What does the poet mean by “the beckoning call of the future " ?
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Freedom from fear is the freedom I claim for you my motherland! Fear, the phantom demon, shaped by your own distorted dreams;
Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head, breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning call of the future;
Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith you fasten yourself in night’s stillness, mistrusting the star that speaks of truth’s adventurous paths;
Freedom from the anarchy of destiny whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds, and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet’s world, where movements are started through brainless wires, repeated through mindless habits, where figures wait with patience and obedience for the master of show, to be stirred into a mimicry of life.
I guess “beckoning call of the future” in the second line can mean the ultimate destiny of individual human beings as a transitory, frail, biological existence in this world. So the very acknowledgement of “beckoning call of the future” can be a liberating step from the human frailty.
The poet described several aspects of the meaning of freedom for a free individual soul (person) in more profound way than usual in the poem.
So the freedom from all the constraints (or shackles, burdens) of socio-political, physico-biological, spirito-habitual, and situational context, that a person would wish to achieve, is envisaged in the poem.
The poet expressed wishes to become free soul, but didn’t suggest the ways how to achieve the freedom. The following quotes are teachings from some of the great teachers of humanity on the subject.
“… you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - Jesus (John 8:32)
“Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, know the sweet joy of living in the way.” - Buddha
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What does the poet mean by “the beckoning call of the future " ?