What does the seeker search for if not this elusive, seemingly abstract, quality of existence. This nation we live in was politically founded upon this very pursuit. Yet, in our hearts, we know that Freedom has a deeper meaning that transcends politics. The seekers of the western world in recent decades have sought this elusive abstraction in many forms. Maybe we misunderstood the message.
Freedom is an inner quality of being that is intimately connected to our inner world.
If our inner reality is chaotic and confused, if it is bound up with considerations connected to an outer world existence over which we have no control, there can be little freedom. We have enslaved ourselves in a myriad of ways by striving to gain control over that which is not in our power, and ignoring that which is potentially within our control. How other people perceive us is not in our power. We must find a way to live our lives for ourselves, not other people. External events are not in our power.