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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Schizocrisy

I for one, and am sure many of you, have been piqued by strains of hypocrisy latent in my psyche. This is one characteristic that is the subject of immense scorn throughout the world. If any person deviates from his standpoint at any juncture of time, he is deemed unworthy and people cast him off. As was simplistically defined by someone, Hypocrisy = | actions-beliefs|, or rather when one's actions deviate from his/her stated beliefs. Though this definition may not be politically correct, it would suffice for now. For example, i believe that i should not let prejudice rule my actions. Still for absolutely no reason, i flinch when any hooded black guy walks by me. True, it is a developed reflex from various inputs but it is totally unacceptable. Another strain in hypocrisy in me is to pray daily in the morning and evening instinctively even though i have ,or at least believe i have no religious tendencies. What could this be? Another example - One part of me believes in mental integrity and non deviation from the rational, wheras another part strives to eke out a connection with an altered state, the delusional. Many of these feelings are easily manifest while listening to music. From the psychadelic waves of one genre to the absolute technical prowess of another. I could almost feel a conflicting self. Hence the term Schizocrisy (It's pretty lame i know). For that part, i am pretty lame.. since i did not want to assess the deviant components as my own for sheer anxiety.

It is the natural tendency of anyone to feel anxious when there is an imbalance between actions and beliefs. Only that this level of anxiety lasts different for different people. Although some of my stated beliefs contradict actions, they at least concur with my internal beliefs and i am happy for that. Its the kind where stated beliefs and internal beliefs dont match that i cant stand.
That said there could be two extreme cases : First case when a person moulds his beliefs to suit his/her desires and actions. Second case when a person is so blindly devoted into his/her beliefs that he/she cant do anything else than to conform with the belief. Call it an anomaly in the equation or whatever, i absolutely detest people representing the above two cases.

As a closing statement I would like to redefine hypocrisy. Hypocrisy = |internal beliefs-stated beliefs|. I'm sure thats what most of us believe :).

2 Comments:

At 9:41 PM , Blogger wicker said...

yea man.. the prayer is totally ingrained. It actually brings in a sense of calm.

 
At 9:53 PM , Blogger wicker said...

I did not get the connection with SALINGER. Is it the verbosity or sociophobic connection or what? Cause i sure dont have the latter, and i am definitely not verbose :D.

 

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