Living Freedom Archive

The history of war in both the ancient and modern world makes one wonder if war is an irresistible compulsion for man. Perhaps the pull toward violence or at least occasional bloodletting is a deep need in the human psyche, an evolutionary adaptation we struggle to understand. What is this love of war, of […]

Of course the easy freedom to talk about is the type absent in countries like North Korea or Burma or for blacks living in the Southern US before 1970.
The more elusive type doesn’t lend itself to being so easily pinned-down, like trying to hit a mosquito with an arrow.
This type of freedom seems as much […]

There is a drive in live organisms towards complexity, as life develops, living beings become more sophisticated and interdependent; the inanimate world, on the other hand, tends towards simplification, complex molecules break down into simpler ones, and electrons flow to lower energy states; without this collaborative ‘dance,’ the intricate functions of life are impossible.
‘Life’ […]

The word freedom carries a lot of strange and uneasy feelings. I want to invent a new word to express this feeling, this way of being, this way of thinking and interacting that is untouchable by the sickness of the human race.
I think to myself, how did we get here? How did we […]

Freedom to me, is the fundamental recognition that all human beings— indeed all of life—has innate value and has the right to a secure existence.
In other words, we all have the right to the resources nature has given us to clothe ourselves, eat and have shelter.
I believe resources should be collectively owned not acquired for […]

Throughout my life I’ve believed many things. Some things, the dogma of church and country, I believed because I was told to. Other things I desperately wanted to believe.
Over time, I slowly began to examine my beliefs, picking up each one and holding it against my experience to see if it belonged, like testing colors […]

The meaning of freedom is beyond the physical form.
It is the extension of the human spirit into this world.
To overcome its constraints:
Understanding that even if a person may appear incorrect according to our own viewpoint, we do not have to react to it. A reaction to a viewpoint with another viewpoint, merely escalates a whirlwind […]

We are born free, live free, and we will die free. Nothing that Humanity or Society can do to us, can take away our personal freedom and dignity.
We are liberated from the dogma and doctrines of oppressive regimes and dictatorships by our Oneness with the Eternal Truth and The Eternal Source that we originate from.
When […]