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Spoken English Lesson 18 | మన చుట్టూ ఎన్నో నమ్మకాలు. సమాజం నేర్పించినవి కొన్ని. కుటుంబం బోధించినవి కొన్ని. అనుభవాలూ జ్ఞాపకాలూ పరిచయం చేసినవి కొన్ని. వాటివల్ల లాభనష్టాల సంగతి పక్కనపెడితే.. హేతువాద దృక్పథమే మనిషిని సత్యం వైపు నడిపిస్తుందనే విషయాన్ని గ్రహించాలి. ఈ సంభాషణ సారమూ అదే..
Vinay: Don’t leave now. Drink some water. Sit for a while.
Abhiram: I must go now.
Vinay: Don’t start now. It’s not auspicious.
Abhiram: But why?
Vinay: I’ve sneezed. Didn’t you hear it?
Abhiram: So what? I haven’t sneezed, have I?
Vinay: You shouldn’t leave or move on sneezing. It’s a bad omen.
Abhiram: If I had sneezed, I would’ve rested.
Vinay: It’s the same whether you sneezed or I.
Abhiram: I pity you for your ignorance.
Vinay: I pity you for your arrogance.
Abhiram: Let’s not be harsh on each other. As Gandhiji said let’s agree to disagree. I’m not arrogant. I’m only rational. You’re steeped in superstition.
Vinay: Superstition? My great grandmother observed it. My grandmother, my mother observed it.
Abhiram: Let the whole world observe it. I won’t subscribe to it.
Vinay: Why?
Abhiram: Because it’s irrational, unscientific. It’s at best a blind belief.
Vinay: Blind belief?
Abhiram: When you sneeze, there is no muscle contraction in my body, no pressure on my chest.
Vinay: So what?
Abhiram: Why should I rest?
Vinay: A bad omen always goes with a sneeze, I believe.
Abhiram: A sneezer may rest or pause just for a while till the muscle contraction and pressure on chest passes. It’s wise for the sneezer to rest or pause for a while.
Vinay: No bad omen?
Abhiram: Not at all.
Vinay: Do you say all these beliefs started without a reason?
Abhiram: Most of these beliefs had a sound reason. Down the ages, they have lost the reason.
Vinay: What’s your idea?
Abhiram: Some of these beliefs were exaggerated, distorted, or fantasized.
Vinay: Twisted?
Abhiram: Most such beliefs were like ripe bananas. Down the ages they have lost the flesh, only their skin is left in our hands.
Vinay: Do you mean beliefs bereft of reason are blind beliefs? Should we not observe them?
Abhiram: You can observe as long as they don’t affect your self-belief and self-confidence.
The teacher is marking attendance. He stops at the 13th student:
Teacher: Where is the ass?
Student: Nowhere, sir.
Teacher: Who is the ass?
Student: Nobody, sir.
Teacher: Then why do you say ‘Ass, sir’?
Student: Because I am present, sir.
– సూర్యరావు ఎం.వి
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