Four fingers and the One

Today there was a discussion between some of my friends regarding the principle of uprightness. The case here is that one of the guys goes and testifies against some one who has been caught in a muddle of dishonesty and unfair means. The point people were making was that whether it is right if someone who himself has been doing stuffs which are not a proper behavior of uprightness ,should go and testify against some one who is caught in that kind of muddle.

Having given the background, the discussion here is who should and should not decide whether other people are right and wrong. We all make mistakes in life. Those mistakes can be big or small depending upon what is the criteria of judgment and who is deciding it. In general we have a tendency to classify things as big and small and depending on
That criterion we decide.

As in one of the hindi movies when Rajesh Khanna tells the crowd that only he who has not lied or has committed any sin in life should throw the stone on the lady who was caught stealing something, the crowd disappears away. My learning from the movie or this incident was that we should not try to judge people on the basis of our perceived notion but with one objective tool which applies to all of us.

When we are not sure of ourselves of being weak at moments, we should not be the one to comment or say the least pass judgment on others. Out here in this competitive environment everyone is under pressure. Some people are equipped to handle this pressure better and some not. It is this environment which takes its toll and makes people do things in those weak moments of theirs. We should therefore be clear that all of us have had those weak moments and most of us have fallen prey to it.
Now the argument will be that the actions people take in those weak moments might vary in the seriousness or the magnitude. However as I have said earlier, no matter what we do , small or big, if one has compromised on his/her uprightness ,he/she should think twice before pointing fingers on others.

I for some reasons of mine think that people should be given chance to improve. We should rather believe in the ultimate goodness of the human kind and not try to judge people on the basis of our preconceived notion because that notion itself can be corrupted by our own biases.
Rather than pointing fingers on others we should try to look into ourselves and think on the saying as it goes.

“When you point one finger on others ,four fingers are pointing on you”