If you are deeply enslaved, then freedom will not appeal to you. And that is what happens to most of us.
We have so little taste of freedom, that slavery has become a habit for us. A very deep habit. We have grown accustomed to it. So accustomed, that freedom actually scares us, like a bird that has been kept in the cage for very long, very-very long. Now you open the door of the cage, it refuses to fly away. It says, ‘What is wrong with being here?’ It is because it never had the taste of open, unlimited sky. It says, ‘I am alright here. I am very well protected. No cat can pounce upon me and my master feeds me nicely twice a day, he gives me meals and that is all life is, having two good meals a day and feeling safe and protected. Why go to the sky and risk my life. What is the fun in that?’ You will realize the fun only when you start flying. If you have never stretched your wings all your life, it is very difficult to tell it to you, very difficult.
You can feel bad about being forced to do something, only if you have at least a little idea of what free-will is. All of us have some taste of freedom, otherwise you we cannot feel bad on loss of freedom.
If you are feeling bad in going to a certain place against your interest, then there is some hope left. It is a good sign. It is a good omen. It means that you are not completely dead. It means that you understand what freedom is, at least a little understanding is there.
If somebody says that i am working all the time against my will and i am so happy about it, I have no problem, then that person is already dead. He has become a machine.
The fact that you resent something which is against your interest is a positive sign. That is alright. That shows that there is some life left.
So, what is the track that we have taken from there?
The track we have taken is- it is wonderful to resist slavery, but then realize slavery in its fullness, in completion. Slavery is not just about forcibly doing something. Slavery is much more about being deeply conditioned, being habituated of doing things under external influences. In fact, it is even deeper slavery.
Freedom is only available to a free mind.
A mind that has been deeply conditioned, deeply enslaved moves from no other factor except persuasion. Understanding various aspects of conditioning is freedom from conditioning.
Submitted September 12, 2018 at 04:28AM by acharya-prashant https://ift.tt/2p1hUWf
