Which sweets are the best in the world?
Which is the best book of the world?
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Simple to ask questions. For young kids, they may be easy to answer questions as well. But someone told me an observation regarding such questions with which i could not disagree.
And that observation is very simple. Which sweets are the best in the world - is probably an incorrect way of asking. I should rather ask, 'Which sweets do you like most?'. The probability of getting an answer will be many times more. Similarly, if i ask 'which book do you like most?' instead of 'which is the best book of the world?' , i might get an answer in much less a time.
Allow me to delve a little deeper. I can offer you sweets, but how do you find their taste is entirely your personal territory. I can bring the best of dishes for my young ones, but how much they enjoy their taste is up to them only. Some experiences are non-transferable!
I like to meet a particular person very much. A simple chance to get in touch with him is a great opportunity for me. It fills me with great joy. I want my friends to have the same pleasure. But i cannot assure this. The best i can do is to provide them an opportunity to meet the person. How much pleasure (if any) they derive from that meeting is entirely up to them.
Recently i got a chance to read the book "Autobiography of a Yogi". It was a great experience. This book blessed me with some very unique spiritual experiences. I wanted some of my acquaintances to read the book so that i can discuss with them on the subject matter. I gifted the book to some of those people, five of them to be exact, but could not help them go through it. Only one of them, unarguably the busiest of them, did read the book and shared his pleasure with me and the others simply could not start reading the book.
To sum up, equality of wealth is possible. Equal distribution of resources is also possible. But equality of experiences is never possible. One just cannot assure equal distribution of happiness. This is entirely a personal territory.
I am a teacher and a provider of education services as well. What i can assure is merely this - provision of the same course content and similar teachers to all. And the gaining of knowledge, motivation, transformation and spark - this is an individual experience!
