Living Freedom Archive

People let’s look what’s really going down In old Suvanna-bhumi there are gems in the ground No rice on the table — oldest story in the book Mercedes in a new city of generals and crooks The Lady’s under lock and key, she says: “Freedom from fear!” Monks and nuns are on the streets, shine [...]

I would like to say that I have some world changing statement to make concerning freedom. Perhaps to say that I had crossed the very ethers of time and space and glimpsed a daring look at freedom. Maybe even to have the audacity to say that I and I alone know the true meaning of [...]

I stand before you most of all as a heartbroken human being. I cannot bear any more to hear all about it, read all about, to know all about it. Every day the evidence mounts about how bad it is, how much worse it’s getting and how the truth is full of lies, distortion and [...]

When in the course of organic evolution it becomes obvious that a mutational process is inevitably dissolving the physical and neurological bonds which connect the members of one generation to the past and inevitably directing them to assume among the species of Earth the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and [...]

Freedom is about aligning one’s desires with a commitment to action. We say we want freedom, yet allow ourselves to be enslaved by old patterns that compromise our freedom. Patterns that indicate disrespect towards oneself and others. Our ability to be free from limiting thoughts and actions is also the path for liberating the world. [...]

Recent changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have provided ample grounds for optimism. Our century has seen a contest between force and regimentation on the one hand, and pluralism, individual rights and democracy on the other. The results of this great conflict are now clear. While no system of government can be [...]

Freedom has been a universal quest for as long as life exists on the planet. Plants and animals alike long for freedom – grass grows through cracks of concrete and a hare will eat through its own paw to liberate itself from the trapper’s snare. Entire groups of people have risked their individual freedom for [...]

“Freedom” has very different meanings for women than men in most parts of the world. For women, freedom constitutes a reprieve (always temporary) from being a target of male violence. Whether directly or indirectly, anti woman violence affects all women. In Elizabeth Stanko’s words, “To walk the streets warily at night is how we actually [...]