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== In the Greater Community ==
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"Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom—freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things."
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"[In the Greater Community], freedom itself is rare.... Free nations in regions of space such as the one in which your world exists remain largely self-sufficient or will only trade to a limited degree with one another. They will seek to be very discreet, for free societies in the Universe do not coexist well with those that are not."
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<ref name="free">''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/freedom-journey The Freedom Journey]</ref>
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<ref>Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref>
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[[File:Freedom beyond.jpg|right]]
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== Quotes about freedom to follow what you know ==
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“Your only real freedom is the freedom to live your purpose. Freedom without purpose is chaos. It is living aimlessly without direction, with only your fears for survival, your wants and your desires to motivate you. It is a very desperate situation.”<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 7: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/personal-freedom Freedom]</ref>
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“What is freedom except the ability to unite with who you are and why you are here? The inability to do this represents the lack of freedom in all of its manifestations.”
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<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training]]'', Step 67: My freedom is awaiting me.</ref>
  
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"Knowledge must come forth in your life as an individual and must become stronger in the human family. This is the requirement of freedom in the Universe."
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“When we speak of freedom, we mean the freedom to be what you are, to follow what you know, and to give what you came here to give. This is a definition of freedom in the more ultimate sense.”
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<ref>Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref>
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<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training]]'', Step 68: The world needs freedom.</ref>
  
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"For the power of freedom and the power of God are the same. Here and everywhere in the Universe. And here and everywhere in the Universe, freedom must be protected and nurtured and supported. For everywhere in life, it is challenged. It is a gift. And it is a gift that you as an individual and you as a member of a Spiritual Family must advocate for, preserve and protect."
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== Quotes about freedom in the future ==
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<ref>Resisting the Intervention (September 10, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"Beyond this solar system... war and conflict have been suppressed, and freedom is rare within this larger arena of life."
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"Only those who are developed in [[The Way of Knowledge]] will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the [[Greater Community]]." <ref>''Living The Way of Knowledge'', Chapter 6: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/living-way-knowledge/spiritual-development-practices The Pillar of Spiritual Development]</ref>
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"To be free in the universe you must be self-sufficient, you must be united and you must be very discreet. Those are the requirements that every nation, every world, every race must establish in a Greater Community of life. Here you can see the danger and the seduction of humanity receiving technology and resources from beyond the world. What a great attraction that would be! What a great seduction that is! Once you lose your self-sufficiency, everything is lost that you value, for you will not be able to establish the terms of engagement to gain access to those things upon which you have now become dependent. Other nations will determine your behavior and your participation. It is a fact of life."  
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"Your freedom is being lost with each passing day as the world diminishes, and the possibility for freedom for those still oppressed in many parts of the world diminishes as well. Freedom is based upon the luxury of a stable and abundant world. That you have the freedom of choice is dependent upon a stable and abundant world."<ref>''The Reformation'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/the-reformation/restoring-the-world Restoring the World] </ref>
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<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref>
 
  
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"[In the competitive environment of The Greater Community] you would find it to be very difficult to maintain whatever degree of freedom you have established thus far in the world, for free races do not coexist well with races that are not free, with other governments that do not value individual freedom. And there would be great pressure from the outside for you not only to restrict this freedom, but to eliminate it altogether."
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"Humanity must regain its confidence. It must regain the power and the presence of Knowledge. It must unite for its own survival and well-being. And it must cultivate individual freedom here and face the challenge of living within the environmental constraints of this world."
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
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<ref>''The Greater Community'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/greater-community/intelligent-life-in-the-universe Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe]</ref>
  
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"Freedom is difficult. It tends to be disorderly. It does not have the kind of stability that other races have acquired through dominance and control. But freedom is more important. It is more significant. It is more creative. And it is more beneficial."
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== Quotes about freedom throughout the universe ==
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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== On Earth ==
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"Freedom is difficult to achieve and to maintain, but its reward is beyond estimation. Never forget this. Your freedom, our freedom and the possibility for freedom elsewhere represent the true expansion and evolution of life and the greatest promise and achievement for all who are living in this vast universe."
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===Directives===
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<ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three'', Sixth Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/Life-Beyond-Earth/ Greater Community Realities]</ref>
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"Humanity must regain its confidence. It must regain the power and the presence of Knowledge. It must unite for its own survival and well-being. And it must cultivate individual freedom here and face the challenge of living within the environmental constraints of this world. If you can do this, you have a greater future in the universe."
 
