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When a topic of paramount importance like ‘Ethics, Manners & Etiquette’ is tossed on to the corridors of internet readership, how would people react – with dismay? What response should one anticipate from general public? Cool - tepid or sullen?  Obviously, no eyebrows would be raised since the subject matter does not carry appeal in an age that is galloping towards a peak of human discoveries. A few, perhaps, might give it a cursory glance just for the heck of it. Some might even vie this as another move to add monotony to the already cumbersome life.  Quite elementary!  The topic in effect does not carry sufficient sting to steer the conscience of people who are surging ahead within meager resources in their bid to make a mark on the ladder of success and fame. 

Success, fame, reputation etc. and a long list of such aspirations nursed by present day generation do not easily connect with people without their attracting a formidable challenge.  These goals demand among others, a focused approach, a breath-taking suspense, a relentless endeavor and a sacrifice of immense measure. But to crown them all one needs to cultivate the virtue of perseverance.  Only then will a culmination be reached and the solemn accomplishment of their dream destiny arrived at.

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ETHICS

A huge haul of life supreme!

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AN ARCHWAY TO SPIRITUALITY, KEY TO HUMAN EXCELLENCE AND A SUBLIME LINK TO DIVINITY

A BRIEF NOTE

Creation of the universe was by no means an accident.  However, creation of man was, by and large, one that was waiting to happen.  This so called blissful accident made man the apple of God’s eye.  A similar apple in the Garden of Eaden came very near to sealing man’s fate, which fortunately missed the target.  Had it not been for the divine eye which saw through the conspiracy hatched by bad angels (read devils) who acted with deliberate intent to undermine man’s proximity to God under the guise of a serpant, man might probably have gone the devil’s way.  However, that was not to be and man survived the fall, thanks to a merciful and benevolent Almighty who very justly superimposed an eternal and just solution to the spoke the devil placed in the running wheels of an unsuspecting humanity.  

Creation was manifestation of divine will, artfully conceived by Almighty to blend infinite with finite, spirit with matter and grace with image.  This benign act by a merciful God enabled the first man and woman namely Adam and Eve breath an air of envied supremacy, brood upon a subdued arrogance only to be content with a sullied perfection!  Incidentally they were little aware of the magnanimous act of creation whereby God, per force had to   accommodate spirituality in a realm of humanity which act is yet to sink in to the minds of present day humanity. 

It was His profound love for human beings which prompted the Supreme Godhead to create man in his own image and likeness. As a matter of fact all the glory and celestial splendor God lavished on legions of angelic spirits He created served no purpose, as a large portion of them chose to flout His supreme command thereby incurring Divine wrath.   

The foregoing paras may sound like fiction to some or humbug to others.  Be that what it may, it is pointless to dispute facts which concern God and His creation. Besides, one should not ignore a universal belief or the implied truth that God alone is Supreme and He alone is infinite. The rest of creation including the angels and spirits are finite beings each in their own sphere of existence, liable even to be made extinct if they ever attracted almighty’s displeasure. This follows that the only being that is immune to finiteness is God, who alone wields infinite, eternal, omnipotent and omniscient power incomparable to any other being traversing the length and breadth of heaven and of Earth. 

The Writer has dwelt at this length on the topic of creation to merely convey a key input that, let alone the celestial beings and any or all known or unknown spirits falling under the so called creation, man or for that matter all human beings are wholly and fully responsible for spreading, spearheading or trading in evil to the extent of maligning that symbolic act of love called creation. Hence, the entry of “Forum Ethics” with the discourse “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” in reparation for having distorted that sublime concept of God Almighty’s Divine Love.

Prompt went the buzzer.   It was time to put “Ethics” on track.  After keeping silent vigil up till the designated hour set to precision in advance, the alarm erupted with a deafening commotion.  It struck hard, pointed, sharp and sound.  Its yell pierced through the silent hours electrifying everyone in to a startling stir.  With a dart and in a matter of a split second its peals broke out of the leash.   In a veiled but high pitched outburst the alarm edged out of its dormant cord to echo to the world a need to leave bygone past behind.  The suddenness with which it set off the alert had everyone up, on the task and in to the chores from where each had last left.

Alarm plays a key role in paving the way for “Ethics”.  It invariably sticks to its assigned errand and seldom deviates from the mechanism it is designed for except of course when any technical snag disrupts the functioning.  No wonder that because its mechanism has been designed to execute, focused to target, timed to communicate and destined to wear its utility out.  However, till the time it becomes a spent force fit to be cast in to the bin, it would have excelled in its unique character as a masterpiece adorning the mantle-piece. 

Alarm embodies a defined psychology with mechanism prefixed to create an alert to people who may have their attention diverted to other areas of activity or life.  Incidentally, this mechanized device also acts as a wake up buzzer for people whose preoccupations may have their concentration focused to other areas of activity and which may necessarily demand a caution or prompt for getting back to specifics and priorities.  Essentially and symbolically the alarm occupies a very important place in everyone’s life, for the simple reason that it is this one dumb device which positively sets aside the negative, odd, monotonous and inactive past for the world to clinch a novel and prospective future.

Can one imagine a scenario where there would have been no alarm to signal an end to that nocturnal or inactive phase in one’s life?  How weary life would have been without an instrument like the alarm tugging at one’s sleeve or sounding a buzzer to alert people to get back to their responsibilities?  Yet this weird instrument does all that and more.

