Mental Slavery : the tragedy of society
Once upon a time, there was this huge elephant that was caught and sent to a tour park. At the park, it was bound in the foot by a heavy shackle fastened to a thick metal bar. Considering the enormous size of this giant, it would take just a split second to pull up the bar with a single powerful strive. But anytime it tried moving, the feel of the chain on its foot kept it restraint. For years it lived in the park, until a wild fire destroyed a large portion of the grazing field, and the caretakers decided to release the animals back to the forest before they starved. The chain on the elephant's foot was removed, but for hours, the caretakers observed it still stood where it was, not moving beyond the boundaries of the territory the chain had dictated for it. It had become so accustomed to its limitations that it couldn't even feel liberation when it came its way. In many ways, most of us, youth of today, are just like this elephant in self-image. In reality, our potenti...