Ideologies that inflame

How can you stay in absolute normality when the world around you is in a complete manic state? Is it even remotely possible? Every single day there are riots, communal disruptions, terrorism, rapeathons, rabid mob attacks and to top the cake with whipped cream, there are the never ending politics about who is on power and who is not!



It was a just a while ago when I was staring in a state of shock at the detailed show on the religious violence in Myanmmar and the footage of a single muslim being attacked by a raving mob of buddhists and people from the other sects.

It was absolutely agonising to see the terror that seeped into the man's face,who took the blow and more terror seeped into me when I saw the manic crowd beating him to fatal injuries. There was also this footage on the Muslims attacking the monasteries and buddhists, in turn, ruining their mosques and burning down the houses.

This has been prevelant all over the world and among all the religions that exist and are extinct among the human population.

I have a few questions for you all to answer. Why do humans divide themselves into different groups, castes, sects, communities, religions, states, countries and governance? Why do we mull over something that is just an ideology and not even reality?

Religions might be real, scriptures might be true and you might probably full-heartedly believe in them. But why do we humans identify ourselves with a set of scriptures and defend mere ideas and risk it with our lives?

Why do we create societal unrest for a word spilt in the air and bring down buildings, cities and human life? If we are doing all the above,what is the difference between us and the rest of the clan that God has most generously created in this world?

Whom do we have to protect from our brotherhood and whom do we have to condemn? While we live, we occupy land that is the exact measure of both our feet and when we die, a slightly bigger piece for our body to rest upon. And in the middle of our short lives, do we actually have to bleed and let bleed our comrades?

Awaiting answers that enlighten. For freedom of expression should not be an ideology, but reality.

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Emoting to influence

Before you start reading further, think what emoting is all about and how does it help us big time in relating to the people around us. Now what is emoting according to you?

Let me start with my perspective on emoting. I personally find that emoting is all about freedom of expression. There is no single yardstick to set standards for emoting and it basically involves facial reactions, body language, the posture, the tone of voice, the words one chooses to use while addressing people and hand gestures.
                         
                                         

While delivering a public speech, one can seem to appear confident enough by his body language and smile, but the words he uses and the tone of voice he chooses to deliver them to the public will outlay his nervousness in abundance.

Also the eye contact he/she makes with the audience is an extremely important mode of emoting. In order to appear confident, one has to make constant eye contact with the audience frequently in order to gain their trust on what he is to speak.

A voice that is feeble and low will not appeal the audience. A confident voice which has a great throw will always catch the attention of the audience. An interactive session will also probe them on the topic that the speaker is addressing thereby making the audience more involved in the session.

Coming to the part about hand gestures, frequent waving or gesturing to the public might make the speaker animated and funny at times. This might prove to be a big time distraction away from the topic that is to be addressed. Typically put, the audience must be involved in the speech rather than the speaker.

A confident and straight body posture might add value to the speaker among the audience. Maintaing a rigid body posture might show out signs of nervousness or stage fear while an extremely careless posture may prove the speaker to be overconfident. Both of these styles don't work out on capturing the attention of the addressee . Rather, if the speaker appears to have a normal body posture, the audience feel more invited.

Wrong facial reactions at the wrong time might send out alarmingly wrong messages to the audience. Keeping facial reactions to a minimum might help the audience concentrate more on the content of the speech rather than the speaker.

The most significant feature that makes a great speech is the tone of voice that the speaker adopts while delivering his speech. You can make a request, command, threaten or influence people all with the same words, but the different tones of speech that you choose to experiment with. You can appal or mock cartloads of audience with a few simple words but a great tone of voice.

Emoting properly with all possible facets of expression will help you take off well in a public speech. Emoting should be conciously done to influence people to listen and adhere to what you say, not only while addressing a large crowd but to generally relate to the people around you.

When used properly it can make you a great influencer and you will be able to make greater impact in other people. It also increases the trust that the addressee has in you (the speaker). Start slow by practicing to emote well in your day-to-day life and increase your yardstick everyday to greater heights and greater influencing. Happy emoting!