theory of relativity and my quest

" Each of us... at some time in our lives, turns to someone ...... and asks..."Why am I here? What was I meant to be?"

Well this has got nothing to do with Einstein. Well actually it does, in certain ways. What I mean to say is that almost everything is relative in this world. Whether it be the sense of right or wrong, good or bad, easy or difficult with respect to one's actions or be it in an aesthetic sense - something is beautiful or ugly and so on. For me the fact is, there is nothing about which one can say that it is absolutely right or absolutely wrong, or absolutely good or absolutely bad. It depends on the observers point of reference, the observer's perspectives. It depends on how the person feels about a certain situation while acting, the person's conscience and experience which determines the actions. And even then things change because the observer's perspectives can change. As a friend said "Only imbeciles do not change"! There are so many different ways to look at the same event. As one brings into consideration more and more different factors the picture keeps changing - it doesn't necessarily mean the picture evolves. Because evolution is also for me a relative thing. What might seem an evolution for someone might mean degradation to someone else. And of course there exists people who use neither conscience nor experience while acting, one can call them instinctive or careless or insensitive, again the judgment here will be relative!

The only absolute truth for me in this world is death. I know it sounds morbid but it is a fact. Every living being on this planet has to die. I am not into life-after-death stuff and there is no proof that there is something after death. So death for me is the only non-relative truth. Of course people can take a philosophical viewpoint and come up with a relativistic view on death! Anyway, those people will not be able to prove their theory. Although it is true that certain things do not need any proof. But like the existence of God one cannot prove the theory of after life and re-birth!

The most important thing I feel is to have respect for others. One might not agree with someone and their opinions but one should respect it. Because opinions are also relative. Its the persons way of looking at things. And it ain't obligatory for two people to have the same view on things. Just because one does not agree with the other person's perspective doesn't mean that the other person is in the wrong. The reason I write about this mumbo-jumbo is increasingly I get the feeling that people around are mostly ego-centric! I mean one does need an ego to survive. Without the sense of 'I' in me I do not think it is possible to understand others. But what is surprising is people want others around himself/herself to understand him/her the way that person is but the same person in general is not putting the same effort to understand others! I mean is it logical? I know CAPTAIN SPOCK would have said "Logic is the beginning of wisdom,..., not the end". But still, isn't it a bit stupid of me to expect others to be aware of my needs and demands if I am myself playing ignorant to the needs and demands of the others? Isn't it stupid of me to expect certain things of others under situations where I myself will not be acting the way I am expecting the others to do? Isn't it irrational to think that my way is the right way and anyone else who doesn't agree with my way is in the wrong? I have myself been guilty on a number of occasions of the things I just mentioned. But I am trying to learn and improve myself. As LT. COMMANDER DATA said  "I will continue learning, changing, growing, and trying to become more...than what I am. " Of course this sense of trying to become more than what I am is also relative. What I am trying is to improve myself according to my own expectations - improve myself in a relative way using my own relative sense of right or wrong, good and bad. "Our capacity to leap beyond logic" is what I also use in my growth - I call this capacity my conscience/soul and experience. I know none of us are perfect. After all as DATA put it so aptly "Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind." But I need to try evolve in my own way, in my own path, using conscience, logic and experience as guiding lights. It is what I need to do so that when the end comes I can say to myself that I tried, even though my paths might have been flawed at times, but I tried to learn from them, correct myself and continue on my mission. Trying is what I need to have a clear conscience. As CAPTAIN KIRK said "If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul.". And a clear conscience is my quest in this life because I believe ".. there isn't nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is no prosthetic for that."