Freedom. We all love the word. That interest has brought you here as well. But loving the word doesn't mean loving the thing.
Freedom is associated with doing what you want. But do you always and ever realise what exactly you want?
Even the want word may be understood differently.
Wish is directed towards what you want to achieve, gain or deploy. It's the shape of the world which would be most to our current liking.
Desire is what we want to fulfill to easen it. It's the shape of ourselves in which we feel satisfied, not burning.
Our wishes grow from our desires, principles, fears and beliefs. Our desires root in our physical conditions, social expectations and smth else maybe.
The accompany and sometimes the competitor of the "want" is "need". Now. Is freedom about being able to do what you need? To fulfill your necessities without a forced obstacle? That fits. Now... can it be called freedom if you can do what you want yet can't do what you need? Weird if it's put this way, right?
And what about wishes? What's more free: immediate yet temporary satisfaction or a satisfying long-term life change?
Inner freedom, based on this logic, is being free from your enslaving desires.
If you observe yourself, you might eventually find out that your needs, desires and wishes interweave. As plants choke each other on a small ground patch, so do these. The following helps in sorting the things out in order to gain freedom.
Sorgfågel Serenity
This is one part of a growing project