There was no word as 'selfie' in Oxford dictionary till November 2013, but by seeing the craze and popularity of selfie amongst the people this word was given place in the dictionary as 'Word of the Year-2013', selfie means when one takes photos of oneself to share on social media. A year ago parent took his 18 year old daughter to hospital, because she was unable to keep her mobile away from her and had a habit of taking 10 selfies per day and upload them on social sites. A review by psychiatrists found that she had 'Selfitis' – a newly termed mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Here, a person develops an obsessive compulsive disorder of clicking selfies, "They strike different poses as they are not happy with one picture. They then upload them on social networking sites to get approval in the virtual world," said Doctor.
According to the study, the people who post their selfies on different online social networks have a problem of being praised by others. They seek attention and always pose in weird and unnatural styles in their photos for taking the attention of their friends and getting more “likes”. In another study, American Psychiatric Association says “if a person takes three selfies in a day, then he has mental disorder. People are so much worried about their looks and poses.
Speaking on the selfie craze, Benedict Cumberbatch summarizes it well in his comments to Business Standard, “What a tragic waste of engagement. Enjoy the moment. Do something more worthwhile with your time, anything. Stare out the window and think about life”, yes don't only click selfies but think about life, let's have small exercise. See your photo when you were 1 year old, and check the photo when you were 5,10,15 years respectively, now let's compare them with your today's selfie. What difference did you find? Are you looking exactly the same in all pics? No...our face has changed, nose has grown, our whole body has changed and it's is changing every year, every day, and it will be different in future but we don't say that old picture is not mine, we feel the same identity, isn't it? Body is completely different but we feel we are same person. What this change and transformation in body signifies, Bhagvad Gita says,"The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata".
This important principle Gita teaches us, we are not this body but we are eternal soul, body is temporary but soul is eternal. In the craze of selfie we have forgotten this reality and started taking this temporary body more important and serious, according to scriptures we keep taking different different bodies according to karma, so we had been to many bodies previously but real self had remained the same and that is spirit soul, it's ever lasting and that's our real identity. So let's focus on our real and permanent self than selfie of temporary self, the body.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
According to the study, the people who post their selfies on different online social networks have a problem of being praised by others. They seek attention and always pose in weird and unnatural styles in their photos for taking the attention of their friends and getting more “likes”. In another study, American Psychiatric Association says “if a person takes three selfies in a day, then he has mental disorder. People are so much worried about their looks and poses.
Speaking on the selfie craze, Benedict Cumberbatch summarizes it well in his comments to Business Standard, “What a tragic waste of engagement. Enjoy the moment. Do something more worthwhile with your time, anything. Stare out the window and think about life”, yes don't only click selfies but think about life, let's have small exercise. See your photo when you were 1 year old, and check the photo when you were 5,10,15 years respectively, now let's compare them with your today's selfie. What difference did you find? Are you looking exactly the same in all pics? No...our face has changed, nose has grown, our whole body has changed and it's is changing every year, every day, and it will be different in future but we don't say that old picture is not mine, we feel the same identity, isn't it? Body is completely different but we feel we are same person. What this change and transformation in body signifies, Bhagvad Gita says,"The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata".
This important principle Gita teaches us, we are not this body but we are eternal soul, body is temporary but soul is eternal. In the craze of selfie we have forgotten this reality and started taking this temporary body more important and serious, according to scriptures we keep taking different different bodies according to karma, so we had been to many bodies previously but real self had remained the same and that is spirit soul, it's ever lasting and that's our real identity. So let's focus on our real and permanent self than selfie of temporary self, the body.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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