Man and Professions

The identity between gyana and karma has to be experienced at every levels and every levels of experience must be the experience of the identity between of gyana and karma. When we experience the same in a particular space time context in which one is doing something, at that moment he/she experiences the truth. So, if every person is able to experience such an identity between gyana and karma at every inch of space then naturally every form of karma becomes only the experience between gyana and karma. This fact has often been ignored by the so called experts or pundits, who have got the opinion that master is much higher when compared to a slave. Such discrimination is illogical and draconian in a sense that it virtually denies the natural right of every person to experience the truth in that particular context. If everyone experiences truth then naturally everyone should be able experience the truth between wisdom and action in his own space in units of time. This factor has been accepted by the Advaita system. That is why it never discriminates between one form action from other form of action. But now what happens is that the present day world has classified experience into better one and the weaker one. The better professions include academic, medical engineering, management etc. They strongly believe that all these professions provide us satisfaction because it is a better profession. Lower professions are works like scavenging etc. Better professions become better only if it is performed in a better manner. The merit of the profession actually depends on the way one performs it. The present day world is in need of better professionals. That is why we are on the lookout for competent persons everywhere. Take for ex. the example of Mother Teresa. The way she performed was very simple when compared to many other higher professions. She was always with the poor and the destitute. She lived with people who were unnoticed by the higher professionals. Therefore, according to me, every society needs a classification of professionals in accordance with an evaluation by the merit and ability of the person. Whatever be the nature of the society, oligarchic or dictatorship, be the profession legal administrative, technical or unskilled, there must be some classification. This fact is to be admitted. Advaita system believes that such classification should ever be there but evaluation must be on the basis of merit, that is how much each person offer and the grade of justice they give to these professions. Every profession according to the Advaita system is meant for the society. Advaita says that there is no function which can be termed as individual function. So, every person has a social dimension, and every social function has got an individual dimension. Advaita never believes in the separation of social and individual dimensions and separation of professions.