Nouns those describe about me: Freedom

Once, I worked and lived with my friends at an office in Thailand. There were little mats in the bedrooms of the building. Each person could use a mat to sleep or to sleep without mat in bigger space. I chose to sleep on the floor without mat. What one of my friends said do you know? He said that – “You really love freedom, my friend.” He realized that I did not / do not want to sleep or stay within tight boundaries, unnecessarily.

One of nouns, which describe about me is, FREEDOM.

After you read the first paragraph, because of misinterpretation or misunderstanding, some of you may think that I do not want to live with discipline. I do like to live with discipline. The Buddha said that one of the essential needs to live in great and meaningful life was, “well-train and discipline,” which was ‘Vinayawsa Susikhitaw’ in Pali language. Actually, the word ‘discipline’ or ‘self-discipline’ is deeply included in the word, ‘freedom.’ Unless you have ‘discipline,’ you cannot have ‘true freedom.’ In other words, without ‘self-discipline, which is based upon moral values,’ we cannot have ‘true or appropriate freedom.’

Let me give you an example here. I smoke. I like smoking though I know this is a bad habit and how it does harm my health. And yet, it is part of my right or my freedom. I can smoke if I want to. I must have that right and freedom. However, I go to a park where many children are happily and innocently playing around. There is no prohibited law about smoking at a public park. So, if I want to, I can smoke there. It is my right, either. But should I? In this case, in my opinion, we do not need legal law here. We, human beings of 21st century with good mind and good heart, automatically or naturally must understand that we should not smoke in a park where many children are innocently playing around. I mean I have my own discipline in this case that I must not smoke in that kind of place whether it is legal or illegal. Because of it is my right and freedom, if I smoke, that kind of my freedom is NOT True Freedom. It is kind of ignoring on freedom or violation on freedom.

Sometimes, I feel that some people are systematically destroying the meaningful greatness of true freedom of human being, with ignorance. In order to give misinformation, those guys try to mix up between ‘freedom’ and ‘running around with nicked body in public.’ They try to mix between ‘equal right’ and ‘smoking at the park.’ And there are many similar efforts of those kinds around the world, probably, especially in the United States. We suppose to be watching out those kinds of systematical movements carefully, patiently, but wisely, with a firm belief that finally, the truth (on humanity) must be conqueror!

Many people from around the world would like to come to the United States. Why? They want to be here because of the U.S. is a rich country; not because of the U.S. has atomic weapon. It is obvious and let me say again that because America gives equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal freedom those are the highest values in humanity, to every single person.

I will discuss in broader view of freedom through out my experiences.

Any way, I like freedom. I love freedom. I treasure freedom. One of the nouns those describe about me is Freedom!