A casual look at all the excitement which follows the alarm would convey what the drama is all about.   Literally speaking it is more or less a race to fall in line with the rest of the world and that too through dint of hard work.  It is a race to lead than to be led by a people of lesser denomination.  It is, as a matter of fact, a hot pursuit by people with focus to achieve the front rows of a fully developed world thriving under advanced technology, calculated methodology and concept oriented sophistication.  Times have advanced.  The world is already on its toes to race past mediocrity and dream castles, which can best be left to flatterers, hypocrites and adventurers.  There is need for motivation. There is need for decisiveness.  There is need for people to adopt a highly innovative, meticulously churned, skillfully organized and deftly conceived strategy which can withstand inherent pressure from diverse sources and on every front and still manage to successfully advance with thrust in a society that would be compelled to endure or absorb competition.  And competition is one key aspect which one would need to face determinedly in order to excel in life.

Alarm makes competition possible.  It enlightens the world to come alive and to stay alert.  It provides people with that dint of scare that should send people on their toes because with the advancement of time, ambitions of people too have soared to heights of inaccessibility.   But in order to achieve an unenviable rank, attain a coveted position or ascend to level in the manner and spell that the world of today demands, as also in order to advance to that ultramodern age or century and come abreast of people and generation that have decisively forsaken their leisure and comfort with intent to supersede the past, animate a present and formulate a future, there is need to endure a scare that can absorb competition. 

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a renowned Indian National and the noted Islamic Scholar states that people who experience a scare at one time or the other during their lives go on to emerge a superman in the post period of their lives.  Maulana continues with his assertion that “shock or scare is the language of nature”.  It needs to be translated in to its precious worth and he who does that perseveres to aspire for the crown which ought to be the finishing line for all who eye the ultimate.  A successful man invariably manages to convert that shock to his advantage by shunning its negativity.

For a first step towards fulfilling such an exercise, there is need to have a closer look at these lifeless warriors of a lifetime technology, which not only execute a feat with meticulous effect, accuracy and laudable conviction of immense credibility, but also enhance the decorum and punctuality of life and the life related aspects in toto.  Furthermore, apart from providing a boost to human aspirations they also largely promote neatness of execution even as they side by side give life that true picture of a golden ascend to heights of excellence.

Alarm makes a towering ascend to position of command as also the ladder of power by people of diverse categories possible.  It makes intensity of resolve possible.   It adds gusto to people worn out through days and years of exertion.   It allows people to relax till the appointed hour for recuperating their nerves to take on life anew.    No wonder then, the alarm plays a key role in disciplining the day, adding thrill to years and boosting the prospects of a whole era of generation ahead.

Furthermore, the functioning of alarm too is unique in as much as it plays a pivotal role in tiding away all forms of negativity from getting the better of a person.  Amazingly it fakes a sudden outburst letting out an aggressive blaze.  With a dart and in a matter of a split second its peals break out of the leash.  It is as much of a veiled but high pitched outburst that echoes to the world a need to leave bygone past behind because the past is of no consequence as it can never add fins to a future, till one donned that new attire which should match innovative modes, mathematical equations and not to be left behind, minute calculations too.  Undoubtedly the present day equations too have multiplied if not numerically but definitely they have done so in their techniques.  The world has raced past many ages and man has put on clout on every front.  In the process, he has even run in to a wall of competition. 

Competition has made people sit up in hysteria.  Competition has set people lock horns for trifles.  Competition has even made the age appear as aged as ever.  Competition has raced past affordable level of frustration, so much so a demand to adopt that innovative approach to achieve the impossible has become an enduring trend.  It is war and war enough with a difference, that is to say people aspiring for position of power and prominence are already on the rampage aiming to construct a citadel of honour, reputation and popularity, that too each in his own capacity.  And the estimated cost for the amount of maneuvering carried out to accomplish the feat falls squarely on the immediate neighbor or the society around.   In a manner, it has become crucial that the environment be reconstructed to make it conducive for people to transact their potential to the fullest extent.  Such an exercise is indispensable for enabling people to freely express their fullest potential while at the same time ensuring the rhythem and harmony needed to ensure the existence of peace even in time of war.

Competition abhors mediocrity, it loaths superfluousness, and more, it is averse to overindulgence too. Competition calls for dedication, focus, determination and decisiveness.  It sets aside the past, concurs with the present and targets the future because the past carries no relevance to either the present or the future.  It needs to be noted that a buzzer does not do a retreat rather it concedes a culmination to an inactive phase in life.  It sounds a divide to segregate a totally passive moment to provide access to a wholly and thoroughly active phase.  The alarm is a stimulant capable of redeeming a lost future out of the forgotten past within the periphery of a blooming present.  It assumes the role of an author determined to script an elegy on an otherwise dying past for providing an exuberant future to people whose future needs to be isolated from the past for formulating a present.

The past, as stated earlier, is a hopeless dream which carries no relevance to events of present or the future.  In order to augment prospects for a bright future there is need to work out a present but with an eye on the future. The past, in effect, is part of a mysterious whole; a skeleton without any originality in it and is more or less susceptible to decay or even devastation.  It is a period far inferior to what actually transpired than what would effectively have made a difference had it been laced with the best of present for achieving a blossoming future.  In order to mingle the three namely the past, present and future and to simultaneously evolve a comprehensive or esoteric spell, period, era or time, one needs to adopt that mystical technique the topic of which is subject matter of life in totality.  The subsequent pages and paragraphs would unfold specifics of that awe inspiring concept, a unique stimulant and a mystical notion in the light of which all other life related features must necessarily fade in to hollowness of time or age.

