According to the Philosophy of Existentialism, human being is thrown into the world. He is thrown into the world to be in the world. To be in the world primarily calls for encounter with the people of the world. As human being is in the world, cannot escape the other human beings. Every encounter with the other is a new adventure and a venture into the unknown to be known. According to me there are two types of encounters; traditional and modern.
The traditional type of encounter is known as confrontation. It means that the meetings with the people are face to face. It is face to face and firm despite of how and what of situation. The formula of confront = Firmness + Firmness. It offers no scope for change. It does not create an impact on the life of the person. It is accomplishing things without listening and caring for the other. It is an attitude of ‘I don’t care for the other.’ In this encounter, what matters is only business and nothing else.
The modern type of encounter that I propose for meetings with people is care-front. It is firmness but coupled with care. The formula of care-front is “care-front = firmness + Care”. I deal with the people not face to face but with heart to heart. By care-fronting the other, I touch the life of the person at all levels of life by listening to him/her caringly. When this kind of attitude prevails, the change automatically happens without the use of force.
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