Corruption, Wisdom, And Practicality.

Corruption, Wisdom, and Practicality.

I asked ChatGPT and Grok their view on my post on Facebook and here are the feedback.

“Corruption, wisdom, and practicality are synonyms of each other. If the soul sitting inside the body was sitting in the pocket or wallet, then this small thing would have been understandable.”

ChatGPT replied:-

Your statement is a sharp and sarcastic comment on the double standards prevalent in the society. By weighing corruption, wisdom and practicality on the same scale, you have shown that in today's era, more importance is given to the convenience and selfishness sitting in the pocket or wallet than the voice of the soul.

This line highlights the irony that morality and honesty seem important only till they do not clash with personal benefit. Do you want me to take this idea forward in the form of a poem or a short story?

- Yes

Here is a short poem taking your point forward:

“The soul of the wallet”

The soul kept saying something,
The mind kept listening silently,
But whatever was ringing in the pocket,
I kept choosing it every time.

Books of morality were opened,
But the reader was blind,
The one who compromised with his conscience,
He was called 'wise', God.

Whether he was corrupt or practical -
Who cares now?
The more one bows down at the opportune moment,
The more he bows his head.

If only the soul were also in the pocket,
Or if it showed some logic in the wallet,
Then maybe man would understand,
Faith can also provide bread.

If you want, I can expand it further and make it a short story. Would you like to see it in that form?

Sure -

“The soul sitting in the pocket”

Mr. Verma was considered the fastest officer of the city. The files used to fly away as soon as they came to his desk - with the seal of approval. People would say, “He is very wise... he knows how to move with the times.”

Actually, the secret of Verma ji's wisdom was in the right drawer of his desk - a thick wallet, which never remains empty.

Sometimes a contractor would come, sometimes someone to get a school building approved, sometimes a recommendation to stop someone's transfer. Every time Verma ji would smile and say, "The work will be done... You have to be a little practical these days."

But amidst all this, there was a voice that often arose from within him – the voice of his soul. It reminded him of his father's teachings:

"Son, if you start selling your conscience, you will never be able to sleep peacefully."

But Verma Ji would laugh - "Peaceful sleep comes from the money in your pocket, not from ideals."

One night, Verma ji fell asleep very tired. In his dream, he saw a court - but this was no ordinary court, here both the lawyers and the judge were souls.

His soul was standing in the dock. The judge asked, "When you compromised with yourself, did your pocket forgive you?"

The soul said, "I kept screaming, but Verma ji could not hear my voice because of the tinkling of the wallet."

The judge shook his head and said, “If the soul was sitting in the pocket, then perhaps the person would have listened to himself first.”

Verma ji got up in panic, drenched in sweat.

For the first time that day, he took out his wallet from the drawer of the table and looked… and the voice of the soul was heard again.

Learning:

When the soul is ignored, it returns as a dream. But if we wake up late, then sometimes nothing is left except regret.

I asked Grok for his analysis, and here is what he concluded:

Grok said-

To prove that corruption, rationality, and pragmatism are synonymous, we would have to create a hypothetical situation where ethics, law, and long-term effects are completely ignored, and only immediate benefits are the criteria. In this context, the three could be presented as synonyms, since all would aim at "beneficial results." But this argument is far from reality, because the basic definitions, purposes, and effects of these three are different. In real life, it would be logically and morally wrong to consider them synonymous.


Interesting, isn't it?