It is power. It is happiness. It is light. It is
truth. It is peace.
-x-
Man is by nature a social animal. That he gravitates
instinctively towards others of his kind is a marker of the fact that humans
cannot exist without company. Yet, with such company comes restrictions. We are
bound by what society perceives as right and wrong. We aim to fit in.
-x-
I often have a dream. It is a bright blue sky. The
sun is shining. I look down and see the ground far below me. I am flying. There
are no worries, no problems, and no shackles binding me. I am free.
-x-
Society is by far the greatest concept that mankind
has come up with. A society preserves order. It makes man believe that every
endeavour is for a reason. In a society, you aim to excel, or in other cases
live by a standard set of principles that have through the years been filtered
down to become the mesh of existence. By this thinking, societies are
effectively self governing divisions of a single State- each bound by its own
rules, customs, views and conditions. It is a safety net, which catches you
before you fall.
-x-
Have you heard the story of Icarus and the wax
wings? Icarus went too near the sun with his wax wings. His father Dedalus had
warned him against going near the sun, his wings would melt and he would spiral
down to the ground. Icarus wanted to fly, he wanted to touch the sun and so he
met his end.
-x-
Society is by far also the worst concept that
mankind has come up with. It is on one hand a weapon of control, where one is
forced to conform- to be part of a herd of sheep. If you think about it, any
society is in essence the most basic unit of a police state of mammoth
proportions. Every action you take is weighed and dissected. Anything that
threatens the foundations of the society you are a part of, is seen as being
illegal, immoral or just plain wrong. What is wrong? A wrong is anything that
is not right. That goes against the fundamental precepts that have been drilled
into us from birth. What we perceive as wrong is in effect what we have been
told is wrong. What we see around us, forms the example based on which we live
our lives.
-x-
In my dream,
I am filled with a feeling of happiness. There are no boundaries. There is no
holding back. I am flying. I can touch the sky. I am free.
-x-
It may of course be argued that this is a very
minimalistic view to take of society. People, who do not wish to conform, find
their ways. A few decades pass and society accepts such a community as a queer
but intrinsic part of it. The whole cycle starts again. I ask you, what if
there is so much more that you can do? What if breaking away from what is a
safe, can lead you discover what you are capable of? Maybe, in an alternate
universe, you are your own society.
-x-
I have my own wings. Unlike Icarus, I can fly as
high as I want to. I am at peace. Such power makes me feel giddy. I look around
me and understand what a bird feels every time it takes to the skies.
-x-
Do you see what I am driving at? Looking around, and
questioning every little thing you take for granted. Understanding that the
majority may be flawed. Breaking free. Being able to do as you want. Touching
the sun. That is what freedom means to me.
-x-
It is flight.
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