What Is Better, Who Is Right Or What Is Right?

 What Is Better, Who Is Right Or What Is Right?
 

Mathematics is perhaps the purest form of logic with which we can identify. Add two and two to get four. Simple. But does this logic also work for more delicate or complicated topics? Who decides who is right?

 The idea of ​​disagreeing on issues of governance, philosophy or life itself is not  new. History books and scriptures are full of stories of individuals or societies that violate the prescribed authority of the time. For the sake of brevity, let's omit the merits of these disagreements for now.

 Defining dissent

 But what seems  new is the word "dissent" that appears on our phone and computer screens when we surf the Internet in search of news, and even more so when that space becomes social networks.

 Dissent, which the Cambridge Dictionary defines as "different opinions about something", has become something of a buzzword  and we wouldn't be surprised if it became the word of the year.

 One group contradicts the decision of the other, the left contradicts the ideas of the right, all this suggests, who decides who is right?

 As an individual atman, spirit soul, we observe the phenomenal world around us, collect information through various senses, and finally try to understand this information with the mind and intelligence, which in turn are based on logic and past experience .

 As it seems, this  knowledge gathering system seems quite satisfactory when a person is in control of what they want to know, how to authenticate the information, and what to do with it. Leaving aside a small mistake: we lost the ability, or rather the inability, of our senses to perceive factual information.

 Four defects

 The Vedic scriptures discuss this problem at length and go on to  classify roughly four defects with our senses: Bhram, to be deceived; Pramad, make mistakes; Vipralipsa, tendency to cheat; Karanapatava, imperfection of the senses.

 Sitting during an hour long conference and not remembering anything; see a mirage of water on the road; confuse a rope with a snake; and not being able to see objects too far or too close, these are all manifestations  of these sensory defects to varying degrees.

 At this point, it would be logical to ask, where should I look for knowledge that is free from these deficiencies? The answer lies in the word "Aparusheya", a Sanskrit word that translates as "not of human origin". Anything that is defective cannot become a perfect object. An incorrect start to a math problem cannot provide the correct solution.

 For this simple reason, ancient sages  and realized souls have advised us to study the Scriptures for guidance. The scriptures are called the beacon that guides us on the path of justice.

 After all, it is not so important  who is right, but what is right.