The True Freedom
People nowadays talk about human rights more than ever before. This reminds me of a word-the freedom that we young people always keep on saying and going after. What is the true freedom?
I have ever read a story saying that the indigenous in Indonesia captures monkeys with a very interesting method. They put monkey's favorite food into a bottle with mouth that only allows a stretched hand to go in and come out. The monkey will put its hand into that bottle to catch the food after discovering this bottle and then tries to take its closed hand out, which is impossible because of the small mouth. In the matter of fact, this monkey can take its hand out as long as it gives up the food it is holding. However, the monkey doesn't want to let the food go and therefore gets stuck over there. It is very easy to catch it by then.
This monkey chooses food over freedom and food is desire, so I think people will get the true freedom only if he/she let the desire go. This is identical with what Buddhism advocates. But it's very hard for normal people to accomplish it.
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