The use of the term chalta hai (trait of a person who does not want to get serious) is on the increase these days. Since the pace of life has become faster, it leaves us with no other option. Or, at least that is given by most of us as the apparent excuse to accept whatever comes our way. However, there is a danger in not checking this tendency.
Big things are hidden amidst very little ones. We want to achieve the moon, skipping small things on the way. This cannot happen in any real sense. How we keep our shoes when we take them off, how we put up a poster during a concert are small but important details.
We need to keep these in mind if we wish to develop the knack of being able to catch the subtle and the abstract, both of which are necessary ingredients to grasp anything of depth.
There is a story of a young Jew who wanted to study The Torah, the holy book of the Jews. But he did not want to study under any of the many great Rabbits (Jewish priests in Jerusalem.)
When asked why he wanted to go to one special Rabbi in an obscure hamlet, his reply was that he wanted to observe how this great man tied his shoelaces!
{{/usCountry}}When asked why he wanted to go to one special Rabbi in an obscure hamlet, his reply was that he wanted to observe how this great man tied his shoelaces!
{{/usCountry}}It is not easy to pick up deep concepts. One has to struggle a great deal and the chalta hai attitude can be a big hurdle in achieving this goal.
These days during classical music concerts, claps come in only when the tabla and the instruments being played fight it out. We do not know when to say Aah! It comes only when a subtle shade of a note is applied at the right place. Not everyone can catch this.
(Edited extracts from the book Chintan)