Is relation a burden?
As you go on. Sometimes you do feel that way. Freedom is the essence of life. Every life is consciously or unconsciously seeking the same thing. But we get engulfed in various processes of life thinking it will give us freedom only to get entangled in the nitty gritty of the processes.
Relation is also kind of that. Here, it is important to understand, the difference between emotional attachment and relational entanglement. In many cases the notion of relation holds people back in a lot of different ways.
In my opinion, I do kind of feel that relational entanglement shouldn’t be a burden in terms of somebody trying to live life in a certain way. Yes, to sacrifice for your family or loved ones is of utmost importance but only if it’s voluntary. Otherwise the purpose of sacrifice doesn’t get served.
If the family is trying to slap their idea of being on to a particular individual against his or her wish then it’s a matter of concern. Then that individual will feel burdened by relations. It’ll be hard for him or her to pick and choose either of the two.
So I guess, as a family member the first thing that we must remember is to let our other family members decide for themselves. Respect their decision. Yes, we might not agree to their decision but we must let them have freedom to choose for themselves barring extremeties. This way nobody feels burdened by relations and the mutual respect remains intact.
Om Shanti….?