Posted by: Khairey December 11, 2011
The Fate of the Confused Nepali
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@Homeyoji : Here goes more about the pendulum effect :

Relating this with Physics, here there are two forces of nature that is oscillating the pendulum. One force is force of gravity and the other is restoring force of equilibrium. One can be taken as force that you want to live in US and other force is that you want to stay or go back to Nepal. So as Homiyo Ji mentioned, these two forces are constantly driving us from one position to another (G to A when you are at G and A to G when you are at A), thus in a state of confusion/oscillation. But the real solution of this madness is finding out how can we attain rest or be stable or in a state of equilibrium where none of these forces drive you from one to another; that would freed you from the confusion (that is laziness we are discussing here). For that you need to know how eventually pendulum stops. In real world there is another force in effect; the force of friction from air (that we don't see but we know) that eventually dampens the oscillation of pendulum and bring it to rest. So what is this force in your dilemma of US or Nepal, that would eventually bring you the peace ? In human psychology, this third force can be related to 'human needs' (in this case the need of opportunity/money, need of security, need of freedom, need of respect/popularity, need of justice, need of resources and many) . This nature of need is well explained as 'Maslow's hierarchy of needs' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs) . The pendulum attains the equilibrium in effect of opposing force of friction and that takes some amount of time. Simlarly, you can attain the peace or stability while moving up the hierarchy of needs and after certain time. The more force of friction is applied (or exists), in less time the pendulum comes to rest. So, the more or sooner you move up in the hierarchy of needs, in less time you attain the peace.
 
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