Comments on: How is freedom defined in your life as you live it as opposed to the thought of freedom within your mind ?

By: ........

........ — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:18:59 +0000

You know, sometimes it seems like I don't even have freedom in my mind... This Question for me is not worth pondering on
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By: summer

summer — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:55:59 +0000

freedom in life: has limitations majorly regarding one’s response to "othering"
freedom of mind: has less of that limits but is engaged in one’s capacity and self-will (emotions) concerning what to cognize
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By: karl

karl — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:40:59 +0000

I realized after only 3 silent, difficult days at my first vipassana retreat in the Thai forest that a huge weight had somehow lifted from my mind. I understood only later that continuous attention to the utter transience of sensations and thinking somehow tweaked identity so that the baggage of false permanence was seen through as untenable and just dropped – and all permanence is false: my story, my world, my self – what a high but hidden maintenance cost those virtual objects had been incurring ! What a freedom to put down that huge boulder !
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By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:26:59 +0000

When you say the thought of freedom in our minds, I think of the huge array of thoughts flittering by our minds every minute, and we're not often free to choose what enters our mind. In that way we're not free if we can't control the incoming input. Freedom in life comes from the thoughts that guide our choices.
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