Why dwell this length on a worthless topic like the past and so give the present a slip?  Why trek on the deck of a sunken ship counting days in to a void of obscurity?  Why await rescue merely staring across endless oceans all around without a preliminary attempt to wade through to safety even as endless seas stare you blank in the face? Elementary!  Future holds a triple advantage of having in its wake the triplets namely the past, present and future, all capable of enhancing the dignity of life?  Future enjoys the lead with a distinct advantage of being in the forefront ready to take on an esoteric spell of a new generation ahead.  The unknown author had so well pieced out a moment for one and all to reflect upon viz. “Sitting still and wishing makes no person great – The Good Lord sends the fishing but you must hook the bait”.

Incidentally, the past is only an afterthought needing no review as it has already been known and experienced; the present is a proposition to evolve a direction; but the future is, by far, an anticipation for redeeming what lies ahead even before it came knocking at the door of people.  And when all is said and done, there is a far superior spell, an episode to be precise, having a pronounced but superlative advantage over every other sequence of time and age, which remains to be explored for the advantage of individuals and society as a whole.  Such a spell is specifically being dealt with profusely in the ensuing script for which the foregoing narrative may act as a preface. 

 

                                                                                                                                                 

Furthermore, in order to hasten the future, the past must exit but this exercise needs to be carried out with grace.  The past, one needs to remember, in the existing form was once a future to an obsolete or outdated past.  Since such an obsolete future failed to carry a present with it, therefore, it has become necessary to discard the obsolete past for formulating a present and threby anticipate a future which apparently is the crying need of the hour.  Hence the elegy on the worthlessness of a forgotten past!  

It is important to remember as stated above the past is known and experienced, the present is seen and witnessed, the future is preferred and anticipated but a far superior spell which holds a superlative as well as a pronounced advantage over every sequence of time has remained unexplored.  That particular spell of time is being dealt with profusely in the ensuing script for which there is need for people to adopt a trend, quite different from the rest of the world.  It is definitely going to be a sort of advancement towards an eventful spell which would safely eliminate the undecked formalities of a barbarous world to welcome home a graceful and wholesome scenario conducive to attractive living.                                                                                                                   

For all practical purposes, the alarm defines the onset of daybreak.  Or to put it precisely, it dispels that monotonous, odd or passive phase to engage a tempo of activity in real life.    As is bound to be, the day commences with the advent of dawn, which in turn scripts the end of a nocturnal phase of day’s cycle thereby signaling commencement of a creative life which simultaneously propels start of a long drawn out day.  Literally speaking alarm concedes a divide from inactivity to a wholly active and typical day in the lives of people.  In a way it concedes a transformation from a primitive stage to a life of excellence.

Just as the alarm scripts the end of an inactive or the nocturnal phase of a day’s recurrence, so too “Ethics” outlines a novel concept with that true perspective for achieving excellence in the lives of people.  “Ethics”

There is need for people to position themselves appropriately on the even side of time or its aftermath.   More often than not, we haphazardly zigzag our motive, jumble up the initiative and so diminish our focus only to stumble upon targets that make us fret.  Similarly, we brood over the past, slip off the focus and then resign ourselves to accept bygones as bygones.  In other words, we acknowledge the past as past taking for granted that it carries no future without taking in to account the present which ought to make us set our course for which we need to make the right move.  The ensuing script would chronologically reveal what that move is.  Most readers who come by this script might certainly have completed their preliminary schooling or college and obtained relevant certificates of excellence in various fields or professions.  However, that only closes the preliminary chapter in everyone’s life.  It is one thing to qualify through learning but another to quantify one’s genius or parameters in terms of adequacy, individuality and perception. 

It is one thing to feel complacent about having achieved a position through learning or to have been counted for a particular slot in an envied profession, where one might come across people and well wishers who may have their own reasons to copycat your achievements.  One might definitely please the world through one’s oratory or erudition, through one’s magnanimity, accomplishment or one’s individual potential.  One might certainly display an intellectual clout among colleagues and confidants that might earn kudos from people and society in appreciation for having made it big on the ladder of ascent.  However, it is another thing to maintain a rapport with people of all categories, from the lowest to people in positions who might be looking down at you.  There may be people who might give a blind nod to every one of your precepts without the slightest annoyance.  There may also be people who may have an axe to grind or who may even dare to cross swords with you.  There is always a danger of your adversaries wearing you out or would have you run an extra mile for them for every good turn you to to them.   One may even fall prey to adverse manoeuvre or irritants, indulgences and over-indulgences by people closest who may even attempt to rock even your well established fortifications. 

A well known proverb very accurately phrases the alarm - “The higher you go, the harder the fall” and this might certainly deal out the deadliest blow if you failed to exercise caution against rivals.  In order to safeguard your future, there is need to have an aroma of excellence around which should make you capable of tackling people and postures by people of lesser denomination. ‘Forum Ethics’ foresees a chain of such predicaments giving you a harrowing time.   Your life of your “Ethics” can make you withstand all that and more.  “Ethics” can arm you strong and enable you tackle all and similar postures by people of lesser denominations, to finally catapult you to a position of invincibility.  And hence the alarm!

While the alarm cares to seal the inactive phase in life with an eye on bringing about a new age of dynamism, “Ethics” with adequate potential to even sweep the adversaries off their feet seeks explicitly to usher in a new man, a new society, a new generation and a new world.  “Ethics” resurrects one’s sagging appeal, kindles the diminishing charisma but precludes the antiques of wild age barbarism.  It embellishes people with a moral charm and simultaneously tempers people and surroundings with a sense of advancement, modernity, sophistication, cordiality, dynamism etc.  The alarm executes a one-time assignment whereby the silence of tranquility gets magnified to a crescendo of infinity whereas “Ethics” carries along a better, more precious, a far superior and a superlatively superb though unpredictably thrilling and extremely rare spell of timing sequence that can greet anyone halfway or midway through life.  It could amount to an abundant shower of divine solatium.  It is nowhere a supposition.  Rather, it is more than a reality or to be precise a certainty.  It could surpass all era, epoch or generation.  It could amount to be a match that would very comfortably undo the past, the present and yea, an unpredictive future as well.   “Ethics” acts as a stimulant to boost prospects for a better advancement by way of fostering fellowship among all classes of people and society.

