A rebel is one who does not react against the society, who understands the whole game of it and simply slips out of it. It becomes irrelevant to him. He is not against it. And that is the beauty of rebellion : it is freedom. The revolutionary is not free. He is constantly fighting with something- how can he be free? He is constantly reacting against something- How can there be freedom in reaction?
Freedom means understanding. One forgives and forgets and remains without clinging to the society in the name of love or in the name of hate. Society has simply disappeared for the rebel. He may live in the World or he may go out of the World, but he belongs to it no more; he is an outsider.
2 comments:
I will want to know of one "rebel".. just for inspiration/insight if not anything else.
Waah.. This post immediately reminded me of the central characters of Ayn Rand's novels. How true.
@Divesh: You may want to read "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged".. Although they are born out of imagination, I guess you can still find some inspiration.
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