Living Freedom Archive

I write in fragments:
1- Freedom doesn’t exist as an exterior phenomena to me, it exists when I feel it as an interior to myself.
2- So no one can give me my Freedom, until I discover it in my inner self.
3- Freedom is a complex concept. It’s complexity exists before the presence of “the other”.
4- I […]

Freedom, like love, is a choice. We choose to love - though sometimes it seems to just magically appear - falling in love - but we need to create the conditions. We need to open our hearts, our souls even, to the possibility.
We are all born free - then slowly, we begin to build our […]

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 […]

when we say freedom we are children
forming a word out of our desire, our instinct
shaping something we can’t yet embrace, may never
our meaning gathers so many layers and nuances
in time
we are speechless
when we say freedom we are human
what other creature needs the concept, the comfort
when we say freedom we are naked
aware of every prison, literal, […]

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’ […]

Can I live up to the gift of freedom?
I often think of freedom as a burden, the fact that I have limitless choices to be anyone I want to be or not. It scares the hell out of me. The burden to choose responsibly and wisely for myself on a personal, […]

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 […]