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are we really free ?

the day before yesterday, i was attempting to write an essay for vichaar 2004 here at hell. the first essay that i came up with was totally philosophical, and unfortunately abstract, and as a certain constructive critic put it, fleeting. i consoled myself telling myself that it was because of the mammoth word limit of 200, oops 2000 words. all the same i was reluctant to put it in the 'rejected' lot in my black box. hence i thought that i would come up with the soul of the same here.

let me start off with my definition of freedom. here i am talking about personal freedom. i define freedom as an inter-dependence characterised by complete trust. i would consider a person who gets strongly influenced by a few people who he really cares about much more independent than most others who take care to ensure that too much of them is not under the influence of a couple of individuals, preferring instead to mould himself giving undue respect to the thoughts of six-billion odd people instead. why? because only two handfuls of the mammoth population sets the norms that others have to follow. and one handful of them are motivated by their own selfish interests. it's a pity that these so-called self-determinants are actually bothered about what a majority of unrelated people think than about the small few who actually are concerned about them. people who depend on a selected few are free...fre from worries and tensions...because they know that what they do is going to satisfy at least 4-5 people. people that they are bothered about.

with this impression of freedom, i must make an unqualified statement. about 99.94% of us are by means even in a position to visualise what freedom is. trsut me if you can. my experiences as a person who chose to get shaped by a select few have been heaven in comparison to the rather unfulfiling experiences as a person who took the beaten path. it will be really tough initially. but you can always try to achieve perfection. freedom is bliss. it has to be experienced. try to.

posted by raama @ 8:51:00 AM