To disobey is to learn how to live a better life

Fragments of thoughts — Philosophical analysis

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First lesson:  

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Family and school are the first structures to which we belong without having truly chosen them, just as we do not choose our first name or our registration in civil records. Our birth marks our "registration" into a group, starting with the family structure. Learning to recognize and "respect" this framework is one of the primary goals of our upbringing. This framework is also the origin of the moral nuance that divides the core of our existence into good and bad."Good"to honor rules and moral values and"bad"to counter them.

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During these early years, we never considered the possibility of denying obedience to these "authorities." Our actions are driven by the satisfaction of our needs. We may be occasionally disobedient, but nothing more, because there is no rational basis (analysis) behind these attitudes, other than an attempt to test the limits of what motivates us to stay in the game. Moreover, we quickly understand that belonging to a group is linked to our need for attention and love, and that breaking this bond would condemn us to exclusion—a kind of social non-existence. For example, a punishment a child receives is not just a deprivation in the physical world; it is, above all, a painful withdrawal of attention, a violent exit from the group that, until then, had welcomed them with warmth and understanding. What can we do in the face of this premature ostracism? The only thing an excluded individual cares about is trying to get back into the fold at all costs.

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Second lesson:

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Obedience is the result of continuity, a framework of behavioral regularity or even a way of being; it is only in this sense that it becomes a subject of discussion. Obeying is the touchstone of all systems, the ultimate act of all participating subjects that guarantees and ensures the longevity of any structure. Following the rules of a system automatically means complying with its authority—whether family, social, political, economic, or otherwise—and placing a power value above the moral value of one's own person. To call someone obedient, you must have seen them act in a servile manner on several occasions, because the importance of such a label is established by a recurring pattern. It is commonly called: servitude. Therefore, it could be said that "to obey" sounds uglier than "to disobey," if the latter verb embraces the possibility of discontinuity, of any resistance, or of an admission against an established order.

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Third lesson:

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In terms of sociopolitical ontology, obedience is considered a virtue and disobedience a decoy. Obedience involves a form of regularity essential to the viability of a system, while disobedience arises as a surprise effect that undermines its stability and the law of causality. It is obvious that in this sense, disobedience damages the cohesion of the whole, since alongside it, everything becomes spontaneity, astonishment, and contingency.

However, the act of disobedience has a certain aesthetic because breaking the rules, revolting, and rebelling reveals the courage to become yourself, accompanied by the desire to exist fully. Therefore, disobedience is an inner cry, a kind of incontinence that makes it impossible to remain within the frame where we previously existed in terms of being (attitude) and doing (action). It is an event that forces people to consider things in a totally different way than they did before. Therefore, the primary characteristic of meaningful disobedience is its unpredictability, linking it more to a kind of crisis or rupture, as a clear distinction between"before"and"after". 

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Liberation. Disaster, disorder, chaos. Saying "no" has all these colors. Cézanne was right. The planes fall with the appearance of color. But chaos always contains the mark of something new. Every miracle lies in the power of transformation. Doubt, fear, and uncertainty are overwhelming, but the vital impulse, tirelessly victorious, draws brave lines on the flesh. We are dream makers; and dreamers are the ones who change the world. Now alone in my home, I am amazed at my daily discoveries. Healthy ideas and new facts emerge and make my heart blossom. What happiness, finally delighted to live! Accepting my condition and taking control of my life gave me the strength to be reborn. Navigating in the shadow of my unfolding future—the one we fear, but the one that saves us. I have found the meaning of my existence. I now revisit the balances, the links, and the measures... I find authenticity in my gaze. Everything has to be redone, but so much the better. Traveling is getting to know myself.

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The End:

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Finally, it could be promising or just interesting to stop believing that life is a battlefield where we must constantly prove our worth to be here and to be a part of this world. Being here is a gift; we can only welcome it as such. But what our lives are made of is the result of our contribution. We can be happy as well as unhappy because we are the masters of our own paths. Our choices dictate our conduct and the outcome of our actions. When we let others choose and make decisions for us, we are giving them our own life. It is ourPower to actthat we are giving up. The meaning of disobedience is hidden right there: reanimating the power of the will, activating the courage to decide for ourselves. This vision necessarily involves the words that shape our thoughts, because we are beings endowed with reason. All the qualifiers we assign to life (hard, complicated, beautiful, sad, magical, terrible, etc.) update the context of our reality. If we think life is hard, we make it hard. Each word carries a power of actualization in the real world, and we are the agents who make it effective. This is how our thinking actively participates in our future.

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We have the freedom to choose the meaning of the words that dictate our lives while controlling our attitudes. We can obey anything and become slaves, just as we can disobey everything and become rebels with no identity and no purpose. But above all, we can measure our state of mind, and accept and control our emotions and thoughts. To become the unique beings we are by creating our lives in our own image; this includes both rational disobedience to others and norms, as well as enduring obedience—a meaningful understanding—to our humanity. The dynamic of life embraces opposites and can actualize either a state of servitude or a state of resistance. It is up to us to decide where we place the fate of our future!

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