Freedom

Well, what better day to talk of Freedom than Independence Day, right?

And then to quote Gandhiji too......but that's just by chance. The freedom I'm quoting Gandhi for is really not, with all due respect, about India gaining freedom from British rule, or Non violence or Dandi March or any of that. It's about the freedom he exemplified in his life.  

A defining moment happened to me when I visited Sabarmati Ashram about four years ago. Not sure what about the place did it......if it's the energy of the place, or the aura, or the atmosphere...but it was a surreal experience. I remember telling Dhruva, who was also with me, that something was happening and could he feel it......because I could so distinctly feel it.....whatever that 'it' is.... It was an intense experience.

And I think it gets best exemplified in 'Be the change you want to see in the world'. 

It's about how he exemplified freedom. His own story, of how he evolved as an individual, his ability to talk of his mistakes, his learnings, and how he changed and grew as an individual. A giant of man in personifying living by ones principles. And how that enabled him to attract the energy and consciousness by which he could change the destiny of a whole nation. 

Can we look for this freedom within. Can we grow beyond 'control', live by our own choices, our own principles.

Growth is a continuing process......... and there's no growth without the freedom to take those chances, to make those mistakes, and then to learn from them. It goes on.......