside, but most of the people try to deny it most of the time. I want to oppose two views that people often try to defy.
1. Two person are talking. A says something to B that hurts/upsets B. Then A says that he/she was just joking.
I think it's a complete bullshit. It was never meant to be a joke. A subconsciously or unconsciously wanted to hurt/upset B. But consciously he/she was unsure or didn't want to hurt/upset B, at least in a face to face conversation. The this "joke" thing comes as the perfect rescuer at that moment.
A to B: Oh, you're such a child. You didn't get my joke? I was only kidding! Why are you overreacting and getting upset?
Fake. But the problem is, A may not know himself/herself that his/her subconscious mind is making him/her to fake it. Just a way to hide inside the mask.
The following one is a recent view I encountered with.
2. X and Y are talking. Y is trying to be moody on some minor fault of X, but irrespective of doing something wrong X becomes extremely rude on Y saying so what if it's his/her fault. When Y asks why X is being so rude and that too illogically, then X replies that "rudeness/anger is a byproduct of illogicality". So, Y asking X to give him/her a logical reason for being rude is baseless.
I simply can't agree on this hypothesis. There must be a reason behind that rudeness. I can't agree that a reaction came just like that without any action. Something must be hidden and wrapped in the coat of subconsciousness of a mind. It can be an old "pay back issue", it might be an act of hiding X's own guilty feelings of some kind.
I don't know if you agree with me or not. Feel free to share your views. I believe that every little gesture we make is yielded by a mixture of our subconscious or conscious thoughts. We act sometimes consciously and sometimes subconsciously. Just like the acts of a conscious mind, our subconscious byproducts are also our responsibility. Why are we so afraid of taking that responsibility? A bitter truth is a lot better than a fake honesty.

i think what we do subconsciously ..
ReplyDeletecomes out of practice/habit/instinct ..
thats the only reason ..
and the rest is conscious ..
--BUT--
"A bitter truth is a lot better than a fake honesty."
thats a bit tricky.. it depends on the recepient..
and sensibility says we got to choose either depending on the person ..
I agree with you and agree 100 % with the first example. The second one I didn't get completely, it would be easier if you made up a scenario and used real names (for us dumb ones :P).
ReplyDelete@ Sanket: Hmm... may be... but I act like an extremist sometimes. :S
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