Free will or freedom of choice, installed in numerous archaic stories and myths, is an active operation that is, in principle, available to us every day, throughout our entire lives. The ancient story of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament perhaps most vividly describes the principles of our social freedoms. Basically, the raw message of this story is that we are free to respect the norms that are prescribed for us. Otherwise, there are predetermined sanctions.
With smaller or larger oscillations and changes, human societies have rested for centuries on the principles of corrected and conditional freedoms. The circle of (un)freedom would widen or narrow according to people's willingness to adapt, comply and suffer or rebel.
Life today implies a huge amount of information that we often filter, channel and integrate through personal beliefs, behavior and character. Our everyday choices are further reflected on our first and last name, everything that we call our "I". Modern man is in the center of a special, informational battle that tries to get his attention, after which a potential conversion would take place, that is, his eventual decision or choice. Will they be for or against, will they represent one or the other offered stream, idea or product with their name and surname, psyche and soma? This could be the goal of the information battle for people's attention - persuasion and re-education, susceptibility to easy acceptance of certain claims, ideas, events and patterns.
Propaganda and marketing use these details from their beginnings (too) often playing with us, so that when we think we are making certain choices (which are supported by our personal convictions and affinities) we buy the same thing with a different name, often from the same manufacturer. Do we drink Coca-Cola or Pepsi (I hope neither!) or, do we smoke Marlboro or Lucky Strike (also!), do we trust one or the other media, this or that policy and political ideology? We adopt and "buy" commodities and food products, attitudes and beliefs, spiritual schools and religions on a daily basis.
Complete societies and individuals in them changed through information, a lack of good or an excess of information that was intended to change human consciousness. This is still happening today.
The Roman procedure that entailed the erasure of memories, the destruction of monuments and the removal of names from the inscriptions of the peoples that the Roman Empire would subjugate is called "damnatio memoriae" or, translated from Latin, "condemnation of memory". In a broader sense, this law represented a set of measures to destroy the past, culture and heritage of conquered peoples or cities. When the Romans conquered the people, they destroyed their cultural artifacts, books, works of art and cultural structures (culturocide), which represented a targeted and constructed "reset" of history to zero.
One of such lost and crossed out information from the area of Slavic peoples is the pre-Christian god Radgost. He was the Slavic god of the household and the protector of the house. The word “rad” means dear and beloved. The word “gost” means a visitor, a traveler of purpose. In the literal translation, Radgost was a welcome guest, while in the figurative meaning Radgost is a god in the visitor, the divine aspect in every man. In Slavic cultures, a guest was always given the highest degree of respect. Whether the guest was known or unknown, the host would welcome the guest with bread, salt and a key, which meant that the guest would be fed and that the house would be handed over to him as if it were his own. The host would also hold an axe in his hand, which meant that he would defend the guest’s safety with his life and the lives of his household, even if the guest were his bitterest enemy. It was considered that not showing hospitality was one of the greatest sins. This was also reflected in the custom of holy places, which provided a safe haven for all who entered them, whether they were churches or other similar buildings and temples.
That's how the word "joy" (radost) was born, in which we can map everything together, joy and gladness - we are happy when we live in a happy environment, with people who respect and help each other. The word and concept happiness or happy also directly shares its root with meeting (sreća - happiness, srećemo - meet): we are happy when we meet, when we stand next to each other.
Once it was empires and armies, today it is the powerful people with perforated and distorted characters with their ideas, words, laws and ideologies, new information through which they want the idea of humanity and goodness to be completely destroyed. They divide us into genders, nations, races and religions, they divide us internally and externally, they polarize us, they destroy our healthy, loving identity and natural connection with each other; they destroy our deeply woven memories of who we really are - joyful and light (boundlessly joyful and boundlessly light!) beings.
The ideas of mutual respect, appreciation, true and original love for each other are increasingly being erased from our mental patterns. There are no ideas that were sacred, customary and unwritten rules, there is no feeling that we are the same and that we should share ours or surplus with those in need. Such sacred patterns once knew no boundaries. In return for this forgetting, by free choice, we increasingly decide to be different, to become unlovable or joyless. A few generations ago, there was an idea and information that we are all divine, joyful, happy and equal in that.
Slobodna volja ili sloboda izbora, instalirana u brojnim arhaičnim pričama i mitovima, aktivna je operacija koja nam je, načelno, dostupna svaki dan, tokom cijelog našeg života. Drevna priča o drvetu poznanja dobro i zla u Starom zavjetu možda i najslikovitije opisuje principe naših društvenih sloboda. U osnovi, sirova poruka ove priče je da smo slobodni da poštujemo norme koje su nam propisane. U suprotnom, postoje unaprijed određene sankcije.
Uz manje ili veće oscilacije i promjene, ljudska društva stoljećima počivaju na principima korigovanih i uslovljenih sloboda. Obruč (ne)sloboda širio bi se ili sužavao u skladu sa spremnošću ljudi da se prilagode, povinuju i trpe ili pobune.
