Living in our mental silos, we often brand and limit ourselves to precedents which make a mockery of our living. What makes good use of our commonsense is hardly followed and all the pre-historic notions are driven in our minds.
Suddenly a gush of imaginary
thoughts came to my fore. Why did she behave the way she did? What was she taught
of such a beautiful animal which is petted with so much care in many parts of India
and the world? Her conduct was synonymous with her knowledge about the kitty
and quite obviously the legend stories she might have heard from her grandpa which
would have put a deep fear on her psychology about a Black Cat’s sudden spurt
of crossing the path – which according to legend bestows an ominous sign of
miss happening coming our way.
Quite amazingly, I started to
grimace on the situation to which I was a cool witness, I was the next one to
cross the path and suddenly I became the first as she had backtracked! I did it
with quite an ease and more of pride and brought to rest the mental turmoil which
the situation had put me to 😊 – Today, I did it with all my honour and
removed the shackles of my mind towards such a unparalleled moment.
Are we really living in 21st
century with such dogmas of our mind and percepts? The cat must have felt pride
for a moment that humans didn’t make her run out of danger that they showcase
and her crossing the path in an untimely fashion had actually made them turn
away!
She made her style statement with ease and went into the bushes undeterred by human presence – but not before making me think about many of us and our reaction to such an incident, had this happened to us, do you still have crossed the path with no thoughts or you had taken this as a smooth gesture with a ‘benefit of doubt’ moment about the kitty as she has an equal right to take a night stroll as many of us… the eternal debate continues…
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