The Moral Vision
Motion and Direction
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MOTION AND DIRECTION
A
western thinker once commented, “You have
removed most of the road blocks to success when
you have learnt the difference between motion and
direction.”
One intrinsic quality of activity is movement. When
you are walking, driving, riding a bicycle, galloping
along on horseback or roaring along on a
motorcycle, you are moving. But in what direction?
Are you moving towards your destination, or away
from it? The actual motion in both cases seems to be
no different in quality.
The great difference between the two is that the
former brings you ever nearer to your destination,
while the latter takes you further and further away
from it—leaving you where? Nowhere. At least,
nowhere worth going. It is direction that is all-
important. Even if we only get on to the slow-moving
bullock cart or a cycle rickshaw, we shall do better
than a jet plane which has no sense of direction.
Both in our private lives and social existence, it is
imperative that we take stock of our means and