Incidentally, the universe has already surpassed an age of mediocrity and superfluous-ness.  There is need for people to shed their ‘slow and steady’ pace and start racing to perform convincing miracles with arithmetic accuracy.  The alarm has set the momentum for one and all to resume the race with compelling velocity.  The race is destined towards a superlative spell of an unknown future and portends an ascend to a stage of excellence, the execution of which calls for a spirited exercise.  If and where we fail to carry out such an exercise, there negativity starts denting our resolve and we may finally find ourselves losing a large fortune in to the bargain. This augurs badly for our approach and reason.  It impacts adversely our determination.  It diminishes our resolve.

Undoubtedly, the present day equations needed to augment a life of righteousness have multiplied in character, if not numerically but definitely they have undergone enormous change in their basics and techniques.  Accordingly, the need of the hour is one of transition from the old attire to a new technique namely “Ethics”, call it ‘Universal Ethics’ for accuracy sake. 

Come - be counseled as to how one can live a life of happiness through the present piece of script coming to you here and now under the name “Ethics” of the spell “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” with that silvery flow of “A huge haul of life supreme”. 

How does the buzzer relate to “Ethics”?  Simple!  The buzzer in the first place acts as a link between past, present and the future.  Link or relation in the present context envisages a primary aspect which makes a person an ideal human being.  “Man is a social being” (averred Aristotle) which fact makes him a human being in need of relation. And relation is that supreme concept which distinguishes him from all other creatures, be they animate or inanimate.  Relationship among human beings brings about that primary change or transformation to every other form of life and life related factors such as time, event or people.  The concept of relation is so sublime a craving which spontaneously enhances the shine of bond and fondness among human beings. Relationship adds value to instinct which characteristically induces human beings to depend on others for their well being irrespective of what another’s disposition might be.  Human relation makes people stick together into one fold and in single specie thereby fostering that spirit of cordiality among various segment or society as the case may be.   However, it is important that relation among human beings be kept healthy, graceful and sublime so that the society does not get maligned or contaminated through overindulgence through human instinct.  As long as the equilibrium is maintained there will always be that divine transformation of human fondness which makes people stick together in one fold.

Unfortunately, the unscrupulous elements of the present day society have lowered the dignity of this valuable concept called relation by converting the fundamental concept of human charisma for monopolizing their clout of arrogance with least regard for the good of society and the world.  It is with a view to stem this descent to depths of hooliganism that “Ethics” has stood up to segregate the material craving in human beings to be replaced by a spiritual excellence. 

There is a general tendency by a section of the people to treat this graceful concept of human relation casually for making others subservient to their arrogant diktats.  In effect, the present generation has stooped to irretrievable levels of hooliganism and vulgarity by making a bonfire of that human relation for the sake of their arrogant retorts.  This has become a universal trend and its repercussions too are being felt all around, not only in utterances of people but in their temperament, mentality, inclination, morale, attitude et al.  People have so to speak adopted and got accustomed to a forceful mentality of ignoring the core aspect of fondness among human beings which, after all is the essence of divinity, universe and the whole of creation.  Such unhindered and reckless use of human relation to contaminate a key element which was instrumental in the creation of human beings by God Almighty does not in any manner augur well for the future of the universe and human race as a whole.

These shortcomings by unscrupulous elements have largely distanced people one from the other, muddled human relation and even enabled drawing a vicious circle around petty minded people resulting in creation of barriers to progress of people and society in a very specific manner.  “Forum Ethics” while expressing concern at the plunge of society to irretrievable levels of anarchy and vulgarism, simultaneously voices its defiance against moulding the society to narrow ways that can only suit nefariousness of vitious elements.  So a chide by alarm namely “Forum Ethics” to those elements that are adamant at stooping to levels of immorality and vulgarism and so contaminate the society to immediately make way for that one only and unique concept namely “Ethics” which alone is capable of stalling a descent by the world to precipices of animosity or rivalry among people and nations. 

Growth of people, advancement of society and simultaneous upgrading the standards of people in general would depend largely on the amount of planning made, kind of strategy adopted, number of heads employed, quantum of resources committed, volume of measures set in to motion etc.etc.  Given an appropriate forum with a neatly traced out blue-print on how one is to go about these measures, as also armed with minutely calculated schedule in hand along with an appropriately balanced attempt and painstaking efforts made in these directions, there is no reason as to why a comprehensive outcome should not make itself felt within the shortest period possible. 

The present day society too needs a similar identity with enhanced standards that would identify it with a broad-based culture beyond the secluded borders of that narrowing mentality which people have got accustomed to by displaying a show of petty mindedness.  To this end there is need to intensify a drive to educate people, alert the masses and promote that scintillating culture which alone can motivate people to abide by a concept that would have far reaching consequences.  Remember, it is always easy to dream big but finding room enough to ground those dream castles, one needs to primarily assure oneself of a solid ground, physically, mentally and psychologically. 

