With greetings:
It is Freedom Day, and freedom is the most
beautiful word which has a place in all aspects of life, and it is the most
innocent term, yet it can be the most far fetched to attain.
The history of humanity has demonstrated a negative record with regards to
freedom. In other words, not only does it have an oppressive and dark record
with regards to the prevention of freedom, but also with regards to exercising
and applying freedom; because in the name of freedom, and while pretending to
exercise freedom, they would limit freedom to their own taste and liking, their
own ideologies and thoughts, and their own religion.
They would say freedom is what we are saying -
this is freedom! For example, hundreds of years ago whey wanted to impose their
viewpoints with regards to the discovery of Hijab (head covering), they would
force women to remove their chadors and would say that this is called freedom,
and women should be free! After a hundred years, with regards to the definition
of women's freedom, they are still restricting women by saying that women's
freedom is secured in this or that manner!
Also, in Western countries, the word freedom
does not exist in its real sense because if a person tries to defend the
interests of his people in a country, they will prevent him from doing so, as
this has been the case for many of my closest people, and I have also been told
the same. A few years ago, they said that "a certain European country is
willing to accept him, provided that he will not be active" - well, this
is called suppression of freedom. Humans deserve freedom of thought, yet often,
in many religions the freedom of thought is suppressed and they call this the
red line which cannot be crossed - it is the forbidden area. The fact that
those in charge are free to suppress the "breath" of the people,
actually means freedom for the oppressor, while it means suffocation for the
innocent, and in fact the definition is reversed here!
They say that we wish to exercise freedom -
the freedom which is defined through the framework of despotism. In all
religions, the religious teachings often deprive people from freedom and the
believers of different religions have always been tormented and have suffered.
That is why it has become common to abandon ancestral religions and at times this
phenomenon can be on the rise.
Freedom for choosing a profession, freedom for
choosing a religion, freedom for voting - for example when a thousand
candidates turn up for elections, they eliminate most of them and leave only
about ten at the end; they say that you are free to vote for these ten people,
well how is this possible? This freedom is just like what was described in Rumi's
Mathnavi selections about the "lion without a head and tail or stomach."
Now, at times some countries present someone
and say you have to vote for him, or when they want to change a regime, they do
not offer more than two choices - this one or that one? Yes, or no? In other
words, they do not allow for ten options to be on the table and for people to
choose from! Freedom has constantly been attacked throughout the entire history
of humanity. A human being needs freedom, even breathing the air which has now become
contaminated and does not have oxygen anymore, has deprived the citizens from
freedom for taking their desired breaths, meaning having energy for survival;
or the water which is contaminated or is in existent - the distribution of water
is unfair, or the underground resources, natural mines and national wealth,
have all been concentrated at one place and are being used according to the
desire of one person -meaning concentrated through a particular school of
thought with a certain vision and viewpoint; in other words the wealth of the
nation is exploited by a small group and the rest of the people are not free to
use their own wealth - they are not
allowed to have a comfortable life!
Deprivation of freedom means deprivation of
oxygen. Freedom, is more essential than air, water and food, which are the
fundamental and basic human needs; because when a person is not free, he cannot
have access to the other three basic needs; just as food is a basic need for a
person, when they deprive him of his belongings and of his rights, then in
reality he is not free anymore, and does not have freedom to eat food!
Everything depends on freedom. I am hoping to see the day that God willing,
freedom will be widespread, global and free of aggression by oppressors and the
violent forces.
Boroujerdi, Nov 2018
Iran, Tehran, Under House Arrest
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