Život danas podrazumijeva ogroman broj informacija koje često dalje filtriramo, kanališemo i integrišemo kroz lična uvjerenja, ponašanje i karakter. Svakodnevni naši izbori reflektuju se dalje na naše ime i prezime, sve ono što zovemo svojim “ja”. Savremeni čovjek nalazi se u središtu jedne posebne, informacijske bitke kojom se nastoji doći do njegove pažnje, nakon čega bi se desila potencijalna konverzija, odnosno, njegova eventualna odluka ili izbor. Da li će biti za ili protiv, da li će svojim imenom i prezimenom, psihom i somom, predstavljati jednu ili drugu ponuđenu struju, ideju ili proizvod? To bi mogao da bude cilj informacijske bitke za čovjekovu pažnju - ubjeđenje i prevaspitavanje, podložnost za olako prihvatanje određenih tvrdnji, ideja, događaja i obrazaca.
Propaganda i marketing koriste ove detalje od svojih začetaka (pre)često se igrajući sa nama, tako, da kada mislimo da pravimo određene izbore (koji su potkrijepljeni našim ličnim ubjeđenjima i afinitetima) kupujemo istu stvar drugog imena, nerijetko od istog proizvođača. Da li pijemo koka-kolu ili pepsi (nadam se ni jedno ni drugo!) ili, da li pušimo Marlboro ili Lucky Strike (takođe!), da li vjerujemo jednim ili drugim medijima, onoj ili ovoj politici i političkoj ideologiji? Robne i prehrambene proizvode, stavove i uvjerenja, duhovne škole i religije, na dnevnoj osnovi usvajamo i “kupujemo” svaki dan.
Kompletna društva i pojedinci u njemu mijenjali su se putem informacija, manjka dobrih ili viška onih informacija kojima se željelo promijeniti ljudsku svijest. To se dešava i danas.
Rimski postupak koji je podrazumijevao brisanje sjećanja, uništavanje spomenika i uklanjanje imena sa natpisa naroda koje bi Rimska imperija pokorila naziva se “damnatio memoriae” ili u prevodu sa latinskog, “osuda sjećanja”. U širem smislu ovaj zakon je predstavljao skup mjera za uništavanje prošlosti, kulture i naslijeđa pokorenih naroda ili gradova. Kada bi Rimljani pokorili narod, uništavali su njegove kulturne artefakte, knjige, umjetnička djela i kulturne strukture (kulturocid) što je predstavljalo ciljano i konstruisano “resetovanje” istorije na nulu.
Jedna od takvih, izgubljenih i precrtanih informacija sa prostora slavenskih naroda je i prethrišćanski bog Radgost. Bio je slovenski bog domaćinstva i zaštitnik kuće. Riječ “rad” znači drag i mio. Riječ “gost” označava posjetioca, putnika namijernika. U bukvalnom prevodu, Radgost je bio rado viđen gost, dok je u prenesenom značenju Radgost bog u posjetiocu, božansko naličje u svakom čovjeku. U slavenskim kulturama, gostu se uvijek pružao najviši stepen poštovanja. Gosta je, bio on znan ili neznan, domaćin dočekivao hljebom, solju i ključem što je značilo da će gost biti nahranjen i da mu se kuća predaje kao da je njegova. Domaćin bi u ruci držao i sjekiru koja je značila da će svojim životom i životom svojih ukućana braniti bezbijednost gosta, makar mu on bio i najljući neprijatelj. Smatralo se da je ne ukazati gostoprimstvo jedan od najvećih grijehova. Ovo se odražavalo i u običaju svetih mijesta koja su pružala sigurno utočište svima koji bi u njih ušli, bilo da su u pitanju crkve ili drugi slični objekti i hramovi.
Tako je nastala i riječ “radost” u koju možemo da preslikamo sve zajedno, radost i dragost - radosni smo kada smo srećni, srećni smo kada živimo u srećnom okruženju, sa ljudima koji se uzajamno uvažavaju i pomažu. Riječ i pojam sreća ili sretan tako i direktno dijeli svoj korijen sa sretanjem: srećni smo kada se srećemo, kada stojimo jedni uz druge.
Nekada su to bila carstva i vojske, danas su to moćnici perforiranih i izobličenih karaktera sa svojim idejama, riječima, zakonima i ideologijama, novim informacijama putem kojih žele da se ideja čovječnosti i dobrote u potpunosti uništi. Razdvajaju nas na polove, nacije, rase i religije, zavađaju nas iznutra i spolja, polarizuju, uništavaju nam zdrav, ljubavi prepun identitet i prirodnu povezanost jednih sa drugima; uništavaju nam naša duboko utkana sjećanja na to ko smo zaista - radosna i svjetlosna (bezgranično radosna i bezmijerno svjetlosna!) bića.
Ideje međusobnog poštovanja, uvažavanja, istinske i iskonske ljubavi jednih prema drugima sve češće se brišu iz naših mentalnih obrazaca. Ne postoje ideje koje su bile sveto slovo, običaj i nepisano pravilo, ne postoji osjećaj da smo isti i da bismo svoje ili višak trebali da podijelimo sa onima koji su u nevolji. Takvi sveti obrasci nekada nisu znali za podneblja ili granice. Zauzvrat ovom zaboravu, slobodnim izborom, sve češće se odlučujemo na to da budemo drugačiji, da postanemo neRadgost(ni) ili neradosni. Nekoliko generacija unazad, postojala je ideja i informacija o tome da smo svi božanski, radosni, srećni i u tome jednaki.
