Young Philosophizing

                                                                                            

Abode of wisdom, love and a place where you can realize all your genuine dreams  that what the prestigious institution Dharmaram Vidaya Kshetram (DVK) Pontifical Athenaeum for Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law is. Bowing my head before and thanking my Professors, let me begin my observation on young Philosophizing. “Winners do not do different things they do things differently.” People of every time wish to become both winners and different. Why does it take place? Here the Philosophy of man Answers I am not superior, I am not inferior, I am not equal but I am something special. I am unique. No one is able to put the other in a frame.  This year Philosophy of faculty in DVK is blessed with enthusiastic, energetic and extraordinary youth apart from priestly and religious students to do their Philosophical studies. Youth in the 2G world opt for Professional studies, and to have easy chair job. Being a young in this discipline it’s a big question in front of me, why do they choose to study Philosophy?  Here I am with some of my humble remarks on this issue. As we know the word Philosophy is the mishmash of two Greek words Philo and Sophia means love of wisdom. Reality is what people of this eon becomes more informative but not transformative. They become customers not producers and contributive. To be a designer of something it sounds that he or she needs to have Philosophia or wisdom. Wisdom helps us to reflect upon our lives and makes transformation in our lives.  Doing philosophy will lead us to get hold of real wisdom or the subject for correct thinking. Information that you gather from different sort of sources like Media, Internet and Book will not make you to arrive at real wisdom, of course they play their part but still they too are confined. “For me philosophy is training for correct thinking (to become a professional thinker)” says Pradeep a student from Faculty of Philosophy at DVK. 

I have formed a definition on philosophy, after two years of my philosophical studies, and that is Philosophy= Thinking+ Practical application. “In this age people do things before thinking that calls forth mistake and mischief.” Writes Chethan Bagat in his book Three Mistakes in My Life. The author of this book is of our own time. To be frank, it proves the present scenario of people’s capacity to think precisely. Philosophy has begun with the famous cliché of Socrates ‘Know thyself’. Today what we lack is this. The corollary of this not knowing oneself leads to login our day with a bed coffee and breaking news like Corruption, Murder, Women harassment and Terrorist attack. I am bit afraid of India, where this land of Rishi’s and clairvoyant goes? Back to bygone days we find that the culture of India was more oriented with spirituality and wisdom. It was our culture and the late mystics of India had their own philosophy and vision. During their life span they had voice to lead India a nation of spirituality and wisdom which they got from their unfathomable reflection. Today people think that Philosophy is a bumpy, taut and waste subject.  So they just rebuff to go on with Philosophy. Philosophy is part and parcel of our culture, it rings a bell doing philosophy as Indians we save our culture and our image.

The twenty first century has absolutely gone to the hands of business, and this is what we are going to pick up as fresh twig of Philosophy. Commercialism attracts us to become contributive, creative and critical. In this point, does Philosophy have any role in professionalism? Vikas, a student from Faculty of Philosophy at DVK and Christ University who left fine salaried job and came here to go on with philosophy answers, “commercialism or Professionalism can and has been going without any philosophy in today’s world, but I feel this is a sad state, Professionalism without philosophy of its core values is like a body without soul.” This creates an avalanche of negativity in new contributions.   

Philosophy was, is and will keep its value always because there is no zilch without its philosophy. To conclude let me write a discourse from the Malayalam Movie PRNAYAM Between Achu (Ambarish) and Mathews ( Mohanlal). Achu and Mathew were enjoying the sunset at seashore, and Achu had thrown shell twice to the sea. He asked Mathew did you observe that the second shell has gone far than the first? Mathew replied yes. Achu asked again can you tell the reason. He answered that you had given extra power to your hand so. Achu replied you are right but it was my will and wish that the second stone has to fall far from the first. Yes dear friends we need to be spurred that our lives should be more colorful, creative and contributive than the last second that we just passed, and let our philosophies help us.   

Jithin Kalan CMI