CALLING FREEDOM SEEKERS

For my humble age of 30 I have never been on a weight loss diet. I have had multiple attempts, but I couldn’t do it. At the same time, I have fasted numerous times with spiritual and religious purpose. I have always gone through these periods with ease and enjoyment. The feeling afterwards has been superb. Accomplishment, significance, virtue, worship, humility, are just some of the nouns I can describe it with. It turns out that my brain rejects something with potentially good benefits to my body (in this case a diet) and accepts other thing, which is absolutely the same in terms of practice and restrictions but serves a divine purpose (in this case a fast).

A restriction should always serve a greater purpose. Only then it positively transforms the individual.

Social distancing and lockdown are not imposed just to prevent an individual from contracting the virus, but rather from preventing the spread of the virus to the whole population. As the number of cases goes down so does the pressure on the healthcare system. Would I ever self-isolate for such a long time with unknown end if the only reason is to avoid getting a disease? The answer is absolutely not. I have been in environments and situations with much greater life risk than this. Restriction with a greater purpose is much more bearable than one with egocentric focus. Everyone finds purpose in different ways and forms. It is the perception of the greatness of this purpose that distinguishes it from mediocre. Exhibit greatness. Avoid mediocrity.

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