It was a cold chilly night all of a sudden a dog
started barking in the street. Then a few more dogs from the adjoining street joined the lone dog and they all started barking together. The other dogs which joined the first dog do not know
why they are barking, but still want to make their presence felt. This is called Avegasheela Pratikriya (Impulsive Reaction).
This is how sometimes a few share the messages on Facebook or WhatsApp. They do not know the authenticity or check the validity of it yet they share. Why and
what for they are doing so they are least bothered to analyse. One can observe
that this impulsive reaction happens in an instant, it is hysterical.
A few years back an aged lady used to work in my
factory, she was an introvert. She was very good at work and she was the one
who was brewing tea for all of us. Somehow few workers in my factory did not
like her and for anything that might go wrong in the factory, they would blame
her. There were many a times when I would ask others not to jump into conclusions
and blame her for every unforeseen occurrence that happens. But they would
never mend their ways and continue to blame her. They had decided to
intentionally drag her into everything. This is called Buddhipurvaka Pratikriya
(Intentional Reaction). If we observe here this reaction is not instantaneous, it is a way of expressing covert feelings of anger and jealousy.
A person riding a two-wheeler was off balanced while
negotiating a pothole and he lost balance and fell down. He had noticeable bruises
on his forearm. Immediately a lady from house opposite came there with a jug of
water. The injured person was made to sit on the pavement for some time and he
was given water. After a few minutes the man thanked the lady and drove off. The
lady who got the water displayed Svaabhaavika Pratikriya (Spontaneous Reaction).
She had not seen him before and maybe she won’t see him again in future. She
just responded in a natural way seeing someone in distress.
Now every action has a reaction but if we look in
deep we find that it could be impulsive or intentional or spontaneous. For an intentional
reaction too much of thought process is involved but amazingly the impulsive
and spontaneous reactions happen in a jiffy without a second thought. On the
surface they both look as if they are one and the same but rarely can they be
used interchangeably. Spontaneity is infused with all sorts of positive
connotations. It means to follow our natural feelings without restraint and when we
just get an idea we go for it. There's nothing holding us back and hence we are
free to do. However in impulsive reaction though we act without thinking it is
often used pejoratively to refer to instances where we should have thought before
but failed to.
Spontaneous Reaction is an external action in
response to external stimulus that inspires an internal response for a positive
outcome. Most importantly in such reactions we do have control on that action. Impulsive
Reaction is an internal response that manifests externally as action which is
out of control and mostly with negative consequences.
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