Freedom, is a very interesting topic that I have never been able to understand completely.
All the way through school, I have read exhaustively about freedom. Freedom movements and struggles of various countries and kingdoms. What most places struggled, was for them to be an independent region, governed by one of their own and not a person from a foreign region..
So extending the same argument(or by induction), personal freedom is all about being independent of external forces (people, circumstances), governed by our own self.
In the case of a nation, we can hardly be independent of another. We depend on other nations for help during war, natural calamity and for trade.
Similarly, in personal life, it is hard to be independent either. Financially and physically , maybe, we could call ourselves independent if we enjoy a good salary and great health. But I have not always been independent always. My parents gave me the education, food, shelter and all that I needed to get to where I am today.
But these things are tangible, quantifiable and understandable. But how about emotional independence. If it is a nation, it looks for approval from other countries and from its own people, for its policies and decisions in any field. And some times like UK, has to play 'dogs-on-leash' game with nations like USA.
But personal freedom on the emotional front is the most difficult to achieve, for reasons more often unknown. We constantly look for approval from dear and sometimes not-so-dear ones. We like to be loved, liked, appreciated, pampered, etc... To hit the nail on its head, we seek attention. Not getting the required amount of attention from the loved one, makes it very emotionally draining for us. But we cannot get all we want in life. Because life is not fair. We know that. But how difficult is it to understand this? Very Difficult ...
This seems to be a vicious circle. Expect attention -> get denied -> pile it up -> expect attention again -> and so on. We can never get enough attention. And we know, it is not always valid to expect (or may be never valid), yet we do. When will this information turn into understanding?Or how can we turn this information into understanding? Because, without understanding, one can hardly get to where one wants to be. Independent !!
All the way through school, I have read exhaustively about freedom. Freedom movements and struggles of various countries and kingdoms. What most places struggled, was for them to be an independent region, governed by one of their own and not a person from a foreign region..
So extending the same argument(or by induction), personal freedom is all about being independent of external forces (people, circumstances), governed by our own self.
In the case of a nation, we can hardly be independent of another. We depend on other nations for help during war, natural calamity and for trade.
Similarly, in personal life, it is hard to be independent either. Financially and physically , maybe, we could call ourselves independent if we enjoy a good salary and great health. But I have not always been independent always. My parents gave me the education, food, shelter and all that I needed to get to where I am today.
But these things are tangible, quantifiable and understandable. But how about emotional independence. If it is a nation, it looks for approval from other countries and from its own people, for its policies and decisions in any field. And some times like UK, has to play 'dogs-on-leash' game with nations like USA.
But personal freedom on the emotional front is the most difficult to achieve, for reasons more often unknown. We constantly look for approval from dear and sometimes not-so-dear ones. We like to be loved, liked, appreciated, pampered, etc... To hit the nail on its head, we seek attention. Not getting the required amount of attention from the loved one, makes it very emotionally draining for us. But we cannot get all we want in life. Because life is not fair. We know that. But how difficult is it to understand this? Very Difficult ...
This seems to be a vicious circle. Expect attention -> get denied -> pile it up -> expect attention again -> and so on. We can never get enough attention. And we know, it is not always valid to expect (or may be never valid), yet we do. When will this information turn into understanding?Or how can we turn this information into understanding? Because, without understanding, one can hardly get to where one wants to be. Independent !!
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