Being Independent

If we are to go by the non-scientific explanation of evolution, I, like many others often pause to marvel at the addition of an integral part to the human body conceptualized, designed and manufactured by GOD. This part in question might not be physically visible to the eye but is predominant over everything else in the body and to a large extent upon the things surrounding us. I was merely trying to introduce the “Mind” aspect of the human body that has a reputation of either setting us free or tying us in a self-suffocating knot. The mind has, is and will always maintain the stronghold of any decision which also accentuates its versatility. Of the many ways our mind manipulates us, I make an attempt to highlight one such influence.

Certain words from the lap of the dictionary were familiarized and catapulted to regular use by political juxtapositions. The revolutions of the past and the agitation of the present more than often propagate two common expressions viz. Freedom & Independence. Of them two, I pick Independence and request a more generalized outlook towards it.

When a more domestic approach is taken towards Independence, I would have to argue that its expression is in fact about its non-existence. Perhaps the person who coined this word would agree with me too. No matter how much we debate about its practice, an honest introspection would end up enlightening us about its vagueness. The race for a secured and comfortable future has rendered ourselves such that with every mechanical step forward we squish Independence beyond any resurfacing opportunity. There would also be the social obligations which further pillage the very essence out of the word. If we can ever instigate the audacity to corner our mind and interrogate its primal instinct, I am sure we would get an answer much to our awe which would either put our mind to frenzy or sprout a resistance to such frivolous, unexpected & unwanted reflections of the true self.

My revelation & reasons may also be branded profane but that would not change anything. If you take a break from the mundane & artificial entertainment of action, thriller, drama or horror, it would give you some food for thought if you were to catch the masterpiece of a movie “Into the Wild” portraying the life and eventual death of Christopher McCandless. Keeping apart his reasons for the abandonment of synthetic life & his unfortunate incident with a poisonous wild berry causing his death, one has to agree that his guts did manage to trigger off or at least produce a faint explosion in our minds about a tiny possibility of repeating his brave feat.

We did shy away from it or have successfully fought it back just like myself who took shelter in writing about it rather than venturing Into the Wild and experiencing Independence like its meant to be.