Life Of A Child With Autism
Children themselves are special. Then why some children only are referred to as "Special Children..
Each and every act of ours is like a ripple on the surface of a lake. The ripples that pulsate on the surface may subside in just a few minutes. But although it may seem that the thoughts and feelings that emerge in the minds have subsided along with the deeds done by us like the ripples, they settle in the form of inherent traces in the deep layers of the mind. All these traces or ‘samskaras’ as they are termed in Sanskrit add up to form our conduct and character.
Perseverant effort involving ardent desire and proper guidance is a must to free an individual from the tentacles of the baneful influence of surroundings. There is an illustrative example to indicate how a person’s life will be shaped in the absence of this kind of effort. The following are the findings of a researcher about how an ordinary individual who finds himself in cruel surroundings is transformed into a hard-core killer.
When an individual witnesses a scene of murder for the first time, he will be overwhelmed with grief and will find the sight abominable and revolting. However if he finds himself in the vicinity of such crimes repeatedly, he will be able to overcome the original repulsiveness, nausea and distress and will be able to endure it. In case he remains in the company of murderers too long and is thus exposed to repeated murders and violence all too frequently, a time will finally come when, under the irresistible influence of these cruel deeds he will himself undertake such cruel acts without any qualms.
The behavior of criminals who have had to spend a sizable part of their lives serving their terms in jails in is another case in point. When they are finally released they feel like the fish out of water and it is not uncommon that they entreat the prison authorities to take them back! This is just because they feel quite at home in the prison.
It is not uncommon either, that those who live in the midst of filth for long, forget the rules of cleanliness and unable to rise up from the surroundings, will reconcile themselves to the state and acclimatize themselves to it. Such is the overwhelming influence of the environment. Can such individuals ever rise from the quagmire they have fallen into?
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