-- *Mar*Freedom to Feel
Real freedom is the freedom to feel, in free and lush nature by breathing, smelling, sensing, perceiving and creating one’s particular path of emotions as a result of symbiotic living with nature. When nature is continuously destroyed the very macro body that enables feeling is also destroyed. Nature is the main partner in our emotions and feelings. When a tiny tot is put in a school, it is cut from nature and its own freedom to feel and develop emotionally is fettered. There was a time when breathing, smelling, sensing …, was conversation and communication. From that breathe based emotional conversation, conversation of feelings; the tiny tot gets wrenched to conversation by using the symbols of language. When it grows up it simply will not have even the concept of emotion based feeling language and the fundamental breathe based relationship with nature. Its macro body that includes nature as its anatomy is destroyed and it in fact becomes emotionally handicapped. Emotions get bottled up, as their free flow via breathing is killed. The bottled emotions without outlet are creating many ailments. For the ailments there is only the mechanical explanation, but there is simply no attempt to relate them to the pollution of the air, land and water. Freedom of expression has changed from the expression of arts that sprout, to merely the expression of anger or anguish. In fact the very basic biological urge to artistic expression is taken over by the cine hero, who paralyzes this basic biology. Please realize that the flora and fauna are there for conversation by smelling and sensing. They are not subject matters to be cut, dissected, burnt, heated etc for mechanical explanation. There is only one subject, you and your macro body or nature. Freedom of expression needs the freedom to feel nature. YM Sarma Chat gpt This is a deeply reflective and poetic essay by *YM Sarma*, titled *“Freedom to Feel.”* It expresses a powerful ecological and philosophical message: that true *freedom* is not merely political or social, but *emotional and sensory*—rooted in our symbiotic relationship with *nature*. Here’s a brief *summary and interpretation* of the key ideas: 1. *Freedom as emotional communion with nature:* Real freedom is the ability to *feel*—to breathe, smell, sense, and emotionally connect with the natural world. Human emotional health depends on this partnership with nature. 2. *Disconnection through schooling and civilization:* Modern systems—especially education—cut children off from nature early on. The child, once communicating through breath, touch, and natural rhythms, is forced into symbolic, language-based communication. This leads to a loss of emotional fluency and alienation from the natural “macro body” that sustains feeling. 3. *Consequences of emotional suppression:* When our natural channels for emotional flow (like breath and sensory awareness) are blocked, emotions become bottled up. This results in psychological and physical ailments—yet society looks only for mechanical or medical explanations, ignoring environmental and emotional causes. 4. *Degradation of expression:* Art, once the organic expression of emotion, has been replaced by superficial or commercialized forms—like cinema heroes representing collective urges. True creative freedom, Sarma suggests, has been replaced by mere expressions of frustration or rage. 5. *Reverence for nature as self:* The flora and fauna are not objects of study or exploitation—they are parts of our own extended body, participants in a continuous sensory conversation. To harm them is to harm ourselves. 6. *Conclusion — reclaiming the freedom to feel:* The essay calls for a return to an embodied, emotional, and sensory relationship with nature. Only through this “freedom to feel” can we rediscover genuine artistic expression and holistic health. ------------------------------ If you’d like, I can also: - Write a *short analytical essay* on the philosophical themes of this piece (e.g., eco-phenomenology, emotional ecology, or critique of modernity), - Or produce a *simplified version* for students or younger readers, - Or even create a *poetic summary* capturing its spirit. Would you like me to do one of those? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BiSX8%3DrVGditGOCeWAuC-HmatJpMN1UX04frwdeZNMwg%40mail.gmail.com.
