This article is based in part on Bob Marley's theme song "Redemption Song" ( October 1980) Talking about Freedom from Apartheid, Slavery and other social injustices of his time, Bob Marley used this song to give hope of "Redemption" to the oppressed and at the same time urged them to shun pity party and swing into action towards their Redemption. He asked "How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look"
This song highlights the effects of all the social injustices, wars, strife, government corruption, senseless killings and other oppression being unleashed on the downtrodden people all over the world.
But the most interesting part of the song is "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds" The first step to any freedom is mind's freedom. And nobody but you can free your own mind. Not your parents, not Transparency INTERNATIONAL, not UNICEF, not USAID, not all the Human Rights Organizations put together can. They can only help. But Only you can liberate you!
There may be typhoons, earthquakes, wars, famines, government "conspiracy theory", global warming, economic inequalities/difficulties, "atomic energy", brutal social injustices, but only when you have emancipated your own mind that you can overcome them.You can choose to play the Victim card all your life, blaming people, cultures, religion, the government, corporations and other institutions which you have ABSOLUTELY no control over. But the one tiny thing that you can control, that you can liberate is your mind! Believing that you created everything in your life is the only way you can overcome. Then comes love and forgiveness. Forgiveness heals us first and helps us to move on. Then comes every other thing, including but not limited to financial freedom!
If we don't, we could be wallowing in untold abundance and still languishing in abysmal misery, in great mental slavery.
This is so true Gin. Unless we liberate our minds we can't really go far in life.
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