The Answer

[This was written last year when I was in a mental asylum.]

What is insanity? Absence of sanity I presume. The next legitimate question that arises is what exactly is sanity then? The rules that society thrusts upon you to follow? Sounds like Fascism, isn't it? Where an individual loses one's voice is not the ideal society. So what is the way out?

The answer is right in front of our eyes: Humanity. Treating every individual equally with equal amount of respect is the answer.

We, humans do not treat others with equal respect. A lot is considered before dealing with a person. The financial condition, social status, education, in our country the individual's caste, in some other country the colour of the skin, sex; all these and more are considered while treating a person.

Now, each human being is a potentially divine individual according to Swami Vivekananda. To treat a divine entity different than the other would result in a potential sin therefore.

And therein lies the whole fallacy of the system we call society. If society has to stand, differences have to be maintained. Otherwise, in a land of all equals, how can things be controlled? Equality of money is not possible. The prince and the pauper can never have the same amount of wealth, but what they can have in common is equal respect for each other.

And how does this equal respect come?

From appreciation of work. Every work is equal with the other in terms of respect. The person polishing a shoe and a film-star both are earning their meal by doing some work and getting different pay, but both their works are equal when seen from a neutral point of view and must be treated equally. And this equality of the honour of work is the missing element in society.

Everybody has their place in society, otherwise civilization will collapse, but honouring every work equally would really reduce a lot of tension that has become a part of today's life.