Recently I have realized something very subtle. Something which is not realized by many in day-to-day life. I may be wrong, but it is a very self-evident observation:
Look at it this way, whenever we meet someone, we usually remember some aspect of him/her. We may remember him/her by multiple roles he plays: father, mother, clerk, teacher etc. We always need some kind of description for him/her. This description is not our own fantasy, rather it is the set of terms/traits through which we perceived him/her.
A person has multiple qualities. But when one quality dominates all other qualities, he/she becomes famous for that single quality. Public remembers him/her for that single quality. That quality becomes associated to his/her name, rather becomes her name. For example, Arjun in Mahabharat had many qualities, but when we say "धनुर्धर" (archer), the face of Arjun quickly comes to our mind. Arjun might be having many qualities, but this art of archery that he had mastered, got associated to his name.
When you refine your one attribute, then you will get that attribute as your name. In deeper sense, you will become the attribute itself. On microscopic scale, it can be said that your one attribute will dominate so largely over others, that that attribute will be identified by you. You will become a "symbol" of that particular attribute. This is pictorially represented in the adjoining figure.
Specialization is the key to glory. History of Indian civilization is full of people who were specialized in special art and science. For example, look at the intricate yet beautiful architecture of temples all over India. This specialization is not only important for an individual, but also for a nation. These specializations when followed over multiple generations in a family, become the कुलीनता (Kuleenta). Kuleenta is the civilizational asset (resource) of a nation. A nation full of multiple specializations is destined to progress and prosperity.
So now the question arises, what should an individual look to specialize in ?
This is a question, difficult to answer. Earlier a single Guru used to monitor the behavioural, mental, physical and psychological aspect of the student. So he could visualize what the personal traits of a student are and he would initiate him/her into that field from very early in life, so that he/she could learn to the maximum.
This is not possible in today's education system, because today's education system is not bothered about holistic development of a child by polishing his/her traits. Today, many teachers teach but none of them is concerned about polishing the inherent abilities of the student.
So today, an individual must do self-evaluation. He/she should reflect on one's own inherent abilities. So coming back to the topic, we were discussing that what is the advantage of having specialization and not having little little knowledge of all fields. Let me take you on another tour...
Noun does NOT exist, everything is just a collection of adjectives (attributes).Each person can be taken as the sum-total of some qualities, that he/she possesses. So one of the ways to see a person/entity is to look at the kind of features/traits that are present in him/her/it. In this perspective, noun becomes an abstract concept (illusion), which requires real attributes to express itself in a real world.
Look at it this way, whenever we meet someone, we usually remember some aspect of him/her. We may remember him/her by multiple roles he plays: father, mother, clerk, teacher etc. We always need some kind of description for him/her. This description is not our own fantasy, rather it is the set of terms/traits through which we perceived him/her.
A person has multiple qualities. But when one quality dominates all other qualities, he/she becomes famous for that single quality. Public remembers him/her for that single quality. That quality becomes associated to his/her name, rather becomes her name. For example, Arjun in Mahabharat had many qualities, but when we say "धनुर्धर" (archer), the face of Arjun quickly comes to our mind. Arjun might be having many qualities, but this art of archery that he had mastered, got associated to his name.
When you refine your one attribute, then you will get that attribute as your name. In deeper sense, you will become the attribute itself. On microscopic scale, it can be said that your one attribute will dominate so largely over others, that that attribute will be identified by you. You will become a "symbol" of that particular attribute. This is pictorially represented in the adjoining figure.
So now the question arises, what should an individual look to specialize in ?
This is a question, difficult to answer. Earlier a single Guru used to monitor the behavioural, mental, physical and psychological aspect of the student. So he could visualize what the personal traits of a student are and he would initiate him/her into that field from very early in life, so that he/she could learn to the maximum.
This is not possible in today's education system, because today's education system is not bothered about holistic development of a child by polishing his/her traits. Today, many teachers teach but none of them is concerned about polishing the inherent abilities of the student.
So today, an individual must do self-evaluation. He/she should reflect on one's own inherent abilities. So coming back to the topic, we were discussing that what is the advantage of having specialization and not having little little knowledge of all fields. Let me take you on another tour...
Suppose a group of people are shown a very very large-sized scenery of Nature having a mermaid in it....just for 2 min. Now all of them are told to redraw the entire scenery. How will they re-draw it ?
Simple and easy way is to distribute the work. The entire scenery is divided into several portions and each portion is assigned to a particular person of the group. But sadly more than 80% of the people were more interested in analyzing the mermaid. So they didn't notice the remaining part of the scenery. Those who were assigned the mermaid portion were able to redraw it but all other portions (the land, the sky, the trees, the birds, the clouds.....) couldn't be drawn.
So what is the moral ?
The nation neither needs little knowledge in all fields nor does she need specialization in only few fields. India needs specializations in multiple fields. Thus, as an individual, we must strive to fill out the complete scenery. To achieve this, one must align his/her personal abilities into the path which makes him/her stand out.
In the first fig. we saw graph of one person. What will happen if we combine specialization graphs of all persons ?
Then we will get the complete scenery (the perfection) !
- Sahil Kakkar
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