Is freedom possible, with responsibilities of family and society?
Questioner (Q): We have so many liabilities and responsibilities family, society. Is freedom possible? What is real freedom?
Acharya Prashant (AP): What is the family? Is the family aggregation of people? Or is the family a net of relationships? The family is a net of relationships. When you say family, you are reminded of certain people right? and when you are reminded of certain people if, it turns off your the mood then you blame those people you do not see that it is your relationship with those people that is turning you off.
A face is just a face; a man or a woman is just a man or a woman a body is a body. There is nothing in a face, a face is just a particular geometry right! a pattern, a picture, an object, a thing. There is nothing in a face that can really turn you off, it is the meaning that, that face holds for you that turns you off. If a face flashes in your consciousness and along with the face echo’s the word bondage, then you will be scared and weary of that face.
What if the face flashes? and its just a face no feeling or reminder of bondage flashes along with the face would you still dislike the face? would you still call the face liability or a problem? and if a particular face means bondage to you, tell me why did you accept to be bonded or enslaved? no one can hold you captive without your consent.
Every instance of bondage is a business deal, it’s a commercial transaction you are accepting slavery so that you may get something in return.
