As per the hindu scriptures, there is a belief that something that has been started shouldnt be stopped at least till the third day or else it will not go on smoothly..keeping in mind that tradition, im going to do it for one more day and then after that probably update this blog weekly and/or when i happen to get a chance...Single folks can probably get that a chance lot more often, but for married guys that doesnt happen so frequently....for chances are few and far and those chances have to be wisely used...
Anyways, i want to talk about freedom today for my tagline says that "a bird chained and blah, blah,blah"...what is true freedom? Freedom is pretty subjective and for me, it means to be able to have no attachments...but how is that possible? For a man (or woman), in this materialistic world, it is difficult to live without attachments...every work we do, every action we take, we expect something and slowly those expectations cause attachments...alright! since i know that expectations are a hindrance to my freedom, can i simply do my tasks without expectations? but in that scenario, wont i be dispassionate? Won't my work suffer, if i simply make it a 9 to 5 job..im taking work here as an example, but it can be relationships as well...isnt it? if i just take my role as a husband without expectations and worse without attachments wont i become too mechanical? Then, does this mean that a person who wants to have freedom and experience become too dispassionate and have the word 'emotion' sucked out of his life? Even, if it were possible to do that, how will i live? Wouldnt it be like living like a robot?
Or probably i'm thinking about it all in the wrong way...may be freedom doesnt mean that i shouldnt have attachments....may be freedom means with or without attachments, i should be the same...As a husband, i should be able to love my wife, treat her in the best possible way, but always remember that i'm a separate entity apart from her...this means that i shouldnt be completely be dependant to her..and the same goes for everything...dreams, aspirations, family and everything should be evaluated in the same aspect...but, if we start applying this for everything, then we should also apply it to my freedom as well...this essentially means that even though i dont have the freedom, i should be able to experience freedom...at this point, i'm completely lost...does this mean that a person who has absolute freedom doesn't necessarily yearn for it? Does this become like another sensory part of me like my being able to see, taste, hear and happens in the subconscious?
What does all this rambling tell me? I'm not sure...what is absolute freedom? how do we get it? Or is it possible to get it? So many thoughts, so many questions and yet so little time to analyze it...Lets hope that we get to analyze more and someday understand the true essence..
Omsairam!
There is no term like 'Absolute Freedom"
ReplyDeleteFreedom is not Physical,it is the state of mind that controls the physical. Even if we are given absolute freedom to do what we want we are trapped in the net of 'Conscience' of which we have no control.
Sudha
A person irrespective of the fact that he or she is single or married has commitment to his or her family. But it is also equally important to have a space of your own to cultivate your interests and aspirations and I would not call this by the term "selfish" as long as someone else is not affected by it.
Till the time one can balance these two aspects of 'Obligations and Self Gratifications'on the scales of "Conscience" he remains like a " Chained bird longing.........................heights of freedom
In the spiritual realm, there is no right or wrong..whatever rules that are present were created for the lesser "evolved"...once a person evolves, he is no longer constriained by the society...the only pitfall is to avoid obeying the rules before you truly evolve
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