Personal Freedom is liberty from the restrictions of social oppression and the tragic self-oppression that is fear. Freed from these things, we have the ability to express who we truly are and pursue what we deeply desire without restrictions set by others or ourselves.
When experiencing Personal Freedom, we have a heightened sense of genuineness and joy in our being. We feel unbounded, independent, and self-reliant. There is a palpable authenticity and aliveness in how we relate to others and contribute to the world.
All things that make life worthwhile to great men and women–the pursuit of happiness, challenge, progress, creative expression, contribution, hard-won wisdom, and enlightenment–derive from our wanting to ascend to higher levels of being and giving.
Social Oppressions
We become not free and genuine humans but rather slaves to opinion.
This is the ultimate misery: living a life that is not our own.
Self-Oppressions
Self-oppression is the condition of letting our own negative thoughts and actions restrict us. It is an inside job, a burdening of our spirit by incessant doubt, worry, fear, and distraction.
It is our own inept thinking, our own bad habits that rip the vibrancy from life. We are the ultimate oppressors of our own happiness.
A Dedicated Pursuit
To achieve and sustain Personal Freedom, we must dedicate ourselves to self-mastery; we must determine and discipline our own motivations to stay true to our own sense of self, to our own path.
* Source: The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard