F is for "Freedom"...
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For most of us , when we think of letter "F".. the most important word that comes to mind is "Freedom.." Freedom means, freedom of living, freedom of thinking, freedom of expression etc etc.
Freedom can have many aspects-
-Freedom of choice - Everyone should be allowed freedom of choice (= the ability to make their own choices).
-Freedom of speech - Freedom of speech and freedom of thought (= the ability to say and think whatever we want) were both denied under the dictatorship.
-Freedom of information - They are campaigning for freedom of information (= for any information to be allowed to be given to anyone who wants it).
-Freedom from injustice- We demand freedom from injustice/persecution (= the condition of not having to suffer these things).
and so on! Importance of freedom can't be expressed in 1 sentense or 1 line. Many things come to our mind when freedom word is thought. It can't be restricted to only few things. Freedom is a vast concept and everybody wants to live a free life. i.e everybody loves freedom so do I... Freedom is the most important aspect of my life too. But what freedom exactly means for me? Freedom doesn't only mean doing anything that we want. Isn't it? Freedom is something more than that.
Few days back, I came across a wonderful quote which changed my thinking about freedom- "The freedom to do anything you want to do is not the true freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself."- Osho Rajneesh. This quote by Osho Rajneesh is so true and so deep!!! It has a wonderful meaning hidden in it. The more we read it, the more we get from it. You can give many terms to define freedom but the main thing which is related to freedom is to "be yourself". What a lovery concept!! Many a times, it's only about following someone. We don't think much before imitating anyone. Most of the times, we forget to follow the inner light and we go on imitating others. We forget about ourselves, our choices, our likings. our true nature.. We only keep on imitating someone. and we just become part of the crowd! Our identity, our true nature is lost somewhere. And if it is noticed, immediately after that, we start losing our freedom. If we want to live in real freedom, we should respect our inner voice and be yourself. Everything can be wrong but our inner voice never directs us on the wrong path. Instead of imitating anybody, following our own inner voice, inner light is the real freedom. I think, when we live according to our own light, we live in real freedom! Freedom is living life as yourself without any burden, without showng anything to anyone.. And you can claim independence. Living with our own light makes life meaningful and successful and happy. Everybody is unique and that uniqueness should be preserved. It is nothing wrong to be yourself. And when we start living life that way, we can taste real freedom. But obviously lot of responsibly comes with Freedom. But once we start following to "be yourself" then we can see miracles happening. But for that we need to accept ourselves. Then life becomes happiner. And it will help to grow by all means. Living in freedom is something so good and with freedom, life becomes really good!! We can open up and new era gets started.
Finally the gist of all this is- everybody should live in all forms of freedoms..but the greatest of all is the freedom to "be yourself." When we really follow this, we start living in real freedom. So it should be our choice to live according to inner light. And finally when we follow our inner light and inner voice, freedom can be cherished!!