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"If humanity does not preserve its freedom, it will be lost. If you cannot recognize you are facing competition from beyond the world, this presence and this power will gain ever-greater strength and persuasion here."
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"For the power of freedom and the power of God are the same. Here and everywhere in the Universe. And here and everywhere in the Universe, freedom must be protected and nurtured and supported. For everywhere in life, it is challenged. It is a gift. And it is a gift that you as an individual and you as a member of a [[Spiritual Family]] must advocate for, preserve and protect."
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<ref>Resisting the Intervention (September 10, 2008)</ref>
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<ref>''The Greater Darkness'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/the-greater-darkness/foreign-powers-beyond-world Resisting the Intervention] </ref>
  
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===Short Quotes===
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==Quotes About individual freedom ==
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"Your freedom is precious, to whatever extent it has been established in the world. It has been gained through great effort and human sacrifice. It must be protected with great vigilance."
 
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<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref>
 
  
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"Humanity does not realize what will be required for it to build and maintain its freedom and sovereignty in this world. It is a very critical problem that very few people are aware of."
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"When you become free of social
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
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conditioning, when you become free in the [[Mental Environment|mental environment]], when you become liberated from the shadows of your own past, you can demonstrate a spontaneity and an enthusiasm in life that are remarkably refreshing to others."
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<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training]]'', Step 38: I wish to strengthen freedom in others</ref>
  
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"Humanity is facing the loss of its freedom and sovereignty in this world to intervening forces from the Universe."
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"It is a very, very [[courage]]ous thing to do to gain your freedom. You do not live in a free world and you are not a free person. Not really."<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/taking-the-steps-to-knowledge Taking the Steps to Knowledge] (April 21, 2000)</ref>
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<ref>The Proclamation (July 7, 2006)</ref>
 
  
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"There will have to be great compliance, and, to a certain extent, individual freedom will be limited. For in this world, you cannot do anything or have anything or be anything you want. But that is okay because you did not come into the world to indulge yourself in this way. You have been sent into the world to serve the world and to contribute to the furtherance and the building and the refinement of human civilization." <ref>''The New World'', Chapter 15: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-world/vision-future-world The Vision]</ref>
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"Everyone who is born into the world is on this freedom journey. Yet most people cannot go very far because of oppressive circumstances. Political oppression, extreme poverty, deaden the spirit, deaden the soul. They are struggling to have the simple and basic things of life, and this occupies all of their time and energy."
 
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<ref>The Freedom Journey (March 2, 2011) </ref>
 
  
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"Your freedom ... will come under increasing challenge by those who seek to gain access to this world and by the reality of your own circumstances here on Earth. The governments of the world apparently have not recognized this and have not prepared their people accordingly. The religious institutions have not recognized this and are not preparing their people accordingly. Instead, humanity continues in its desperate struggle with itself—for wealth, for power, for dominance, for righteousness, for hostility and for revenge."
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==Quotes about the value of freedom==
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<ref>A New Way Forward for Humanity (December 31, 2006 )</ref>
 
  
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"Your allies will not interfere because they realize that if they interfere, they will have to manipulate your perception and your understanding. In order for you even to act correctly, they would have to manipulate you. They would have to control you. And this they will not do because they are freedom-loving races. They know, through the lessons of life in the universe, that the attempt to control the future and destiny of another world will require subjugation. And this they will not do. Free races in your local universe are rare, and they must remain discreet."
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"If you can further
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
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your own [[development]], you will exercise your greater [[authority]].
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If you can exercise your greater [[authority]], you are demonstrating
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your true freedom. If you are demonstrating your true freedom,
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then you are serving others. If you are serving others, then you
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are giving to the world. So this will help you. This is for you and
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for others. This is for life everywhere."
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<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training]]'', Step 42: Review</ref>
  
