Tuesday, May 12, 2009

n=1 theory

Over the weekend, it suddenly stuck me that while all of us are talking about C K Prahlad and his theory of n=1, we may not even realize, who is the biggest implementer of this theory.

I remember, as a child, when I had to draw something, my mom said, that with nature, you could draw anything, as all is prevalent and nothing is wrong. So to say, all is unique and acceptable.

As a human being, we are again biggest example of n=1, for each one of us is unique and there are no two people who respond to a particular situation in the same way. The feeling of restlessness in humans maybe coming from the fact that we are trying to fit ourselves into a template, not realizing that the nature which brought us into existence made us unique, so what works for one, what exhilarates one, what pains one, what gives pleasure to one is not the same for the rest. The challenge is to accept this uniqueness which exists in us and so in everyone else, and having accepted n=1 as a reality, go the way of R=G - and find solutions globally ... that which works for us, whichever part of the world we may be living in. In human context, it may mean breaking away from the social conditioning.