Incidentally, even after millions of generation piling up to over four billion years of existence, man is yet to reconcile with that omniscient feat of divine architecture which perforce bestowed a human form naked of spirit, mysticism and divinity.  It more or less revealed that infinite love by the Creator for His creation, who were mere finite human beings.  Yet, millions of years of existence crowned by a promising stretch of achievements on all front, only made these human beings depend scarcely or scantly on the ever accelerated flow of divine shower by God Almighty, which gives a grave cause for concern.   

Believe it or not, as of today, everyone carries a certain level of arrogance.   Everyone is eager to project himself as someone different from the other.  Everyone is inclined to barter a little piece of counsel eager to display himself as champion of champions.  Everyone wants to lead others from the front, that too in a manner that would attract others in to believing that he is the leader with necessary input or influence.  Everyone is eager that an undeserving justice be done to him while he himself administers an over doze of injustice to people around.  Similarly, everyone aspires to be a judge as a result of which justice itself gets converted to being a casualty and truth the victim. 

There is need to educate the masses on the right attitude needed to be maintained while interacting with people of all age, category or group.  There is need to display a modest outlook, a meek attitude and a docile approach towards others for creating an environment attractive to peaceful living.   There is need to educate people on the need to promote a life of righteousness, good morale and conviction which form the core of spirituality and which alone can enhance the prospects of a dignified living.  And these traits comprehensively form the essence of “Ethics” for which there is need to step out of that narrowing mindset to allow the world to progress collectively in the company of people of all category, profession, lifestyle or even of other areas, deprived of or otherwise.

Everyone cherishes a yearning within to have people around who would reciprocate his feelings in the hue and measure that should best appeal to people.  Everyone values the goodwill of people around in order to attain position of invincibility in whatever sphere or area that might best suit one’s taste.  Likewise, everyone focuses his eyes on achieving the impossible because as finite human beings everyone is entitled to aim high and of course, even sky is no limit for satiating one’s passion to acquiesce in.   So then where is the hitch and what input is needed to spur people on for achieving the impossible?  A life of “Ethics”!

“Ethics” dwells primarily on motivating people to abide by laid down norms for according due dignity to life and creation.  However, in order to enable this, it is important that one establish a firm morale to boost the finite-ness of human nature for balancing the ever diminishing graph of human ascendancy to a level of acknowledgement by the Almighty.

“Ethics” carries with it a singular and reality advantage namely a power to explode the myth of devil’s pestilence, a vision capable of dealing a deadly blow to pulsating vulgarism, a key element needed to defy the evil namely the Supreme Power which can annihilate the evil and pave way for collective ascend to positions of excellence. 

Every upright and righteous person would at one time or the other need a spiritual prod, a motivation or a goad to attain positions impossible.  Remember, the world comprises of people of diverse mood, varied nature and of course people with divergent attitude.  And the winner needs to be prepared for the worst in order to secure the best.  Moreover, it is important to remember that the universe is positioned on two very crucial but uneven pathways, one dominating the other,  namely good and evil.  Any attempt to advance on an even keel or on a parallel scale would require an extraneous but formidable source of input or influence.  This apart, as a result of the finite-ness of human beings loaded over with the force of evil or devil making a phenomenal attempt to wean away the good in retaliation for having to stay an underling or subdued as against the omnipotence of Divinity, there is need for people to have recourse to a celestial concept which ought to outdo the evil spell or the doom effect cast on the progress and welfare of people in general. 

However, one must not ever expect time to stay static or the pathway to success or achievement to come one’s way spontaneously and in the measure that one might so desire.  The universe is awfully thronged by people of varying temperaments and the path to a decisive future is compellingly inaccessible.  In order to get along well with people of all levels, all categories and of character, there is need to adopt a mode, a mood and a move conducive to excelling at God-speed or at best, make a transition from an old self to a totally new one.   Obviously, in order to get along well with people around, in order to engage one’s qualities at competitive levels and in order to run the race to a finishing end, one must possess the required input, knowledge in abundance as also nurture the aptitude that can best make the opponents fade. 

When all is said and done, it is of paramount importance to insert a word of caution to people making a bid to excel in a very prominent manner.   At the same time, there is need to specifically caution people not to jump the fence in order to capture the essence of “Ethics” at one go.  The writer intends, by way of a concerted effort, to restrict any overdose of negativity finding its way in to lives and pathways of people in general, which is likely to endanger smoothness of progress for the sake of unrestricted advancement.   It is also the intent of the writer to guide people adroitly to trace any and all deficit of spirituality which can best match the celestial concept namely “Ethics” for upgrading people’s confidence for the sake of an unhindered advancement.  It ought to be borne in mind that life and creation, or for that matter the creator of the universe never intended to project short-cuts to achieve the infinity through finite means.  It is always an exercise to achieve the whole through parts and pieces without having recourse to a grab which could possibly entail in even the pieces so piled up coming off the block to have the exercise started anew! 

The universe has touched down a stage where everyone wants to merely act for the sake of acting only, no matter whether he truly can or not, whether he possesses the input to do so or not and whether he actually belongs to the forum to which he could be rightly called to act or not.  In most such instances, as a result of such or similar impersonation where people of lesser category in large numbers have taken center stage without appropriate input or capacity, even the very audience have melted away leaving a void for the world to watch.  Activities which had for long been the target of people thronging for greener pastures have consequently been left behind for people of no consequence because these elements who for long treasured a craze for wealth, fame and reputation have opted to demean the very honour and dignity of life at the cost of honour and dignity of people of essence.  Is this the reality that today’s world is facing? It is, or rather it is puffed up arrogance playing truant with positive optimism or divine love, which in effect was the essence of creation and the one blissful hierarchy of divine omnipotence.  Unscrupulousness has become rampant and the world is being taken for ride by nefarious elements by whom life itself is being shorn of dignity and honour – truly a slight of the very Creator and Almighty namely -  God.

