On Freedom
Freedom is ones right to live their life their way provided they dont break any legal, ethical, and moral code. One can play fast and loose with the code to a certain extent but not defy it. Slavery is the opposite of freedom. Throughout our lives, we go about exchanging one form of slavery with another. A vicious cycle of slavery is perpetuated at our birth. From the moment we are born, we are slaves to necessities and desires. Slavery to expectations follows and then slavery to society. The root cause of slavery is fulfilling necessities and desires. If we reduce our necessities and desires or enjoy doing what we do to fulfill our desires and necessities, we wont have to succumb to slavery. Freedom is not free. Ironical, huh. However, the price paid by everyone is different. For someone, boredom in exchange for freedom from social constraints might be a very high price to pay. Not for me. Someone may exchange mental stress for materialism; for me mental stress is a ...