UNDERSTANDING AND MISUNDERSTANDING

There are many people wailing quite frequently that they are not understood by others. Some others curse themselves for they are misunderstood by others. The parents say they are not understood by their children and vice versa. Some teachers feel they are misunderstood by their students and vice versa. The husband finds that he is not properly understood by the wife and vice versa.

What is the difference between understanding and misunderstanding? In fact, both have vague meaning. What is called a 'perfect understanding' today can be a misunderstanding tomorrow, and the other way round. In most cases, we select a friend or one become our friend, may be, rather certainly, out of misunderstanding. If we can read the minds of our friends, we shall not have any friends at all. Almost all disputes between individuals, families, societies or nations take place out of misunderstanding.

We do not understand others because we cannot understand them.  If someone express love towards us we may instantly understand it, but later it may be found that it was not love at all. When we are taught mathematics we may either understand it or fail to understand, but no misunderstanding. However, in human relations there is no understanding but only misunderstanding.

Our so called relationship with the Almighty God is a total misunderstanding. There are two prime reasons for this. One is that we have no certain means to understand God. The other is that our known God is full of knowledge, full of performance and full of power. He is beyond time, space and matter. No human brain can conceive such a God. So, all that we have is a total misunderstanding. While understanding is precise, ultimate and faultless; misunderstanding is misinterpretation, misconception and disagreement.

Hence I have no hesitation to say that I misunderstand every one and everything and every other person certainly misunderstand me. It can be added to this, with equal vehemence, that, I believe that I can understand all and all can understand me too.

KV George
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