There is need to enforce attitude among people and to add momentum to that one sublime concept called “Ethics”.  Attitude alone can prompt others to give a harmonious company, share the feelings without reserve and within a broad perspective as also reciprocate a gesture in the measure that can totally wipe out that unbecoming culture and acrimonious behavior from the overall social set up. This is what the present day generation lacks and the world in general looks forward to for which there is a crying need to collectively bring about a viable solution for people to lead “A righteous life”.  And obviously, such aspirations can only be attained through a life of “Ethics”.

Moreover, in order to attain a vertical climb in every aspect, physically, mentally, socially or economically and in order to enhance the prospects of one’s life, career, social set up, be it among public, neighbors, friends or be it on the road, on the street, in the office, in a community, in a gathering or be it during the day, night or any odd hour, during the week, month, year or all through life, one must project a self that can sell heartily and copiously.  What would that desirable self be which, if projected with the appropriate rhythm, manner or hue would find acceptance among people of every class or community? “Ethics”!

So then, the hour of reckoning is here.  The long awaited moment has come for disabling the alarm and for winding in to position that unique and supreme concept namely “Ethics” of the series “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette”.

“Ethics” intends to dwell at length on an immensely vast subject embodying the one only sublime concept of universal magnitude.  It is an infinite concept that is directly linked to creation and divinity.

It is time we acknowledged the enduring reality of life called Ethics! Can we translate today’s waywardness with a need to transform ourselves through a life of reality, a life of Godliness with a life of Ethics?  

Ethics is the soul of man’s intellect.  Ethics is the color of every dark spell.  Ethics is the shrill of every stifled yell.  Ethics is energy to numbness.  Ethics is truth behind every falsehood.  Ethics is life that defies death.  Ethics is the ornament which adorns every righteous individual and people of conviction.  Ethics is Alfa and ethics Omega, both of which when interlinked with divinity reveals the supreme Godhead or the Omnipotence of Almighty namely God.  Those who wish to secure a future must take heed and start with a life of ethics or else perish life and the universe with him.  

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A BRIEF NOTE

Faith, worship, belief, religion etc. are all man made solutions evolved with intent to do away with solitude arising out of a finite life having to be lived by man in the company of finite beings like himself.  But the real concept or the soul of one’s thought or one’s acknowledgement or to put it precisely, one’s leaning towards that One only omnipotent, omniscient, all encompassing supreme spirit namely God Almighty was no outcome of man’s dreams.  Rather, it was the word of God passed on from the infinity of eternity in to the finiteness of human mind which notion acquired a so called vocabulary for human expression only, namely ‘inspiration’.   The essence of Inspiration is therefore, a mark of God Almighty’s love for His own creation namely the human beings.

Through inspiration God enlightens man, kindles hope and dispels the turbulence of evil arising out of manipulations by the devil from gaining an upper hand over man’s own tribulations or human wretchedness.   While the entire human race has for ages managed to survive under the guiding feature of God Almighty’s love, man on his own manages to tide away his miseries having to live on or to survive within the limited resources at his disposal, that too by the sweat of his own brow till he returns to dust out of which he was created.  Up till then he reposes his trust in his creator for his well being. 

The world progressed through many ages, stages and generations.  However, despite several millions of years in existence, these finite beings never managed  to come by that totality of love, peace and serenity.   As such, the only remedy for human beings in order to survive the horrors of an agonizing life in extremely trying conditions was to repose their trust in the never known but fully experienced power of the Supreme Godhead, the One only omnipotent, omniscient, all encompassing supreme spirit namely God Almighty.

Religion was never dictated by God to man.  It was the totality of an experience by human beings themselves which kindled a hope within the core of their yearning to exist on and on and on within the periphery of that Divine nod namely love of God and love for His creation.

Even though no other religion save Christianity was ever ordained for divine approval, yet man’s finiteness forced human beings to conceive diverse faiths and beliefs, each staking claim separately to be in total command of Almighty’s revelations and spearheading dogmas only to vainly establish a non-existent fact that these faiths and religions had the divine approval.   In this, the ploy by the devil worked and his (the devil’s) prod continued to make man ascend the ladder of power through nefarious means while at the same time chanting the name of God Almighty for an eyewash to hoodwink other inhabitants and groups on the same blue planet namely Earth. 

Acting at the instance of the devil and with a view to drumming up support for their petty minded idiosyncracies, scores of unscrupulous and mischievous elements with little or no education to their credit but daring to circumvent facts and figures for taking on established truths and logical conclusions, managed to arduously put together diverse concepts under the notion of a concocted faith or faiths.   Gradually the newly emerged concepts or dogmas (to put it better these fabricated religions) started gaining ground with huge chunks of following making a beeline for succor that these guardians of the so called religions exhibited as capable of providing.  Relying on the fabrications of divinity as envisioned by these cheap elements and stung by the ostentatious projections with varying twists and turns of finite stories, episodes and anecdotes as envisaged by these guardians of new found religions, most restless and disillusioned public became avid devotees of such concoctions. 

Having made nitches of arrogance through fabricated pieces of myth, ancient beliefs or assurances of material benefits, these custodians of the new found beliefs have more or less duped not only the hapless human beings but even made projections of equality with the Supreme Being, vying independently to establish separate notions as the underlying truth where none existed. 

