Sens'i'tivity versus 'I'nsensitivity

When things go beyond control many people loose temper. Some end their lives. How to confront the various anger provoking situations is a big question. Many suffer because of their inability to address such situations. This disturbs their mental peace. Mental peace is shattered and replaced with pieces of mind. The challenge of maintaining mental balance is one which needs to be taught in schools, colleges, universities and offices. This will definitely give the mentally upset the tool to digest disturbing situations.

Yog(a) is the union of the mind and body. The role of our mind in controlling our emotions is well studied. That is why when somebody interferes in somebody elses work, the prompt reply is 'Mind your own business'. Many incidences during the day do not merit any consideration or thought. But it is we who get unnecessarily concerned with the various things going around us - probably because we have nothing else to do. An empty mind is a devil's workshop.

If only we can focus on the things at hand, we can remain much more comfortable with ourselves than getting disturbed by things remotely concerned with us. There are some who imagine things and get disturbed. That means they themselves disturb themselves with an internal irritant.

But when the irritant is an external factor and not caused by oneself then it is better to ignore it. Ignoring helps many a times.

There are situations where personal welfare or the society is threatened by external factors. These need the interference of the government. This is when the law enforcing agencies and judicial systems must exercise their role expeditiously in the favour of the society. Only then will the 'insensitivity' in the society see a drop. The 'free for all' situation should go away at the earliest. The government has an important role to play to make the country 'for the people'.