‘I want a life!’ Freedom from dependency on the prison of roles and duty
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‘I want a life!’ Freedom from dependency on the prison of roles and duty
Quoting Krishnamurti: " I want to do a certain thing in the world and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies."
from Bohm Dialogue by Charles Broskoski
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not permit yourself to be bound by any habit of living; be able, rather, to change your habits as wisdom dictates. Learn to live rightly, using your power of free choice, guided by wisdom. Be able to sleep comfortably on a soft bed one night and just as comfortably on the floor the next night. That divine nonattachment to habit is the freedom advoc
... See morefrom Man’s Eternal Quest: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 1 by Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1. My goals in life are mere intentions, not attachments. I will focus on the struggle, the journey.
2. Conformity of thought and deed is more comfortable than freedom. But I will question everything, and think and act for myself.
3. I will turn away the narcotic snares of tech distraction that steal my time and attention in exchange for my freedom o... See moreBogdan added
Arthur Brooks’ lessons from Dostoyevsky