The present day society is only a fall out of such haphazard beliefs, the consequences of which is there for people to trace in the manner in which the present day society has got degraded to a chasm of abusive hooliganism.  The diverse beliefs which so sprung up subsequently either under a cult or by people owing allegiance to such myths and stories started making these very religious platforms for asserting their own version of invincibility to the extent of even persecuting their own believers or by giving undue share of adulation to images and spirits of ancient people.  (Closing comments to follow)

Humanity the world over is in a state of turmoil as of today.  Not that any hitch ever developed in its mechanism where no such apparatus ever existed.  Neither have the wheels of fortune got retarded through many centuries of exploitation .  Then what is all the glitch about?  ……Soft!  The technicalities of life have dipped to a turbid ebb whence a retreat or retrieval of originality might hang on in suspended animation if timely remedy did not show up .  

Man and his entire race laughed their way in to many centuries of lavish existence.  Pomp and aggradisement took man to heights of arrogance.  He made a bonefire of the freewill generously bestowed on him by divine bounty.  He even made abusive use of the freedom to live a carefree life no matter whether his conscience allowed it or not.  In effect man brought to naught the very concept of divine being or divine bounty. 

For centuries, he impersonated divine justice by stamping on the head of innocent human beings to the extent of subjugating them to helpless slaves.  Hapless humans were thrown in to cages of lions and wild animals to be torn to shreds on the plea of minor culpabilities, while he atop the arena watched in a fit of mirth and entertainment.  Similar innocent beings were left at the mercy of gladiators to combat at the cost of their own lives likening the bout to a cockfight where one mercilessly tore the other to pieces of corpse.  Instances of ‘Sati’ where for centuries altogether innocent girls or women were unjustly made to die on the pyre of worthless males who had satiated their criminal lust for flesh on the bodies of these very innocent females.  Greed and avarice made male elements ravenously plunder the wealth of families of girls for whom giving a girl in marriage amounted to emptying their life long savings.  Select group of religious hotheads made genital abuses the exit route for their greedy frustration. 

Diehard bigotry, ill conceived religious fervour, inordinate opportunism, political obsession, self-centred constraints, physical allurements, absurdity of views, competitive arrogance, simmering discontentment, petulant authoritarianism, concupiscent vulgarity etc.etc. have all made human beings stoop to levels of stinking hooliganism, potential vulgarity, unbarred obscurantism, discriminating conservatism, deadly obstinacy and tearing concupiscence thereby allowing room for an unparalled disillusionment.

Let us repeat it.  We made a bonefire of our free will, our freedom to live a carefree life no matter whether our conscience allowed it or not.  We failed to cut to size our weaknesses which as a result grew in to strong points for the devil to bargain with.   We delayed bridling our excesses which through a passage of time converged to become bulwarks to tout human beings beyond the periphery of a so called border.  We forced ourselves in to precipices of foul mouthed frustration and we lost the very creator who breathed life in to our many years of existence.  Jesus Christ had warned “Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled but he who humbles himself shall be exalted” (Luke 18:9-14). 

“Ethics” the alarm is at your door with a caution handed down by Jesus Christ Himself “He who wishes to be more perfect, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me” (Luke 9:23).

“Ethics” is a celestial concept embodying human aspirations that has been singled out by man to broadly narrow down the rift separating God, the Creator and man His creation.  It more or less symbolizes a crowning concept featuring all aspects of a lesser divinity embodied within a spirited urge existent in man to be near to or to be united with his Creator.  However, this yearning by man has invariably remained unfulfilled on account of man’s failure on most occasions to abide by divine precepts primarily due to his innate weakness or his finite constitution.  Whatever his drawbacks may be or howsoever encumbered man might be, he or for that matter, all human beings would be required to exert their total self and find favour with the Almighty if they ever wished to attain the fruit of creation, both in this world as also in the next. 

In order that man achieve this objective as also for safeguarding the interest of human beings in general, “Forum Ethics” of the series “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” is deploying its utmost capacity to act both as an alarm to awaken the world out of a subconscious slumber as also to assist people to remain focused in their endeavour to excel at every stage to the fullest extent possible but within the norms of decenty and decorum of attitude.

                                  

How does “Forum Ethics” of “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” define this vast topic known as “Ethics”?  What does “Ethics” mean for a world galloping away at giant strides in to a horizon of stupefying formulations and scientific discoveries? 

“Ethics” conforms to a full-fledged profile outlining core features of a human being emerging straight out of a creator’s hands.  Such a profile would, while being chaste of all inequity and blemishness, would also be focused on maintaining a clean and virtuous image worthy of respect in the eye of his creator as also in the sight of other human beings.

Such an upright and righteous human being, besides possessing a morally sound background, would be capable of withstanding all or every onslaught befalling man on account of man’s finite constitution, weak nature and unfathomable human flaws.  Moreover, a righteous human being  would be endowed with that intrinsic spiritual expertise to be capable of emerging unscathed out of whatever adversities that may lash his finite frame.

“Ethics", in a unique sense, defines the right and effective pre-requisite needed to successfully achieving excellence in life.  Further, it is a unique concept which provides focus to mindless elements that inhabit the very planet wherefrom human beings derive scores of benefits that accrue in course of lightening advancement by people and society.

As a corollary to whatever has been described supra there is need also to reminisce that the basic truth namely “Ethics” holds no substance to the Creator who after all is the fountain of all goodness.  But it carries a universal identity having much more meaning to man than what creation meant for the created, namely the human beings, since it is the only lifeline that may enable human beings to survive the tempest of pestilence constantly being let loose by the devil day in and day out.   Moreover, having survived for millions of years on the same planet and having encountered adversities galore at the hands of the devil as also on account of conflicting permutations of human finiteness of people around, that chaste form of “Ethics” would be hard to find among the present day generation. 

