Freedom, the born right
of all human beings, the born right of all that’s living. Amongst all other
creatures the one that longs for freedom the most are humans, this is due to
the superior mental ability we have than the rest. We are social beings which depends
on each other for our survival, in a social structure all actions done and all
decisions taken by an individual will knowingly or unknowingly depend on other
individuals who are part of the same system. When considering freedom in its
common form, the base of it is free will that is the capacity to take our own
decisions, irrespective of the outcome and without others interference.
Since humans are social beings the existence of free will itself is at
doubt.
Freedom is a general term
that is heard and used quite commonly in our lives that often arises when
someone interferes with our judgment or will. Though it seems that freedom is
simple and can be attained easily, freedom itself is an unattainable state. If
one is willing to go deep in to know the true meaning of freedom then he will
be able to understand its three basic forms, Physical freedom, Spiritual
freedom and Eternal freedom. For one to attain true freedom all the three forms
has to be gained. So I am putting forth the three barriers that we all will
face if we try to attain it.
There are so many
limitations to the human body because of which one can’t accomplish all his
physical desires, that is the desire to fly as free as a bird, the desire to
breath under water and so on. Thus physical limitation is the first barrier in
the way to attain freedom. In order to overcome this, one can depend on the
advancing technologies and can thus attain physical freedom. Today’s
technologies won’t be enough to accomplish all our physical desires but it will
be possible in future. The next barrier is humanly attachments and this affects
the free will of an individual. All the decisions that he makes in his entire
life time will be due to or for the people around him. So to attain spiritual
freedom one must free himself from all emotional bonds. This is possible only
through spiritual awakening that is by realizing and accepting the truth about
life, thus one attains spiritual freedom. After freeing oneself from all
physical limitations and emotional bonds now there remains one more barrier and
is unconquerable by all means. It’s the ultimate truth of life and is named as
death. Though one can try hard and attain both physical and spiritual freedom,
he won’t be able to enjoy it forever. Birth always ends in death, it’s an
undeniable truth of life and no one can attain freedom from that, thus one
can’t attain eternal freedom.
There are so many great
men born among us like Buddha, Christ, Mahavira, Vivekananda, Sree
Narayan Guru, Osho and so on who had succeed in attaining spiritual freedom but
couldn’t attain the other two. For our future generations attaining both
spiritual and physical freedom would be possible, but even then they won’t be
able to attain eternal freedom. Long ago humans realized this truth and it’s
this realization that made them create a superior being, a being capable of
attaining all the three forms of freedom, a being that he can admire, a being
that he can never become. Then along the way he started believing in it,
worshiping it, dividing it and started fighting for it. Humans are curious
creatures, who always admire, love and believe in things that he can’t do and
the irony is that this became his greatest strength.
