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    Default Describe "Freedom" in no more than 3 sentences

    What is freedom for you, what does it represent? If you don't mind, please describe what that word represents in full, following this if possible

    1. What you grew up thinking freedom means
    2. What you hope freedom means for your future generations
    3. What you think other people see as freedom (in other places outside your country)
    4. Do you think other people are wrong about what freedom is? If so, which groups of people or how do you consider them to be wrong about the meaning of it?

    Open questions actually, please feel free to go beyond the basic points above

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    Default Re: Describe "Freedom" in no more than 3 sentences

    "Freedom of [Fill in a purpose or situation here]"

    That's a good template

    Freedom of [speech]
    Freedom of [killing someone]
    Freedom of [gathering rain water]
    Freedom of [raising your own food]
    Etc and etc

    Freedom of speech is a very usual thing, but it's a "species in danger" these days. Because, you can speak about anything you want, but 'Can you speak about anything you want without repercussions?"

    You sure can speak up, but other people can also say "this person spoke up in a way i don't like, so i'm free to kill them because of it". So free to speak, but there will be consequences. No one will stop you from speaking, they will actually encourage you to speak up your mind, but then the consequences may be fatal.

    Twisting meanings and situations around is easy, see?

    Cancel culture is a perfect example, as well
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    Default Re: Describe "Freedom" in no more than 3 sentences

    • The right to one's own sanity — i.e. to think and feel and made personal decisions clearly and with full awareness without any external manipulation or malevolent influence.
    • The right to one's own self-determinism — to be able to say or do, (or not say or not do!) anything one wishes as long as one doesn't harm others without just cause.
    (Is that no more than 3 sentences? )

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    Detachment...from past experience, is when i have felt totally free

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    Default Re: Describe "Freedom" in no more than 3 sentences

    I grew up thinking freedom meant the ability to have your own mind, your own opinions, to voice your own needs…and being able to speak up on all of those things without prejudice, ignorance or punishment.
    I also grew up realising that freedom was both an inside and outside job.

    If you can’t travel outwards, travel inwards.

    I hope future generations are able to think and travel freely.
    Something so many took for granted for so long and now it’s being slowly taken from us.
    So I hope generations to come can live freely, travel freely, speak freely.

    I guess freedom is subjective. To the cage bird it’s just getting out into the room, to the wild bird it’s being able to soar the skies or flit from tree to tree.
    To the battery chicken, freedom is getting a little extra space in the crowds and surviving the day.

    I don’t think anyones opinion of freedom is wrong. Their experience they are here to learn and evolve through will dictate what freedom means.

    But the most important part of freedom to me is that we should all be allowed to live out our own version of freedom, whether it be travel, speech, way of life…as we wish.
    So long as we do no harm to others in the process 🕊

    Slightly more than 3 sentences but I humbly request the freedom to limitless words of expression 😆

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    Quote Posted by Sérénité (here)

    I humbly request the freedom to limitless words of expression 😆
    Exactly!! Why are we so restricted in this thread?

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    Default Re: Describe "Freedom" in no more than 3 sentences

    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    Quote Posted by Sérénité (here)

    I humbly request the freedom to limitless words of expression 😆
    Exactly!! Why are we so restricted in this thread?
    Lmao, "I can't breath" comes to mind just now xi xi xi

    It reminded me of "can i say something?" and then "sure you can" and then "can I ?" followed by "sure, IF you can move your mouth"

    lol

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    Quote Posted by ian33 (here)
    Detachment...from past experience, is when i have felt totally free
    i got close to this when hitching around europe with no particular destination, living in the moment and accepting everything that came my way
    ..according to my grammar school headmaster i achieved it..in my final school report, he simply wrote.."he has managed to maintain an unruffled detachment the whole way through"...great days
    ...the internet encourages attachment to ideas, which is a bind

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    Freedom means that you can go anywhere, anytime you are in love with...

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    Answering a little more abstractly here, because the philosophical perspective is to me more interesting than bland political constructs.

    Freedom at its fundamental core is independence. Pure independence. But that can only be achieved with pure solitude, which just isn't possible, unless you choose to live alone in the wilderness, totally off-grid.

    True freedom can never be achieved in any population greater than 1. If at least one other individual exists, you are obligated to honour their freedom, and that will always be at the expense of your own. Just a tiny thing, like making room for someone to pass in a supermarket aisle is a loss of your freedom. Not that that's a bad thing at all, it isn't.

