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Writting focused on emotional oppression
Defying the oppression of the oppressor, whatever the type of oppression is displayed is right. You should disobey injustice. However, moral, spiritual, emotional, physical, and or mental oppression should be nonviolently disobeyed.
In this writing I should focus on the emotional oppression which is inflicted by the closest human beings an individual can have. Interestingly, the one who emotionally hurts another individual is usually one who is the closest to that person. (friendly and family relationships) In relationships a man or a woman nay use oppression to control and obtain the selfish results that individual expects. Usually there’s a portion of unconsciousness involved in that strategy, this is a result of the oppressor’s previous learned ideas and experiences. They believe that it is a normal behavior because they are used to do it for so long that it becomes part of their “normal” behaviors code.
I will start this argument by defining love and selfishness. According to Mahatma K. Gandhi “Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable” Love is humble and it shouldn’t be selfish. When you truly Love someone you will give your life for that person. In the words of Jesus, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
However I more heavily emphasize “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Because if you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you will give all to help and assist your wife or husband or friend without any selfish attachments. However as we all know this 21st century society is based on the old ignorant statement “eye for an eye.” However an “eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.” As Gandhi stated.
I argue that a true relationship is established on Love. The humble love, the unselfish love, the peaceful Love, that is the True Love. I explain that when a person’s emotions overcome the rightful treatment of the other individual it is not Love. When a person’s interest overcomes the Love for the other person, it was never Love. When a person’s rightfulness overcomes the status of the relationship, Love was weak.
Selfishness is the need to be right at all times. When Love is present there’s no room for selfishness. Love overwrites selfishness. When an individual does not recognize their mistakes openly and quickly, it’s selfishness. When a person fights and does not listen regardless of the other individual’s patience, its selfishness.
The oppressor is the unselfish individual. However when a relationship between two individuals reaches a state where respect is lost, they are both the oppressor. Because even if one hits you on the right cheek you should ALWAYS give your other cheek, but without obeying or agreeing to the injustice.
An example of this is that if there are two individuals in a relationship and one becomes the oppressor the other individual should do it’s best to change the oppressors mind until all hope is lost; and when all hope is lost the oppressed should keep respect and disobey injustice nonviolently. However if the oppressed loses respect, he/she too automatically becomes an emotional oppressor.
Emotional oppression is the biggest and more hurtful type of oppression because it leaves scars that can never be erased. I will define it as the deepest scar which unfortunally the oppressor who commits emotional damage is because he/she have previously experienced. Is a vicious circle which it’s usually started by males and passed down to females who unconsciously take revenge by committing the same damage to their future male partners.
In conclusion, is both’s fault, and it will never stop. But I do believe that it can improve by having true Love for the other person. If the other person strips him/herself of any selfishness they will be able to change and Love.
