WHY DO WE CRAVE FOR FREEDOM
At every stage of life, in all situations we crave for freedom, freedom from obligations, freedom from oppression, freedom from commitments, freedom from any type of restrictions and on a much higher plane freedom from birth, death and rebirth.
Look at the child. The moments he/she learns to walk, the craving for freedom to run away takes over. The pleasure of running away becomes a game both for the child and the parents. The teenagers want no restrictions. They ask for freedom to live their dreams. As grown- ups the individuals want to be free from any sort of dominance. The employees turn to entrepreneurs as a mark of freedom from day to day harassment from employers. As a family person, in spite of all the love and attention, the craving for freedom exists.
The journey in life is aimed at being free. We want freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of action and freedom of living our life the way we want. Left to us, we do not want any sort of restrictions. In fact we hate restrictions in any form. This is possibly why our scriptures talk about the four stages life namely Brahmacharya Ashram, Grihastha Ashram, Banprastha Ashram and Sanyas. It appears the journey of life starts with the sole purpose of getting free and ends with achieving that goal in death.
It is because we were free. It is because we were free before and we will be free after. It is because the soul in our body was and is eternally free from all and everything that our body suffers from. Atma (soul) is unborn, dies never. (Na jayate mriyate wa kadachin naayam bhoota bhavita wan a bhuyah) This soul which lives in our body constantly reminds us of our intrinsic nature.
This is possibly the reason why we crave for freedom.
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