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Almost no one wants the freedom and joy I talk about. Well, you want those but not what it takes: - The end of belief in an ego or separate self. - The end of belief in an individual, a person. - The end of belief in a "me". The belief in a self doesn't want to end itself. Obviously. There's deep fear about how life could even work without a self in the cockpit of life. It's the ultimate joke that there is no cockpit and no self. There is what looks/feels like a cockpit and a self with access to it but these are not real. They're illusions. There is no freedom or lasting joy as long as you believe in the self/cockpit illusion. Freedom is gained through the END of belief in that whole mechanism. There are often 2 phases to awakening to this freedom. 1. Understanding intellectually how the self and its sense of control are illusions. The mind must first convince itself that there's scientific and philosophical merit to this. It's not just some new-age woo-woo. 2. Seeing the truth of this in direct experience. That includes "both" sides: that there is no real separate self AND that there is only One (we ARE the One). This is why I wrote Beyond Illusion and Seeing No-Self. These books are SHORT and to the point. There is no fluff or padding in them. With everything "I" have to give, I take you as directly as possible to the understanding and direct realization that there is no self to ever worry about. YOU are free. That freedom is JOY.

Freedom does not come from money. Freedom comes from your mind. Generally speaking* Lets not get political or literal ahah lets just stay philosophical and adventerous in spirit as you read. Although I cannot speak for the financially abundant population, I can speak for the abundant minds. This is a place that I am familiar with, it attracts energy and the right people. So what does a free mind feel like? This is an easy question. The answer is simple, a free mind feels like a free mind... I am being a little criptic here, however, it is for a reason. Freedom of the mind will feel and present diffeently in every person. Here are a few nudges in the right direction towards freeing your mind. 🕸 Take full accountability for your lifes circumstances. (People often think it is the opposite, by disassociating. This constrains your sense of control.) 🕸Love more. Be kind. Be selfless. Be curious. Have fun. (Embrace that inner child) 🕸Breathe Deep & Slow Down. (Our minds and attention are constantly barraged with stimulation; slow that cricuit down. Thank you for reading this far. I hope you enjoyed this philosophical adventure. Remember, practically, money can* buy freedom but it isn't the truest form of freedom I am refering too. If you have read Viktor Frankl's work you will know what I am talking about. Take a moment for yourself to slow down, you deserve it. 😉

A beautiful excerpt on freedom from speaking tree . Happy freedom 🇮🇳🇮🇳🌈🌈🌈🌻 The concept of freedom is very luxurious but freedom means different things to different peoples, freedom is multifaceted. Freedom is something very subjective, physical and relative. Freedom actually exists in each person's mind, some people define it in negative sense and some define it in positive way. And a negative approach towards freedom is that it is considered as "not being imprisoned by the responsibilities and commitments" Freedom for me is the right to choose: the right to create for myself the alternative of choices. Freedom for me is like something that i have power to be where i want to be, and to decide my own future. It means freedom from who i want to be and not what other peoples expect or want me to be. Freedom for me is the liberty to let go all the tensions, worries and boredom that i feel i have. Because if i give myself the required freedom i will be better able to make good relations with peoples, i will be better able to recognize the gifts that i didn't notice before because those were obstruct by my fear, self -protection and insecurity. Thus freedom for me is the freedom from my fears and my insecurities.

Life has a way of surprising us when we least expect it. We can meticulously plan for freedom, only to discover that true freedom lies in unexpected paths. A recent realization of this hit me when I was planning for months to embrace a new life, only to find that freedom meant shedding that very life to grasp the profound meaning. Deception and betrayal expose life's harsh reality, prompting us to move forward, ultimately understanding the essence of genuine freedom. A spontaneous visit to Berlin provided a profound lesson on true freedom. It was a reminder that freedom is not just about breaking free from the shackles of our daily lives, but it's also about embracing the unknown and being open to new experiences. As someone who has learned what freedom means, I will never forget the lesson it taught me. It's a reminder to always keep an open mind and embrace the unexpected paths that life presents us with. “You have learned what freedom means and never forget”

How do we achieve the freedom we are looking for? I've already talked about the chapter in my book where I give my view on the difference between freedom and happiness so now I want to look at how we achieve freedom. Freedom is different for all of us, we have different opinions and perspectives based on our lives and what we want to achieve. When I was writing my book I wanted something that was easy to remember, and share with others, so I looked at the word freedom and thought about how I could turn it into a phrase. Freedom isn't achieved in a single moment, it's a path and a process we have to go through to build the way of living that we want. Which led me to turn the word freedom into a phrase about focused repetition. Repetition of the important things that will move us forward and how that repetition can lead to the things we truly want and how we want to live. And from this phrase I go on to define what a Freedom Hunter is but you'll have to read the book to find out if you are one ;)

Freedom needs borders. We all crave freedom on one or another level. And freedom can mean different things to different people. It can be physical, mental, or spiritual. What I'm addressing here is the general notion of the word freedom, which means no boundaries. But here is the thing. If you were to have an infinite freedom you would be lost in the sea of choice. If you were to stand in the middle of a desert with nothing in sight, you would be overwhelmed by the endless choices of where to go. But if you had a few signs, you would have options which give a sense of direction and more freedom. Freedom is a great strive to go after. It is also a part of why I do what I do. But we need to remember that true freedom is in a balance between choice (your imagination) and structure (physical possibilities). Freedom is often seen as the absence of boundaries, but this can actually lead to a lack of direction and purpose. Too many boundaries can also be stifling. They can prevent us from exploring new possibilities and taking risks. The key is to find a balance between freedom and structure. This means having enough boundaries to give us a sense of direction and purpose, but also enough freedom to explore and grow. How do you stay on track and don’t lose the creative freedom of exploring the unknown? P.S. For me, the expansion of my peripheral vision, like the horizon in the ocean, always gives me a sense of freedom. A feeling of vastness. _________________________________________________________________ Hi, I'm Inga Your Brand Alchemist. Ready to Level Up Your Brand? Let's start with your LinkedIn profile. DM me and I'll send a link with more details.

