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Individual Freedom
As students of history, when we analyse them all and reach beneath the subtle differences and the apparent contradictions - in the subject matter or in their mode of expression or in the very nature of their emphasis - we shall see that all of them but preach the glory of "togetherness" in life. All ethics are contained in it; all social-patterns are catering to it; all religions are constantly preaching it, and all economic plans have this "togetherness" as their very goal.
In a healthy community, individuality must be respected and there must be freedom for individuals to grow and to develop. This freedom should never be allowed to sink low as to touch the depths of licentiousness. No doubt, every individual should have all the freedom, but when this, individual freedom destroys the harmonious development of the society, as a crime by the economists, as a treachery by the politicians.
This controlled individual freedom is the secret demand in all civilization, progress and culture. In the sad stories of any nation's fall, in the recorded reports of any decadent culture or in the history of any destroyed civilization, we find the individual freedom has been misused and consequently the communal life ended in a tragic disaster,(failing to be an effective community)
In short, a population living in a geographical area cannot in itself constitute a nation. A nation is born only when people come to live in a given area on the globe. Therefore, population must become a people, and all efforts at social, political and economic progress have been, and shall ever be, a constant dedicated attempt to raise people out of the available population.
Population
is
mere
number.
A
community,
wherein
each
individual
lives
his
own
selfish,
self-centered
life,
careless
of
others,
unconscious
of
the
disruptions
he
is
creating
around
him,
is
not
a
community
at
all;
it
is
only
a
crowd.
In
a
community
of
sheer
numbers
there
never
can
be
an
intelligent
progress.
When
members
of
a
community
to
discover
the
capacity
in
themselves
to
sink
their
mutual
differences,
and
thus
unite
together
and
thereby
come
to
live
and
strive
for
a
common
purpose
or
goal,
there
we
watch
the
formation
and
the
glorious
achievements
of
people
(which
makes
an
effective
community)
To be continued
About the author
Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda, a enlightened master of India, led thousands of seekers to eternal bliss. His life is exemplary and in itself is a teaching. This article 'Individual Freedom' is a part of the write up, 'Dynamics of Togetherness'
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