    Because humanity is one huge cooperative. In order for it to function with its freedoms intact a degree of personal freedom - your freedom - must be sacrificed. That's the only way it can work.
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    Freedom is the ability to make mistakes and nothing but the opportunity to do better and apply the learning from those mistakes

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    It could be that all perceptions of freedom are only a personal perspective as everyone has parameters, limitations and boundaries that may be physical, mental, emotional and spiritual and they continually may change.


    Everything we choose affects something or someone.


    Maybe it is we freely choose to navigate the world the best we know how, the will to keep learning because we want to, maybe not because it's easier or the most fun sometimes.
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    Freedom to learn and educate
    Freedom to appreciate differences
    Freedom to receive and give
    Freedom to make your path as wise and as best you can
    Freedom to respect others
    Freedom to love and care
    Love with no fear

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    No more freedom
    It don't exist
    There isn't any

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    Freedom to be able to choose my own destiny in life style, occupation, religion, travel, enjoyment and leisure within the laws of a free society such as the USA under its original established constitution and bill of rights created by its forefathers to insure these freedoms and protections.
    Basically, Let me say and do what I feel , while being responsible for it ,under these laws.
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    Freedom seems to be a universal desire and possibly a right. I heard a story years ago of a created being escaping from a facility because it wanted freedom. It's alleged the glyphs on the I-beam recovered from the Roswell crash translates to freedom. From another source that seemingly has to be posted somewhere on a craft in order to enter the realm of earth.

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    Quote It’s said that the Elephtheria beam is broken off at one end, where the first symbol is, in the inscription set. It would have represented the first letter in E-l-e-ph-th-e-r-i-a, where the E ("Epsilon") appears to be missing.[2] The Greek word Elephtheria means "freedom".[4]
    Drunvalo Melchizedek claims we draw experiences through our south pole. The component of freedom must work in harmony with that for us to acquire our incarnational experiences. The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life Vol. 1-2


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    Quote S78/P26. The first distortion is free will, the second is love & third is light.
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    "Do no harm" could be argued to be the golden rule or a golden rule. So, it is probably best if we stop freely killing animals with complex nervous systems.

    But outside the issue of food. There are potential consequences if I harm someone verbally. Even though, they are actually harming themself. Yet, I am aware that I can make others feel pain with words due to being in an ignorant state of consciousness. However, if they choose to physically kill harm or kill me in return, they also have more serious consequences to pay. Like rotting in a hellish prison for decades. So, i guess the consequences tend to get worse with each harmful step.

    The main issue for me is that there can be no criminal offense, if their is no victim or danger of putting someone in harms way, like reckless driving. Everything else can only be a reasonable monetary fine. I want the freedom to harm myself and not live in a nanny state with paternalistic laws. Drugs are a big one that falls into this category. If someone wants to snort lines of cocaine in their home and have fun, it is their right. I dont care if undeveloped people need the law to act like their father, I am not in the same category. I can score high on all their tests. So, give me a special license for my achievements in high intelligence/awareness/psych development/emotional intelligence/etc. Then, If the imbeciles must have more laws, I should be exempt.
    I dont care if someone lazy to develop themself thinks it is unfair. Tell them to get to work. lol

    Mark is only correct about sacrificing freedoms for the cooperative because of the level of consciousness. If we evolve much more, most the current sacrifices become unnecessary.

    THe amount of laws making it so hard to succeed in business is pretty insane. Freedom of commerce should be higher.

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    The question can be translated in differently I think, I don't know I'm tired.

    The boring answer is that it is like a tiered system. At one level you are someone living essentially by yourself and you do everything alone. You rely on yourself for everything. There's nobody around so you don't have to debate or agree on anything with anyone, it's just you so you're free to do as you wish, when you wish and where you wish. This is total freedom but IMO it's not desirable.

    As you move up the tiered system, freedoms are naturally stripped away. You have to come to agreements with others and abide by them (like laws).

    Of course, governments and cultures have different laws/rights/freedoms but the salient point I am making is an inescapable pattern of life.

    EDIT: Just now read Mark's reply. I should have read that first, my bad. I'm basically echoing his post. He's correct 100%
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    Imho, "freedom" is like "god". It is risky, and imo impossible to put it into words, because any definite noun/word, would undermine the very essence of it.
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    Free to do what I want, when I want and how I want. However there has to be some ground rules broadlly like the 10 commandments.

    The elites have a certain freedom that money can buy, but, when anything goes chaos, destruction and demons follow

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