There's a peculiar dance between fear and freedom. I think that true freedom isn't the absence of fear but the acceptance of it. I intentionally walk into my fears. It's a paradoxical approach. With each step, the fear of freedom, once looming large, begins to lose its shadows, gradually fading away. And beyond that fear lies the expansive landscape of freedom. It's like stepping through a threshold, discovering a world that was always there but hidden behind the curtain of apprehension. Yet, in this newfound freedom, a sobering truth emerges – the weight of responsibility. It's the realization that my choices, and my actions, ripple into the world, and with freedom comes the duty to navigate it wisely. I like this bittersweet symphony of fear and freedom, indeed, with freedom comes responsibility. #psychologystudent #selfreflection

What is freedom? Part III True freedom is as wild and trusting as we are at our core. It is living with your feet firmly planted on the earth as you stretch your arms towards heaven. Feeling free makes laughter rise up and spill over. But freedom is not just a sense of open-ended possibility. It is also an ease when you find yourself confronted by delays or restrictions. You feel pretty sure that you have the strength and support of the universe to do what you are trying to do, and you know that all will unfold in the best way possible. Authentic freedom brings a sense of ease in being who you are. It is feeling OK about yourself and being able to make use of your creative power to bring your unique visions into form. It is feeling good about what you have created, too. Tap into freedom, and you release energy. You feel like you are connected to life with your whole being. You are no longer trapped within a skin-encapsulated ego! Freedom gives you easier access to the submerged iceberg of your being where creative power and joy live. Most of the time, you feel unencumbered by your past, no longer constrained by other people’s ideas or pressures. You experience life from moment to moment, and life is something you feel safe enough to risk living to the full. “If you realize what the problem is – losing yourself, giving yourself to some higher end, or to another – you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness”. Joseph Campbell

The desire for freedom is basic to human nature. We yearn for our energies to be released from habitual constraints and liberated into an experience of life that is fresh, spontaneous, awake to the world and unafraid. You might experience such freedom in dance or lovemaking, alone in nature, working on a problem, riding a bike or in conversation—and it always feels wonderful. When freedom is curtailed, by contrast, it is a form of suffering. You find yourself stuck in a pattern that thwarts, stunts and denies the energies of your life. I think one of the foremost challenges of moving towards wholeness is learning what freedom means to us, learning to notice what diminishes it, and learning the freedom of expressing our true selves through how we live. We are buffeted by widely divergent ideas about what freedom means and what will bring more of it into our lives—but it helps to recognize that any relationship to freedom also involves a relationship to security. The freedom a tightrope walker enjoys alone on the high wire is made possible by how secure she feels there. Ironically, she might feel less secure at a high-society dinner—and if so, would feel less personal freedom there. The reciprocity between freedom and security provides another perspective on the contrasting tendencies of the tyrant and the hero: the tyrant seeks freedom in security; the hero seeks security in freedom. ~ Philip Shepherd, from the book Radical Wholeness #radicalwholeness #freedom #reciprocity

'There is a self-consciousness for a self-consciousness, at first immediately, as one thing for another. In the other as I, I immediately behold my own self, but I also behold in it an immediately real object, another I absolutely independent in face of myself. The sublation of the individuality of self-consciousness was the first sublation; self-consciousness is thereby determined only as particular. -This contradiction supplies the urge to show itself as a free self, and to be there as a free self for the other, - the process of recognition'. 'The process is a combat; for I cannot be aware of myself as myself in the other, in so far as the other is an immediate other reality for me; I am consequently bent on the sublation of this immediacy of his. Equally I cannot be recognized as an immediate entity, but only in so far as I sublate the immediacy in myself, and thereby give reality to my freedom. But this immediacy is at the same time the bodiliness of self-consciousness, in which, as in its sign and tool, self-consciousness has its own self-feeling, as well as its being for others and its relation that mediates between itself and them'. 'The combat of recognition is thus a life and death struggle; each of the two self-consciousnesses puts the other's life in danger, and exposes itself to it- but only in danger, for each is equally bent on maintaining his life, since it is the embodiment of his freedom .... ' '... life is as essential as freedom .... '. - Hegel, 'Philosophy of Mind', 1817. Notes: What is true freedom? Freedom is contrasted with bondage, the latter being the beginning not of wisdom but of freedom, its negation of egotistic individuality is one moment of freedom. The pursuit of one’s egoistic individuality is a type of freedom, but an unsatisfactory type, if I simply do as I like, I am really in bondage to my likes and dislikes, which are not chosen by me but just happen to be what they are, they are contingent. Bondage deprives me of one sort of freedom, it gives me one essential ingredient of true freedom: freedom from my self-centred likes and dislikes. There is little value in freedom from bondage if it means simply the freedom to do as one likes, bondsmen wishing to be free are seeking recognition of their eternal human rights, not just the ability to do whatever they like. True freedom is submission not to the will of another individual, but to the universal, rational will that is in and for itself which is rational in its universality, or the law of the will that is in and for itself, that is the laws and constitution of one’s state, called ‘will’ because it is what everyone at bottom wills (Hegel was influenced by Rousseau) embodying a rationality that expresses the rational core of the human mind so that submission to it is genuine freedom. Hegel assumed that true freedom is for all. The philosopher of freedom par excellence. [Hendrik Frans Schaefels, (1827–1904), 'Young prisoner in his cell'];-