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TULSI-PRAJNĀ that directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, we might be pretending or we might be doing all these good things, perhaps "more in jest and less in earnest”.
The elaboration of the aforesaid expression signifies that we all are fundamentally impressed with the sanctity of the principles for their due observance in our day-today life as well as in our inter-personal relations, but unfortunately or as per the irony of fate associated with the human beings, we perhaps do not talk about them in the real sense, perhaps only with a sense of formalism. We say all these things lightly or perhaps without any sense of commitment.
If we really take to all these principles in right earnest and with all seriousness, then expectation of good results could be really marvellous, but somehow or the other, our expectations belie our hopes, this is only due to the fact that we do not keep ourselves in a firm and committed situation, rather do just for the sake of saying or for the fun of them, but not really meaning to do them in the real sense of the term, hence, we are confronted with dismal results. It means that we should not make mockery of the good social laws, rather we should abide by them for good results. 4. HUMAN MIND-THE UNDECIPHERABLE
BLACK-BOX The study of man is the most difficult social discipline in comparison to other disciplines. We can predict, sense, assess or interpret in respect of physical hazards, but very definitely this would not be the case, in case of our corelations with human beings, since dealings with the human beings are always found associated with the element of social/moral hazards. Perhaps the existence of moral hazard or risk in man may be natural or an inherent characteristic, but there is no denying the fact that this existence of social and moral aberration in man has always done impredictably more wrong to the society at large than good, as it ought to be the case.
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