This one is on a sudden flash of thought that occurred two days back.I admit I think very intensely on things of no practical significance, so intensely that on a pleasant sunday morning, spending just about an hour with myself, I could convince myself to a suicide.Too bad it never happened.Read on.
The idea is to sum up all the pain in the world and divide it by the world population.This gives something which I would call per capita pain.Now your absolute pain less the per capita pain gives your relative pain.Simple math rite!Yes.Now the realization of your relative pain can effect your absolute pain to some extent by way of " Ok I am not really that pained.Am I?".Taking that relief into account, now calculate your absolute pain again.Iterate the new data through the above said math.See where you stand.This new relative pain is a complex manifestation of your pain,your perception of your pain, your sympathy towards others and importantly how realistic you are. The idea is to remove the colored glasses you wear when you are assessing your pain.Well this exercise may make you more sadder than before.So use your discretion.
I tried this on myself.I always find myself iterating it many times and my absolute pain sinuously moving around the average.And I end up in a perpetual race condition between happiness and sadness.As I write this I realize this is what leads to my mood swings.
