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Friday, January 13, 2012

My Condolence Meeting - Allegory of my life - Part III

Miss. BS is in complete grief during the entire condolence meet, so that is what the others think. In fact, Miss BS's concentrating on an ugly, scaly house lizard on the wall. The lizard is waiting anxiously for the fly, the fly who is flying listlessly around the defunct, aged neon tube, which can emit light only in short bursts.....

"Miss BS Personality"- A report by Dr. Carl Jung (Analytical Psychologist)

She lives in the world of theoretical possibilities. She sees everything in terms of how it could be improved, or what it could be turned into. She lives primarily inside her own mind, having the ability to analyze difficult problems, identify patterns, and come up with logical explanations. She seeks clarity in everything, and is therefore driven to build knowledge. She is the "absent-minded professor", who highly values intelligence and the ability to apply logic to theories to find solutions. She typically is so strongly driven to turn problems into logical explanations, that she lives much of her life within her own head, and may not place as much importance or values on the external world. Her natural drive to turn theories into concrete understanding may turn into a feeling of personal responsibility to solve theoretical problems, and help society move towards a higher understanding.

She values knowledge above all else. Her mind is constantly working to generate new theories, or to prove or disprove existing theories. She approaches problems and theories with enthusiasm and skepticism, ignoring existing rules and opinions and defining her own approach to the resolution. She seeks patterns and logical explanations for anything that interests her. She is usually extremely bright, and able to be objectively critical in their analysis. She loves new ideas, and becomes very excited over abstractions and theories. She loves to discuss these concepts with others. She may seem "dreamy" and distant to others, because she spends a lot of time inside their minds musing over theories. She hates to work on routine things - she would much prefer to build complex theoretical solutions, and leaves the implementation of the system to others. She is intensely interested in theory, and will put forth tremendous amounts of time and energy into finding a solution to a problem which has piqued her interest.


..... So she is watching the ugly, scaly house lizard on the wall when the fly rests in a trapping distance of the lizard. The lizard flexes her muscles and so does Miss. BS. In a flash, it darts its tongue towards its prey...

"Let me now call upon Miss BS to say something" so calls the host speaking from the dias.

...towards its prey, and it misses the fly.

"Oh God !! Oh god!! why did you do this" exclaims Miss. BS. The audience nods in grief thinking she has said this for the dead 'me'. With concentration disturbed, she realises that she has been called over the dias. With a ruffled up look she makes her way towards the dias, still grieving over the lizard's lost catch.

" Today we have lost a great man. He was the only person who stood by me when i discussed the intricacies of the Lizard Theory and its effects on the human psyche. Well he is one person in the world ofcourse apart from me who could undertsand a Lizard. May his soul rest in Peace" and she leaves the dias with confused faces trying to decipher what she meant by the Lizard Theory and her need to discuss it at this time.

"well he was known as a lizard in the office"assured one of my smart-alec relative to his neighbour who nodded in agreement.

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue sky's from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

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