Give Freedom Before Giving Responsibility

Shahram Sedehi
August 21, 2012

As it says in Family Pledge... a world of freedom, peace, unity....

So freedom always comes first before peace and unity. Many of us want to hold others responsible for something, before giving them the free will to choose. We tell them, I will give you freedom, after you fulfill a certain responsibility!

So, in other words, it is all in our hand still, we hold the leash to the "dog", after all! We want loyalty, being responsible, and then we offer freedom!

Yet, freedom comes from within and cannot be given or taken away externally, no matter how many rules we set for it. That is the present system of justice. If you do something bad, we will take away your freedom and put you in jail, but when you served your time, then we will give your freedom back. And 80% of those go back to the same crime after being released...but why, because the freedom was given externally and take away externally.

Yes, we do need to guide those we love, about what responsibilities may come with freedom, but still we need to give it to them, even if they don't want to be responsible. That's what God did in the Garden...

Freedom means freedom, there are no conditions attached to it. If there is any condition then it is not freedom!