Jan 18, 2009

What does it actually mean to be free?




The Philosophy in Webster’s dictionary states freedom is: The power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.

Spiritual Masters say, freedom is substance of the truth that enables one to actually interact within and without himself with total bliss.

So how does one go about applying this freedom?

And why do we say we are free; when situations reoccur, the same thoughts of oppression and mind-sets towards them also reoccur.

Does that really mean we are free?

We pay so much money trying to figure out, a way to freedom, in actuality is it truly attained? The point is, if we are going to practice freedom or even abide in a state of freedom, there has to be stability in the decision.

This is a New Year, in the New Year we often hear resolutions however by February those resolutions are often forgotten about. Therefore this freedom we speak of is also forgotten. Jesus tells us that Christ has made us free. Galatians 5:1 states, In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
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What does this really mean? You see, we ourselves cause our situations by the things we attract; by way of conversation, thought and action. In this we also cause an imbalance in the realm of freedom. Freedom is a level in which one may abide, continually. This level is welcome to anyone; however one must know the mastery of permeation and stability.


Realize that what you say, and believe is able to make you free. To believe is to trust entirely in the substance embedded in something. Once feeling is added to the belief the language of the heart begins to create. Today, pay close attention to what you’re allowing in your mind.

Stand firm until we meet again
[1] Young's Literal Translation

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