Every one has likes and dislikes. You too have them. Likes and dislikes are the contact lenses through which everyone looks at the world. When you look at the world through your likes and dislikes, you create a private world of your own. This is a subjective world – which you superimpose over the objective world created by God. Your interaction with the world, then onwards, is always on the basis of this superimposed, subjective, private world of your own creation.
This is how a belief system is built up in each individual. Beliefs could be many and varied. For instance, you may believe that “X” is a bad person and “Y” is a good person. Once this kind of belief is formed, you refuse to see facts that do not support your belief. You refuse to see the good aspects of “X”, as also, the bad aspects of “Y”. Any information, which opposes your belief is not allowed to enter – the shutter closes against such information, as in a camera.
Because of these preconceived notions, you believe what you want to believe – and therefore, you are never objective. Those, who are subjective, are always at a disadvantage, than those who are objective. These preconceived notions (formed as a result of your likes and dislikes) do not allow you to take proper decisions – because your decision is only as good as the information that you have.
Consider, for instance, that you are assessing the suitability of a person for a professional job. His professional skills alone should decide your opinion of his performance and value to the organization – not his looks, sex or race, language, culture, caste, community, etc. In practice, you find that professional skill and capability will never be the sole criterion. There will always be extraneous considerations, which are going to ultimately decide his suitability or otherwise.
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