Re: a Q on Sujatha\\\'s mail on Indep

Shubha, i think it comes down to the term
"responsible".

I believe you and i are on the same page when saying
that independence also encompasses choosing not to
act.

But when i choose to perform an act, and then not
follow through because of inertia/laziness, then how
am i exercising my freedom?

It's like not voting as a protest because you don't
like any of the candidates. In this case, you are a
responsible citizen although you didn't vote, and
there wouldn't be any internal disturbance for the
inaction.

However, if i feel strongly about a particular
candidate, and then choose to not make the effort to
vote because of a minor inconvenience, then i have
acted irresponsibly, even though i've exercised the
freedom to not step out of the house (at the cost of
the freedom to vote). This scenario would leave me
feeling guilty and not happy with myself.

I do think there is room for laziness in life of
course, but if it is at a significant cost to your
internal harmony or to others, then i should think
seriously about being lazy.

Sujata

--- Shubha Srinivasan <shubhsri@rediffmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,&nbsp; Sujatha\'s, mail on independence was good
> and thought provoking. If freedom of acting is
> independence then is freedom of not acting/choosing
> not to act also not independence? Then how does
> laziness figure in? Laziness is a wish not to act at
> one\'s own will, isn\'t that freedom too?Shubha
>
>