Quotes About Freedom
"Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom—freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things." [1]
The only real freedom
“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]
The way of freedom
"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for 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]
Quotes about the value of freedom
"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." [6]
"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." [7]
Quotes About Freedom and the Environment
"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."[8]
"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." [9]
Quotes About individual freedom
“Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom—freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things. Seen in this way, the picture becomes more complete. For you have a greater destiny in the world, a greater purpose for being here, a purpose that you are not living now, despite your definitions and proclamations. It is to free you from the life that you are living now to prepare you for a greater life in service to the world that represents the core and essence of all spiritual development.” [1]
"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 Intellectual Freedom
"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." [13]
“What keeps people from being free is not their external circumstances. It is their own mind and their own thoughts. They are prisoners to their thoughts. They cannot stop watching their thoughts. It is as if you were watching a movie on a screen and you could never tear yourself away. The screen then becomes ever more real to you, for you have no contrast. You have no experience to remind you that it is just a movie you are watching.” [14]
“Finally you can see. Finally you can know. Finally your eyes are clear. Finally you are no longer intoxicated by people, by images or by ideas. Your mind becomes free and open to think, to rethink, to renew itself, to adapt itself and to refocus itself. What a great freedom this is!” [15]
Quotes about Influence in the Reclamation 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." [16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 2: The Freedom Journey
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 7: Freedom
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 67: My freedom is awaiting me.
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 68: The world needs freedom.
- ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 6: The Pillar of Spiritual Development
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Sixth Briefing: Greater Community Realities
- ↑ The Greater Darkness: Resisting the Intervention
- ↑ The Reformation: Restoring the World
- ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 2: Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 38: I wish to strengthen freedom in others
- ↑ Taking the Steps to Knowledge (April 21, 2000)
- ↑ The New World, Chapter 15: The Vision
- ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 9: Building the Bridge to a New Life
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 20: Inner Listening
- ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 3: The Pillar of Relationship
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 42: Review
See also
Further study
- The Bridge to a New Life: The New Message on Freedom
- Life in the Universe, Chapter 8: Freedom in the Greater Community
- The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 2: The Freedom Journey
- The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 3: The Prison
- The Allies of Humanity Book One, Second Briefing: The Challenge to Human Freedom
- Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Steps 44-46, 67-69
- Marshall Vian Summers on "Beginning the Freedom Journey"