The word
‘FREEDOM’ simply means ‘to be free from slavery.’ In today’s world we want to
be free without anyone stopping us. People have understood the word ‘freedom’
differently. Freedom means to do what one likes: to be free from all the responsibilities,
to be away from all the rules and regulations.
Freedom can
be divided into two: outer freedom and inner freedom. The outer
freedom is the freedom from the external slavery. This is the freedom that
Indians got on August 15th 1947. But the inner freedom is the
freedom from the internal slavery. Let us not forget the fact that we are slave
to our own selves. Inner freedom means to be free from within. Only when we are
free from within, we can exercise our freedom. “Don’t search for peace on earth
with your heart of violence”. It’s true, only with inner freedom we can enjoy
the outer freedom, because a person is free when he is both internally and
externally free. The person, who has inner freedom, will be happy and cheerful.
He will be a man of prayer, man of spirituality and thus a man of God.
Although we
have inner and outer freedom we have no right to have authority over the other
person. And we should not think that we could do anything we like. Though we
are free we should have some rules and regulations to practice our freedom in
the community. Rules and responsibilities are the tools to exercise our freedom
well. Freedom and responsibilities are the two sides of the same coin. For
example, if we pour the drinking water on the table, it is simply wasted, but
if we pour the same water onto the glass which is on the table, it will quench
some one’s thirst. In the same way we should pour our freedom in the glass of
rules and responsibilities.
The real
freedom means ‘to love God and do what God inspires.’ It is the free act of
conscience. It is a state where a person is capable of being happy in spite of
all the tribulations and problems of the external world. It is the state of
being free from all the guilt feelings. Finally it is an act of the Spirit,
because “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17).
Wish all the Indians, happy Independence Day
Pictures source: http://thejoshuacollective.com/2011/03/
2 comments:
Thanks for the photo creeds. Nice article!
Jenna Love
Thank you Jenna. god bless you.
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