The Freedom

[bushycat]

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

-Stephen Covey


BC


P.S. What wonderful art and words last page. This thread is very rich.

[Oliver]

A free man is he who does not fear
to go to the end of his thought.

- Leon Blum

[bushycat]

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.

-Ute Prayer



BC

[Oliver]

O freedom, first delight of human kind!

- John Dryden

[burgundia]

[burgundia]

[Oliver]

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

[Oliver]

Anarchism has but one infallible,
unchangeable motto, "Freedom."
Freedom to discover any truth,
freedom to develop,
to live naturally and fully.

- Luccy Parsons

[Oliver]

I just noticed 4,444 visits of this thread, hmmm....

[rhythm]

Freedom
is it

simply

having

nothing left

to lose

well nothing left

to rely on

or hang on you


just completly letting go

to the all that is ??????

and trust in that alone ....

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by rhythm

Freedom
is it

simply

having

nothing left

to lose

well nothing left

to rely on

or hang on you


just completly letting go

to the all that is ??????

and trust in that alone ....

Indeed, Rhythm!

[burgundia]

Stress less society

Freedom to speak must include
Freedom not to speak.
Freedom to love must include
Freedom to ignore.
Freedom to marry must include
Freedom to divorce.
Freedom to go to either pole,
Or both the poles or in between.
Then only could the humanity
Live in a society without stress.



RM.Shanmugam Chettiar.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by burgundia

Stress less society

Freedom to speak must include
Freedom not to speak.
Freedom to love must include
Freedom to ignore.
Freedom to marry must include
Freedom to divorce.
Freedom to go to either pole,
Or both the poles or in between.
Then only could the humanity
Live in a society without stress.



RM.Shanmugam Chettiar.

Charming.

[Gnosis5]

Originally Posted by Oliver

Thank you Chris. You know, I woke up this morning with a smile, i just realized how big victory it is to have more than 70% of the population out of THEIR control. It is so promising. I knew I should express it...

Yes, my mother-in-law and father-in-law did not get the vaccine and they always get whatever they are told to get by their doctors

There are people who worked on this consciousness raising project from many angles, both large and small. The lid is coming off the cage and the birds will fly free

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Gnosis5

Yes, my mother-in-law and father-in-law did not get the vaccine and they always get whatever they are told to get by their doctors

There are people who worked on this consciousness raising project from many angles, both large and small. The lid is coming off the cage and the birds will fly free

Thank you, Gnosis....will fly, will fly!
We`ll fly!

Blessings

[Oliver]

[Oliver]

Real freedom is having nothing.
I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

- Mike Tyson

[Oliver]

If you think we are free today, you know nothing
about tyranny and even less about freedom.

- Tom Braun

[Oliver]

When you have robbed a man of
everything, he is no longer in your
power. He is free again.

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[bushycat]

Pure joy, Oliver.


BC

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by bushycat

Pure joy, Oliver.


BC

[Oliver]

We think caged birds sing,
when indeed they cry.

- John Webster

[burgundia]

Birds in a Cage

"Why do you weep?" inquired the young siskin of the old,
"You're more comfortable in this cage than out in the cold."
"You were born caged," said the elder, "this was your morrow;
"I was free, now I'm caged—hence the cause of my sorrow."



IGNACY KRASICKI (1735-1801)

[Oliver]

Thanks, Burgundia, it is inspiring and matches with previous post.
Now, this Polish author made me to think about the great Polish director Krzystof Kieszlowsky and his movie trilogy "Three colors" (Blue, Red and White), where he "play" with three universal values symbolically: Blue=Equality; Red= Justice and White= Freedom.
Here is a piece from Three colors: White.

Two friends. One is desperate. He pays to his friend to kill him. His friend takes the money and...see how he liberate him...

And music...great piece by the genius Zbigniw Preisner!

[Gnosis5]

Originally Posted by Oliver

Real freedom is having nothing.
I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

- Mike Tyson

When I was younger I was materialistic and counted my wealth in square footage and location. Today I am a very wealthy woman not at all related to money or possessions. And it is not anathema to me, au contraire