In the wake of such an out of form “Ethics” as prevalent today, on account of centuries of advancement by successive generations of people, it would be absurd to cherish theming an appropriate definition for an awesome concept like “Ethics”, and the closest rendering affordable on the plea of a definition is for people to abide by conviction, true conviction.  A life of conviction would be sufficient for human beings to attract the shower of divine approval and so keep the devil at bay for a lengthy period of time.

Being fully aware of the stranded plight of present day human beings who have mostly strayed out of their focus of morality and virtuousness, solely on account of misconceived notions and extravagant voluptuousness,  as also apprehending a tumultuous backlash by the devil to unseat  man of his proximity to God and his Creator, “Forum Ethics” has emerged out of a hitherto brief pause to awaken man and the world out of its subconscious slumber lest the worst occur and man lose sight of his Creator as well.

Learned men, writers, thinkers and philosophers down the ages have defined “Ethics” in a very broad perspective by enlarging its scope to an ‘eternal law’ in terms of morality and virtuousness.  The specifics so detailed by these eruditious personages cover a wide spectrum of human actions, connected intentions, related outcome and the subsequent repercussions, many of which, if analyzed in detail, might as well be subject matter of lingering controversies. 

Morality, unblemished purity and graded virtuousness are topics which make an individual a perfect human being.  Undisputedly, an ordinary human being is not expected to aspire for divine perfection, neither was this ever even intended by the Creator too.  However, human perfection to the extent of an ordinary human being achieving a grade of excellence barring minor flaws here or there, which is but the core of human nature, may still qualify to be termed as perfect in the basic human form and human nature.  Needless to say, the Creator or God Almighty who had very deliberately created man a grade apart from but definitely within the realm of human finiteness and that too way apart from the finiteness of spirits, did have in mind that His creation aspire to find favour in His sight through human nature only rather than setting them at par with the spirits where the devil could have no access to tempt the spirits or angels.

“Forum Ethics” defines “Ethics” as a positive, selfless and convinced stance, expression or judgement adopted, pronounced or communicated without the least human respect as to who commits what and with due regard for the perceived outcome rather than the negativity which it might generate on any or all of the audience. 

How and when does ethics or a life of morale enter in to the life of man? Or to put it the other way about, how is “Ethics” conceived or what actually induces man to embrace “Ethics”?

As a child, man puts to use his dependence on his parents for fulfilling his aspirations so that his actions might carry conviction.  Man derives the so called conviction from the maturity of his parents.  His combined innocence in the company of his matured parents places him in the category of a righteous human being falling within the norms of ethics.  But as he advances in age his so called ethics get diluted and he starts imbibing those odd characteristics which do not qualify to be considered as such. In the process man starts distancing his proximity to his own parents in search of an identity of his own as a separate entity.  Here he loses his conviction only to be retrieved in fragments at a later stage through his own efforts.   He also falls prey to his own adversaries at whose hands his own identity or “Ethics” undergoes a severe test of his actual identity.

It is a universally acknowledged fact Satan is constantly lying in wait to ambush or to bring to naught those outstanding features which make man shine in the sight of God.  However, as is bound to happen, God protects the righteous ones from the clutches of the evil foe namely Satan by giving a helping hand through inspiration. 

Inspiration, in a broad sense, can be considered as a hushed up communication by God with select human beings found worthy in His sight. To these people God grants the grace of partaking of the mysteries silverlining the link between divinity and humanity. Through this medium of communication the elite of God are provided with events and incidents that may have transpired billions of infinite years prior to creation, which gives man a glimpse of what transpired earlier and which have now reached this portal through that very sublime grace namely inspiration granted to select people by Almighty Himself.  There is therefore, no reason as to why we ever need to raise our eyebrows at the instances of revelation or truth conveyed by God through selective groups of people.

Righteousness, reason, intuition, instinct, conviction and inspiration when clubbed together make what we commonly call ethics.  In short, Ethics being an integral part of “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” may be viewed as the great archway to success, fame, reputation and stardom.

In simple language, “Ethics” is that spiritual art which enables human beings to recognize, respect, reciprocate and advocate equanimity in all aspects of life.  “Ethics” demand that we project a positive frame of mind in all our dealings, our activities, our interaction with others no matter what such attitude may cost us.

We each have our own problems.  May be financially, physically, temperamentally or even by way of our own attitude.  But the question is – are we ready to act for the betterment of others or for the world as such?  It is all up to us.  We may do well to individually or collectively assume the responsibility of being instrumental in a facechange for the world and humanity?

“ETHICS” of the series “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” is a step in this direction.  Can we achieve the impossible? It is up to us to work our way up.  May be it may take us a whole life or we may even have to make long and tedious journey through ego-centric-quake-prone areas of a turbulent humanity but one day – let us be positive – we definitely would succeed.  Then we shall look back with pride to formerly celebrate our journey through “Ethics, Manners & Etiquette” to the delight of all concerned.

However, for the time being the writer is focusing on apprehending those primary aspects which ought to lead us to a situation where we may be able to formerly launch a competition in to the society which should resemble the Latin saying “Si isti et ille, Cur non ego?” “If he or she can (be good), why can’t I”.

Achieving the goal is definitely an undaunting task.  But if we have the good of others in mind and a determination to take such a painstaking task to give the world company, then the world is ours.  Come, the goal is set and the destination no farther than our yearning to be united with the beloved, the One only omnipotent, omniscient, all encompassing supreme spirit and the Supreme Godhead namely God Almighty.

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