The Concept of Freedom

THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM.
Man is born with absolute freedom but as he grows he is shackled in various clutches in the name of rituals, religion, state and politics. The society, religion and politician need only stupid people. They like only obsequious persons who never question or doubt the existence of their irrelevant rigid dogmas and convictions. All the vested interests need the masses to remain stupid to exploit their opportunity of stupidity for meeting their selfish goals. They are sure that education will open their inner eye of ignorance which will eventually liberate them from their clutches. Rich culture, art forms, literature, music, dance, sculpture and painting will emerge from a land where the individual mind is set free. Freedom is a subtle feeling of total fearlessness. The eyes of little babies will sparkle with rays of innocence. They don’t know what fear is. They will express the natural feelings in any situation. Even if a poisonous snake comes to it, it will smile and start playing with it. Normally no snake will bite small babies. A fearless man’s mind is crystal clear from all impurities. One has to purify one’s action, words and thoughts with goodness to be in absolute freedom like a little baby of innocence. The state of freedom automatically comes to a mind when it tries to purify all actions consciously. What you speak and act is decided by your thoughts. And the thoughts are formed from the subtle part of the food what you take in. If one hurts the feeling of any living being, he can not be in happiness, peace and freedom. Because these three are inter dependent.
There are only two classes of people on Earth. One “who has” and the other one “who has not”. That is, one who has money, power, property, knowledge, influence, beauty, efficiency etc; and the other one who lack all these. Human history is the long record of the class struggle between these two opponents ever since he was born on Earth. In the Stone Age he used to fight with spears, swords, bow & arrow for both woman and land which have been replaced with modern weapons like nuclear bombs, missiles, rockets etc. The only difference is in the change of fighting weapons. Man is the same old ape like animal born among other animals in the deep forest with strong dormant animal instincts. Then came various philosophers, philosophies and prophets to civilize him. Still he is the only animal killing its own clan not for the purpose of food. We proclaim that we have been civilized with ultra modern cutting edge science & technology, industrial and IT revolution, and advance in space technology. But when he gets the right opportunity, the so called civilized tamed beast sleeping in him will arise and show its true animal nature. The advance in technology has increased the efficiency and power of individual human being and country to commit effective violence. Your freedom ends where my freedom begins. That is why an attacked dog barks at the attacker when it reaches its own home.

Bhaskaran Vellakkad