Slavery is a curse. Apology, was a curse and hence abolished and eliminated from most progressive societies. Really?
It was a sudden uneasiness. A constriction of her breathing passage, as if there was no more oxygen in the air and all she was inhaling was nothingness. It passed away in a few moments as she forgot what just happened. No medical practitioner could diagnose the ailment. No alchemist could heal her.
We often believe that we are free. Our nation gives us freedom, our Constitution guarantees it. And most of us are from progressive societies and live in modern families. But how do we define this freedom? Is it the freedom to wear the clothes of our choice, eat the food we want or go to places that we want to and meet the people of our choice? But is this really what being free is all about?
I don't think so.
So I decided to come zero in on a few question that can help us determine, are we really free?
- Where you are right now at this very moment, do you want to be there?
- If yes, are you happy in that place? If no, would you be somewhere else, if not there?
- When you woke up today, were you excited about the fact that you are going to do something that you have looked forward to do, since yesterday?
- Could you on a piece of paper, clearly in a sentence, define what you really want to do in life?
- Do you often in gatherings feel like you don't belong there or what people are talking and joking about is not really what you would talk about or joke about, if it wasn't for the social obligation?
This is a very short and sort of informal questionnaire and there is no criteria or scoring key to judge your answers. But the point is that the whole process of answering these basic questions should have given you an insight into yourself and also who you really are or want to be. Whether you are a believer or atheist, the truth is pretty clear. No one is going to accompany you to your grave. No one is going to experience your pain and your happiness. It's just you and only you. Even after knowing this, why do we allow ourselves to be bound, by these externalities? True freedom lies in being you. And being you, is to be free from all that is outside of you.
