Freedom










    "I prefer the gorgeous freedom,
   And I fly to lands of grace, 
 Where in wide and clear meadows 
All is good, as dreams, and blest. " said a famous poet.

 Who doesn't prefer freedom,liberty or emancipation-The act of speech or conduct according to one's will.We are all born free and freedom is our innate quality.Man has faught many a wars for the sake of freedom.We daily hear of incidences where people are fighting for freedom of speech and expression...
Freedom of speech,freedom of thoughts,freedom of expression,freedom of worship...all sorts of freedom.

 But are we really free...Are we actually born free.let it look at it this way .The moment we attach an identity with ourselves we generously lose our so called freedom.We start gathering mass to that identity and gradually become slave to that identity.We live in that identity.We live for that identity.

 Freedom is something not to be acquired.Freedom is something not to strive for.Freedom is something not to be achieved.Freedom is innate,spontaneous,unlearned and untaught quality said great philosopher and teacher Krishnamurty.It is Required for the understanding of truth.

 The more we are chained in identities and ego,more the bondage and where is the freedom?
Today we see people fighting for freedom every now and then.Some want political freedom ,some want religious freedom and some desire free will.They forget freedom is nothing to be faught for.They are so much chained and caged in their own thoughts that they become slaves of their thoughts.Gradually they deviate from the truth and lead a miserable life.

 Freedom is an enquiry into the truth.Freedom is a state of mind which is pure and close to the source.
Freedom is a heaven  in which we are born in.

 Guru Rabindranath Tagore has rightly said,
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high,
Into that heaven of freedom my father make my country awake".

     

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