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"There are many races today who are watching humanity—waiting for an opportunity to gain advantage here, waiting for an opportunity to gain access to this world’s immense biological resources, waiting for an opportunity for humanity to be in a state of desperation where such influences will have tremendous impact. This is the greatest threat to humanity’s freedom and future."<ref>*The New Message on the Environment (December 15, 2006)</ref>
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==References==
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== For the Individual ==
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== See also ==
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===Short Quotes===
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"Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom—freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things."
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[[Aspects of freedom]]
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<ref>The Freedom Journey (March 2, 2011)</ref>
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[[Enemies of freedom]]
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[[Free nations]]
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[[Free Will]]
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[[Freedom and responsibility]]
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[[Freedom from the Past]]
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[[Freedom in the universe]]
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[[Freedom of no choice]]
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[[Freedom on Earth]]
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[[Freedom without purpose]]
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[[How to preserve freedom]]
  
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"It is a very, very courageous thing to do to gain your freedom. You do not live in a free world and you are not a free person. Not really."<ref>*Taking the Steps to Knowledge (April 21, 2000)</ref>
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[[Qualities of freedom]]
  
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"Personal freedom is valuable only in that it gives you this opportunity to find Knowledge."
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[[Rethinking]]
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<ref>''[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]]'' vol. I, chap. 7, p. 86</ref>
 
  
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"Your greatest responsibility is to the Knowledge that God has placed within you to respond to, to follow and to express. This is an unparalleled freedom, but it requires great inner strength and forbearance."
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==Further study==
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<ref>Building a Bridge to a New Life (February 25, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"If you are not free to follow Knowledge, then you are a slave to other forces."
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*[https://alliesofhumanity.org/home/ ''The Allies of Humanity Book Four'']
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<ref>''[[Steps Continuation Training]]'' Step 27</ref>
 
  
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"The Way of Knowledge and the power of Knowledge in the individual ... is the source of your freedom.  More than anything else it will enable you to see, to know and to have the strength to act on your own behalf in the face of other intervening forces."
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*''The Bridge to a New Life'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-bridge-to-a-new-life/desire-freedom The New Message on Freedom]
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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*''Life in the Universe'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/individual-freedom Freedom in the Greater Community]
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"If you are discontented with your life as it is, then you will have an incentive for Knowledge. You will want to find freedom and purpose. Yet if you still think that your life is fine, and you are comfortable with it up to a point, then Knowledge will seem like a great threat. You will avoid it, which is tragic, because you will be avoiding yourself. You will be avoiding your deepest feelings, your emotional honesty, your integrity and your deepest and most fundamental values. This is why people are strangers to themselves. They are identified with things on the outside, but they have very little relationship with themselves on the inside. They are not free. They are not free to be who they are, what they are and to follow their deepest inclination. Even if they are free on the outside and have political and social freedom of movement, which is rare in the world, this freedom does not reach to the depths of their own nature. And so they are not free."
 
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<ref>The First Commitment (September 25, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"Many of your thoughts will have to be reconsidered. Many of your firmly held beliefs will have to be questioned and in some cases even set aside. This is the price of freedom. This is the price one pays for having the opportunity to live a greater life, an authentic life, a life that is in keeping with Knowledge within themselves, a life that fulfills the destiny that they were sent into the world to fulfill."
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*''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/freedom-journey The Freedom Journey]
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<ref>Building a Bridge to a New Life (February 25, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"Humanity must regain its confidence. It must regain the power and the presence of Knowledge. It must unite for its own survival and well-being. And it must cultivate individual freedom here and face the challenge of living within the environmental constraints of this world."
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*''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 3:  [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/prison-escape-your-mind The Prison]
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<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref>
 
  
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"To break out of the personal hell of isolation, to break out of the domination of the mind and the domination of your social conditioning, represents freedom in the most fundamental way! For you can be free in the world, but if you are not free inside, well, you cannot really take advantage of your external freedom. Look about you in the world. People seem to be free, relatively speaking, compared to, say, other people in the world. And look what they do with their freedom. They become lost in addictions, they make horrendous mistakes in their relationships, they abuse themselves physically and emotionally.... Even within yourself, you know you are not free. Freedom is not simply having no obligations in life or not being accountable to anyone. Freedom really in its greatest and most real sense is the ability to find and to follow Knowledge because here you are finally free to do what you came here to do, which is the source of all real integrity and satisfaction."
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*''The Allies of Humanity Book One'', Second Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/human-freedom/ The Challenge to Human Freedom]
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"There are people who are freedom oriented and there are people who are control oriented, and the control oriented are afraid of freedom, and they are afraid of Mystery because they do not believe in the essential goodness of the human spirit. They have lost their faith in humanity and have placed all their faith in their ideology and their prescriptions that they believe have come from God. But God has only given recommendations through the great Teachers, not rules—recommendations for living, guidelines for living to help people orient their lives correctly and productively and beneficially."
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*''Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training'', Steps 44-46, 67-69
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<ref>The New Message on Religion (July 20, 2009)</ref>
 
