Recently We went to a temple in Tamil Nadu. This experience made me think about the above subject. Going to temple is one of the main events in India. The process though is for pilgrimage to see their favorite God, can also be seen as a break from work combined with visit to offer your prayers. . Hence apart from the holistic aspect, the trip should be relaxing and comfortable with safe travel and good food.
However if you have been at the site of such pilgrimage, the converse is often true. Unless you know someone who can get you to the front of the Deity by bypassing the queues, it is taxing and tiring. The stay and surroundings of a pilgrimage are not hygienic by any standards. In other words, such a trip can rarely be pleasing to your mind or body apart from the time you spend in front of the Deity of course.
Today, everyone is interested in the outcome.Like seeing your favorite God and praying in front of the Deity. You can see this importance given in day to day life. You go to the personal improvement section in libraries and book stalls, there is so much emphasis on achieving the best in life or something!
Are we then forgetting that Life is there to live as much as achieving something. The process you go through to achieve what you want should also be considered. I feel that the generations of today are concentrating on the achievement of money, fame and lose life on the way. I often say that a generation which do not see the sun light is what we are seeing today. Like spending time in front of the computers all the time!
Is this the reason why everyone is rushing day and day out. I see people speeding in India may be partly due to this attitude. They are always in a rush running somewhere, but never enjoying the process. In doing so, they miss the process which gives importance to comfort, hygeine and sanitation and safety at large.
Hence we should campaign for The Process as opposed to just the Outcome whatever we are doing. Now if you have read my previous blog on the AC mechanic who came to fit my AC did not have the right tools to fit it, then you realise that he can fit an AC and complete the job. However he never concentrated on the process and hence does not concentrate on what he needs to do the job.
or the man in one of my previous blogs who lost the leg by travelling in an already fully loaded auto and rolled over!
Process over the Outcome should be your personal campaign and if everyone does so, the world would be a better place to live.
as "Dolly Parton sings in her song"
I can elaborate more in the future as this blog can be confusing and i am editing to make this more clear.
Regards
Chockalingam
