The WhatsApp Groups

The WhatsApp Groups.

WhatsApp has become very popular next to Facebook for the conveniences it offers. The one factor that defeated Internet Explorer is that all the messages will be

downloaded to the computer system before one can read or reply. Peculiarly the same factor made WhatsApp popular. There is the troublesome side of WhatsApp too. The trouble might come easily through "WhatsApp groups".The groups are useful to some extent for fast communications but are troublesome also.

Suddenly one of  our acquaintances who happen to be an admin of a group, might add us to a group, many times without our permissions. There exits an option to leave the group. But we find some messages, some memes or some videos interesting and so we stick on to that group. We ourselves sometimes think that we can comment for the postings. We think that it will be a contribution of a great idea or an appreciation that will make us popular. Right appreciations do make us popular. But flattery or criticism or posting a contradictory view will put us into trouble.

It is necessary to understand group psychology to continue in the group. 

Many times we will be left wondering whether any idea could be contributed to the group at all.

There could be as many as 250 members in a group. It will be nice to see colourful ‘forwards’ from some unknown guys and known friends. 

In fact they do lot of homework to collect these. But what is the response they get?

If they do it for their own satisfaction, that is fine. 

In many groups, especially the groups of college mates everybody knows everything.  

If you give any information contradicting a post confirming the view that is established, the one who posts it will keep quiet and some other guy will put a sarcastic remark and the guy who posted comes back and endorses the sarcastic comment. So, it is taken as something against the guy who originally posted. 

Over the past years everyone has gained so much of knowledge that is really fine. The sad part is that they think everything they know is right, so are trapped into the space of their knowledge.

If you step out of that space you can see a different perspective. Then we understand everything is Illusion.  Everything is only the image. Sometimes the image describes the reality very closely.  Many times the image is grossly wrong. 

You believe in Shiva,

Someone believes in Vishnu,

Another one says that Jesus is the only God and Holy bible is 100 % right.

For a few others Allah is the God and whatever has been said in Quran is the perfect way to live.

Same views are held by Jains and Buddhists and the members of other religions also.

In spite of the education and analytical intelligence, the minds are caught in believes.

So there is no freedom from the space our knowledge and belief. 

It thus becomes very difficult to share a different view point. Why should we educate a group? Let them discuss their small stories. Let them have their dear drinks and relish their food recipes.  

The business world loads Terabytes and Terabytes of information for the growth of business. 

So everyone will believe in personalities like Religious leaders, Doctors, Dentist and things like Tooth paste, the health drink, the elite lungi, the best jewel, the best edible oil and the best shop to buy clothes and consumer durables. 

All these beliefs are tailored to make us slaves of corporate business world. 

You believe 80/120 is normal BP and then now someone says 90/140 is the normal. 

Similarly the accepted Blood Glucose levels Fasting/PP is 100/140 But now the research scientists say PP Blood Glucose level 230 is acceptable. .

The Illusion is created by the MNC'S and Corporate companies for creating a market, to drive the business to growth as fast as possible. 

Most people will be enslaved with this kind of illusions.

The few who are attempting to be free from the known and the illusions are called misfits and cranky.

So we have to analyse the kind of mindset in a group in order to participate.  The very smart guys will always keep quiet saving their time. They will also not face any emotional disturbance.

Group is not a place for intelligent discussion.

Go by what people like, to survive in the group and be in hibernation mode as far as possible.

It is better to limit the number of groups we are in and limit the posts. Huge amount of information is available on the internet and so we need not educate anyone because learning is a process of self.