  
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* Marshall Vian Summers on [https://youtu.be/6iQ-yISbK80 "Beginning the Freedom Journey"]
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*[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/the-new-message-for-the-impoverished-and-oppressed The New Message for the Impoverished and Oppressed]
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Latest revision as of 00:58, 19 October 2023

"Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom—freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things." [1]

Freedom beyond.jpg

Quotes about freedom to follow what you know

“Your only real freedom is the freedom to live your purpose. Freedom without purpose is chaos. It is living aimlessly without direction, with only your fears for survival, your wants and your desires to motivate you. It is a very desperate situation.”[2]

“What is freedom except the ability to unite with who you are and why you are here? The inability to do this represents the lack of freedom in all of its manifestations.” [3]

“When we speak of freedom, we mean the freedom to be what you are, to follow what you know, and to give what you came here to give. This is a definition of freedom in the more ultimate sense.” [4]

Quotes about freedom in the future

"Only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a Mental Environment that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community." [5]

"Your freedom is being lost with each passing day as the world diminishes, and the possibility for freedom for those still oppressed in many parts of the world diminishes as well. Freedom is based upon the luxury of a stable and abundant world. That you have the freedom of choice is dependent upon a stable and abundant world."[6]

"Humanity must regain its confidence. It must regain the power and the presence of Knowledge. It must unite for its own survival and well-being. And it must cultivate individual freedom here and face the challenge of living within the environmental constraints of this world." [7]

Quotes about freedom throughout the universe

"Freedom is difficult to achieve and to maintain, but its reward is beyond estimation. Never forget this. Your freedom, our freedom and the possibility for freedom elsewhere represent the true expansion and evolution of life and the greatest promise and achievement for all who are living in this vast universe." [8]

"For the power of freedom and the power of God are the same. Here and everywhere in the Universe. And here and everywhere in the Universe, freedom must be protected and nurtured and supported. For everywhere in life, it is challenged. It is a gift. And it is a gift that you as an individual and you as a member of a Spiritual Family must advocate for, preserve and protect." [9]

Quotes About individual freedom

"When you become free of social conditioning, when you become free in the mental environment, when you become liberated from the shadows of your own past, you can demonstrate a spontaneity and an enthusiasm in life that are remarkably refreshing to others." [10]

"It is a very, very courageous thing to do to gain your freedom. You do not live in a free world and you are not a free person. Not really."[11]

"There will have to be great compliance, and, to a certain extent, individual freedom will be limited. For in this world, you cannot do anything or have anything or be anything you want. But that is okay because you did not come into the world to indulge yourself in this way. You have been sent into the world to serve the world and to contribute to the furtherance and the building and the refinement of human civilization." [12]

Quotes about the value of freedom

"If you can further your own development, you will exercise your greater authority. If you can exercise your greater authority, you are demonstrating your true freedom. If you are demonstrating your true freedom, then you are serving others. If you are serving others, then you are giving to the world. So this will help you. This is for you and for others. This is for life everywhere." [13]

References

  1. ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 2: The Freedom Journey
  2. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 7: Freedom
  3. ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 67: My freedom is awaiting me.
  4. ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 68: The world needs freedom.
  5. ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 6: The Pillar of Spiritual Development
  6. ↑ The Reformation: Restoring the World
  7. ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 2: Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe
  8. ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Sixth Briefing: Greater Community Realities
  9. ↑ The Greater Darkness: Resisting the Intervention
  10. ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 38: I wish to strengthen freedom in others
  11. ↑ Taking the Steps to Knowledge (April 21, 2000)
  12. ↑ The New World, Chapter 15: The Vision
  13. ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 42: Review

See also

Aspects of freedom

Enemies of freedom

Free nations

Free Will

Freedom and responsibility

Freedom from the Past

Freedom in the universe

Freedom of no choice

Freedom on Earth

Freedom without purpose

How to preserve freedom

Qualities of freedom

Rethinking

Further study

  • Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Steps 44-46, 67-69
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