Freedom:
The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
The power of self-determination is attributed to the will, the quality of being independent of fate or necessity.
Unrestricted use of something.
Familiarity or openness in speech or behavior.
Are we unrestricted in our use of ourselves? Do we speak freely and think without judging ourselves for certain thoughts? If you are reading this, you are either aware of your journey or at least curious.
When the journey begins, we begin to discover how imprisoned we are within ourselves by the contrast that is developed through healing. As we shed layer after layer of our false selves, we recognize the remnants of the cage we are/were in. We also begin to see more and more the cages of others.
Freedom for our soul/being comes from being able to exist within ourselves and the world without the restrictions of our survival mode. This survival mode is our fight or flight, our version of self spawned from defense and protection, the reactivity produced from our unhealed wounds that are continuously activated in a way that can be understood as a trigger. We are not and can never be free when we are in a state of survival. A state of survival occurs when our fundamental needs of acceptance, emotional nourishment, and unconditional love are not met. Even if we have clothes on our backs, food in our bellies, a roof over our heads, and money in our pockets, we remain imprisoned within ourselves when the needs of our internal environment are not met.
Freedom for our spirit comes from filling our soul cup with unconditional love. Freedom for our spirit comes from a mind that is open and unindoctrinated of arbitrary judgments. Freedom for our spirit comes from cleansing our emotional wounds, allowing our internal energy to flow freely and lovingly.
When the pull of the "past" is released and the weight of the "future" is put down, we gain understanding, wisdom, and presence. It is here that our freedom awaits, and it is here that we are free.
To be free is to know thyself, and to know thyself is to know everything self is not. When we experience that, we realize there is nothing outside of self, and it is at that moment we achieve freedom.
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