Reasonable Doubt

Two graves in 3 weeks. Technically 4 graves, but they count as two monuments. Ironically, both these grave visits were after auspicious events. The first, the tomb of Sambhaji Maharaj in Tulapur, Maharashtra was after a holy dip in the Bhima. The second, the tomb of Dr. Vishnuvardhan in Abhiman Studio after lunch at a dear friend’s wedding.

Surprisingly or rather strangely, the second event, meaning the tomb visit seemed to bring more peace and tranquility than the so called auspicious events of holy ablution or the wedding. Why?

It is observed that we tend to encourage and appreciate more freely when we know that the person we are encouraging is not a threat. It is the animal instinct, or survival instinct to eleminate competition. When there is no competition, then what are we losing in encouraging them? After all, we are social creatures. Hence, I concluded that we were contemplating over the life of the deceased and since the dead are by no means any competition, we felt more warmth at the grave than at the wedding.

Something about the line doesn’t make sense. Doesn’t feel right. Are we really all so selfish? Maybe not.

But it’s definitely true that the emotions were stronger at the grave. Maybe because a wedding is just the beginning and a grave is a picture of the end? A wedding is a line item and the grave is the sum total?

Ok so should we make it a point to visit a grave or the graveyard every once a while to keep us grounded or prevent us from being cold blooded reasoning machines? No, we can’t, its not that we can’t, we don’t want to, even if we know we feel good. Why? There’s no reason, it just doesn’t feel right.

A great philosopher once said,

I’ve forgotten the name, but I liked the line.

The more recent gurus of the world say that thoughts and emotions or reason and intuition are like chicken and egg.

All of us in today’s time pride our abilities be practical and be reasonable human beings. But when we face this question, why do you feel more at peace at a grave than at a wedding, we have no answer.

There are many such questions that we really struggle to find answers. When in such a mix, a fix, an oven backed against the wall. What do you ask yourself?

I ask myself, what is your gut feeling?

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