The Journey of Being Human

Man is born with an unknown, an unknowable potentiality. His original face is not available when he comes into the world. He has to find it. It is going to be a discovery, and that is the beauty of it. And that's the difference between a being and a thing.

Man is not a thing. That brings all the trouble and all the joy, all the challenges, all the disturbances. The child comes just empty, with no writing on him, no indications evern of what he is going to be all dimensions are open. This is the first basic thing to be understood: that a child in not a thing, a child is a being. He is not yet, he is just going to be. He is a process, and there is no possibility to predict where he is going to end; what will be the ultimate outcome of his life's experiences, anguishes, anxieties, ecstasies; what it is going to amount to in the end, finally. The final sum total of his whole life is not available in the beginning. He does not bring a chart with him. All the astrologers have been befooling you, palmists have been befooling you, and they could befool you because there was a chance to befool you. The parents are concerned what the child is going to be. And their concerned is out of love, hence they can be exploited by all kinds of con men. 

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin   
ISBN: 978-0-312-59547-0
Price: Rs. 299

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