Saturday, April 10, 2004
Freedom. To be free. Those who seek it, don't have it. Those who want it, can't get it. The harder you try, the further it gets. Seems like this and a whole lot of other things worth having in life are like that, such happiness, and contentment. Have we been looking in the right place?
Most people seek to be free from things that bind them. And to that end they run with all their might. But where to exactly? Perhaps to another place where they get bound again, but more gladly perhaps? I don't believe in freedom from. It seems to me to be a running away from something, and a lack of ability to handle. No, I'd much rather have freedom in spite of. That requires a freedom that is totally owned by oneself, not dependant on the things that are happening outside, and can then never be lost.
Is it purely a mental state? How does it translate to my relationships and work and the things that I do? Does it even matter if I never get ultimate freedom in all areas of my life? What I mean by that is, while I don't think I am free from my love for green colors, it has no serious impact in my life. But the freedom to choose my responses to, and my feelings about people or situations ranks as a top priority right now.
Another aspect of freedom that people usually see it as being the ability to choose between A, B or C. But looking at it from another point of view, is there freedom to choose beyond A, B and C? There is a difference. If I can choose between being 'average', 'good' and 'very good', that's cool. But where's my freedom to be 'bad'? Or 'very bad'? So, if I were able to choose from being anything from 'very very bad' to 'very very good', and I chose to be 'very good' (one of the initial three choices given), then that would be for me a very empowered 'very good'.
Most people seek to be free from things that bind them. And to that end they run with all their might. But where to exactly? Perhaps to another place where they get bound again, but more gladly perhaps? I don't believe in freedom from. It seems to me to be a running away from something, and a lack of ability to handle. No, I'd much rather have freedom in spite of. That requires a freedom that is totally owned by oneself, not dependant on the things that are happening outside, and can then never be lost.
Is it purely a mental state? How does it translate to my relationships and work and the things that I do? Does it even matter if I never get ultimate freedom in all areas of my life? What I mean by that is, while I don't think I am free from my love for green colors, it has no serious impact in my life. But the freedom to choose my responses to, and my feelings about people or situations ranks as a top priority right now.
Another aspect of freedom that people usually see it as being the ability to choose between A, B or C. But looking at it from another point of view, is there freedom to choose beyond A, B and C? There is a difference. If I can choose between being 'average', 'good' and 'very good', that's cool. But where's my freedom to be 'bad'? Or 'very bad'? So, if I were able to choose from being anything from 'very very bad' to 'very very good', and I chose to be 'very good' (one of the initial three choices given), then that would be for me a very empowered 'very good'.
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