Many define freedom as “absence from control.”  This definition implies that one’s attention is on the “other” and that our freedom depends on another giving up control of us.

Many seek autonomy — the ability to make one’s own choices and do whatever one wants. Yet this still implies that there is an “other” that we are opposing or acting against.

True freedom, it is said, is inner freedom yet step inside yourself and what do you find?  The ego and the super ego whose job it is to keep you safe from yourself and others. We have our own little dictatorships inside of us that operate on automatic and stifle freedom and autonomy from the inside out.

Freedom, true freedom, is an inner attitude, state and way of being yet to have it, one needs to drop attention from the “other,” turn inward and face those inner barriers that prevent us from true freedom.  Only then can we “be” freedom and enjoy the accompanying states of serenity and happiness.

We are grateful, today, for those service men and women who serve and protect our freedom. We wish each of you true freedom from the inside out!

Mary Anne and Theresa