Dependence
and Slavery
Once you become dependent on anybody,
you become enslaved. If you depend on
somebody for happiness, then this same person will have the power to make you
unhappy. They go together, this person
has power and control over you.
You see this dynamic in relationships
many times. Many relationships are a
co-dependent. Both individuals imprison
one another; both individual’s enslave one another. It is a mutual agreement to severe one
another’s freedom and way of life.
The wife tells the husband to have no
friends but her, the husband tells the wife to have no friends but him. The wife tells the husband what clothing to
wear, the husband tells the wife what clothing she should wear. The wife tells the husband where he should
work, the husband tells the wife where she should work. The wife tells the husband what he should
spend his money on, the husband tells the wife what she should spend her money
on. The wife tells the husband not to go
out late at night. The husband tells the
wife not to go out late at night.
The restrictions keep compounding and
compounding up to the point where husband and wife have locked each other in a
small prison cell. No longer free and
open to the public. A real relationship
based on freedom and love has no prison cell.
Both man and woman, not “husband” and “wife”, but both man and woman are
free individuals, there is no prison cell present. There are just two human beings that have
total freedom to be together or not be together.
They can leave, they can stay.
They can spend, they can save.
They can dress how they like.
They can spend time with whom they
like.
They can go out late at night.
They can be together as if they are not
together.
They respect each other’s freedom.
Neither is dependent on each other for
happiness. They have their happiness
that comes from within and they share this happiness with one another in
freedom.
