What, my friend, is it that denies you your freedom? Let us wander together through this question, for the answer lies not in the world outside, but in the world within.
We are bound by addictions—not to substances alone, but to our very emotions, those fleeting, powerful currents that shape our existence. Just as the substance addict is imprisoned by their craving, so too are we imprisoned by our attachments. We cling to fleeting sensations, chasing after wealth, experiences, love, and approval, believing they will grant us freedom. Yet, in our pursuit, we find ourselves entangled, ever seeking, never free.
It is known that substance abuse often arises from a sense of disconnection—an aching void within. But what of our addiction to emotion? It, too, stems from a similar disconnection: a separation from our true selves, from the vast and infinite universe in which we exist. Just as we seek healthy role models who teach us to connect with the world around us, we must also seek those who embody the art of connecting with the soul. Yet, how rare it is to find such guides, those who walk in freedom and who can show us the path of living fully, without the chains of desire and attachment. Today, we value achievements over being. How can we chase and be available in the present moment to connect and be free of the past and the future? Without any role models to guide our way, we assume such a life where we are not chasing to create feelings would be dull and meaningless. We believe that if we are not chasing a feeling, we will experience a negative void that we confuse with apathy and indifference. Apathy and indifference may result from our inability to successfully deal with painful emotions either suddenly or gradually, mostly gradually. They should not be confused with the contentment of being in freedom.
And it doesn’t happen often that we get a taste of that freedom on our own. But yet, we are not helpless! We can learn from our experiences of fleeting moments of freedom. We can take these moments to learn profound truths about our being by contemplating such experiences to find out what within us led to these feelings. And resisting the urge to get attached to the people or conditions outside of us that were present when we felt those feelings and trying to recreate them. And once you taste that freedom, you will find a new way of being and your life becomes about falling into that sweet spot of being.
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