Ideas

This is a small essay that I had written during the third semester for a friend of mine to be linked to on his webpage. When I Googled for "Muralidhar Dasar", I found this article among the top search results. On reading it again,it kind of gave me the motivation I was looking for. Something that was really missing these days. And...this is how it goes:

Ideas:


Powerful ideas come from powerful minds. And powerful ideas often have enough potential to prove themselves on ground. All that we are today and all that we see around today is the material manifestation of great ideas by great men, most of whom are themselves lost in the darkness of an infinite past but their ideas dictate the present. Ideas are the stuff the world is made of, ladies and gentlemen. Ideas have been the primary driving forces of civilizations and they continue to drive the world today with unchanged vigor.

Ideas are the solid bricks that mankind has long been laying to elevate his presence to higher levels. This is a process that started with the first man and will only stop with humanity getting effaced off the face of this planet. This is a continuous process and we cannot hope to stop it. The only question that needs an answer is what idea you have up your sleeves to contribute to this world. And if your idea is strong enough for the rest of humanity to follow, then you lead people to a new direction, show them newer avenues and most importantly explore your limits and push your horizon further. Ideas become immortal, running through the bloodstream of the generations to follow.

You must have heard of the tiger and the goat story – a tiger growing up in the company of goats and failing to see the strength hidden inside. This precisely applies to a majority of the human mass. “Why have great ideas?” is an appropriate question to ask. The answer simply is “Why not?” It is completely up to us to decide what horde of Spirits we wish to belong to – the innovators or the mere followers. Being innovators is about realizing the tiger within our minds. It is about bringing a smile on the face of our fellow beings. It is about inspiring men and eventually being closer to God by being closer to ourselves. Anyone on this planet can lead a lazy life. How good is it to lazily move through days, like an insect moving through flowers, failing to see the nectar?

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