A Bona Fide Of Real Freedom
In this world, different people have different kinds of freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and so forth. However, I would like to talk about the real freedom that comes from God. Many people do not have real freedom. No society has ever been pleased under the regulation of people of some other society. History, from one perspective, is nothing but a struggle between two groups-one attempting to enslave or keeping enslaved the other and the other fighting incessantly to ward off this slavery. All wars are nothing but a sign of this ancient phenomenon. It seems we cannot accept losing our freedom and at the same time we cannot allow others to be free. When we are under the regulation of someone else we fight to throw off the shackles and when we are free we endeavor to yoke others.
It is true not only for political or social groups but also for individuals. Just have a look at the kind of relationships we have built. Don't we try to dominate all persons we come across? We can see parents trying to dominate children, husbands trying to dominate wives, bosses trying to dominate subordinates and vice verse. Even friends try to dominate each other. It seems life is nothing but a move violently to dominate the other.
In my opinion, freedom is one of the supreme values in life. It is in our very nature and that is the reason every one resents if his/her freedom is encroached upon. The only trouble is that most of us are not even aware of our shackles. We do not even have a faint inkling of the numerous ways our freedom is denied to us. On the surface it appears that modern man has certainly acquired a degree of freedom beyond belief in the past. But it is only a optical illusion. There exists no freedom at all. If you can identify even one force on this earth which can curtail your freedom in any way, let me congratulate you too. For it means that you can see things if you wish to. Our freedom can maintain its status only as long as someone more powerful than us doesn't see us as a threat to his interests. Step in his way and you will be forced to open your eyes. In short we seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of FREEDOM.
