The trapped soul!
Kahlil Gibran says, ‘I love you for your truth derived from your knowledge; that truth which I cannot see because of my ignorance. But I respect it as a divine thing, for it is the deed of the spirit’..
They say God is formless. And I am sure he sees his creation without any distinction. But unfortunately we slot and pigeon-hole not only everything we see, hear, smell, touch, sense but everything that we are not quite sure of. One such thing is trans-gender
The nature plays a very cruel role with them at birth. To begin with, they are not anatomically complete Men or Women and even if they are their DNA construct plays trickery with their choices in life…Though claims are made to have understood what they go through in life, empathized with and support offered, there is a chasm-a million light years, I guess- between sympathizer and the sympathized. It’s just like knowing what the pain is and experiencing the same. All our understanding can hardly scratch the surface but their emotional upheavals can least be tormenting.
It’s completely an unchartered territory and just by over-simplifying the things, I can afford to say it’s COMPLEX. There are homosexuals, hermaphrodites, Eunuchs, transvestites and whole lot of them who are fighting to fit into the mainstream by going under the knife.
Why not? The body is not aligned to the psyche. There are men trapped in women bodies and women in men. If one completely wants to transform, say from a man to a Woman (Which is much easier and less painful than a Woman to a man), even then the nature delivers the knock-out punch as they will not be able to conceive.
Oh till now it’s been a sob story of the ultimate kind. But wait, where is the villain? Should not somebody make it more difficult for them to survive?
How about ‘The society’? Is it not very clichéd? Yes, it’s me! I am the wicked one here. I have been making them butt of jokes for last few years and all of this is done in a good humor, to evoke some laughter, to brighten few faces and to create some shock value. Hmmm just one of those attention seeking behavior I guess.
It’s never been mockery for the sake of mockery. However my psyche, the social construct, the caricatured behavior and the stereotypical responses has made me sick. If as an outsider I can shed tears for Tista Das (A complete woman after being operated), Mahira (Who is on her way to being a Complete Woman) and Bobby Darling (Formerly Pankaj), I can also make an earnest effort to come out of my trappings and my thoughts.
They have been ill-treated, shown indifference, completely ignored and have been abandoned by family and friends. I am sure all of us belong to one or more of the categories above. It’s a trapping---we need to come out of.
Kahlil Gibran also says, “A strange form of self-indulgence! There are times when I would be wronged and cheated, that I may laugh at the expense of those who think I do not know that I am being wronged and cheated.”
Kahlil Gibran says, ‘I love you for your truth derived from your knowledge; that truth which I cannot see because of my ignorance. But I respect it as a divine thing, for it is the deed of the spirit’..
They say God is formless. And I am sure he sees his creation without any distinction. But unfortunately we slot and pigeon-hole not only everything we see, hear, smell, touch, sense but everything that we are not quite sure of. One such thing is trans-gender
The nature plays a very cruel role with them at birth. To begin with, they are not anatomically complete Men or Women and even if they are their DNA construct plays trickery with their choices in life…Though claims are made to have understood what they go through in life, empathized with and support offered, there is a chasm-a million light years, I guess- between sympathizer and the sympathized. It’s just like knowing what the pain is and experiencing the same. All our understanding can hardly scratch the surface but their emotional upheavals can least be tormenting.
It’s completely an unchartered territory and just by over-simplifying the things, I can afford to say it’s COMPLEX. There are homosexuals, hermaphrodites, Eunuchs, transvestites and whole lot of them who are fighting to fit into the mainstream by going under the knife.
Why not? The body is not aligned to the psyche. There are men trapped in women bodies and women in men. If one completely wants to transform, say from a man to a Woman (Which is much easier and less painful than a Woman to a man), even then the nature delivers the knock-out punch as they will not be able to conceive.
Oh till now it’s been a sob story of the ultimate kind. But wait, where is the villain? Should not somebody make it more difficult for them to survive?
How about ‘The society’? Is it not very clichéd? Yes, it’s me! I am the wicked one here. I have been making them butt of jokes for last few years and all of this is done in a good humor, to evoke some laughter, to brighten few faces and to create some shock value. Hmmm just one of those attention seeking behavior I guess.
It’s never been mockery for the sake of mockery. However my psyche, the social construct, the caricatured behavior and the stereotypical responses has made me sick. If as an outsider I can shed tears for Tista Das (A complete woman after being operated), Mahira (Who is on her way to being a Complete Woman) and Bobby Darling (Formerly Pankaj), I can also make an earnest effort to come out of my trappings and my thoughts.
They have been ill-treated, shown indifference, completely ignored and have been abandoned by family and friends. I am sure all of us belong to one or more of the categories above. It’s a trapping---we need to come out of.
Kahlil Gibran also says, “A strange form of self-indulgence! There are times when I would be wronged and cheated, that I may laugh at the expense of those who think I do not know that I am being wronged and cheated.”
