The Illusion of Freedom
What is freedom?
What is freedom?
At first glance, freedom seems simple—the absence of constraints, the ability to do as one pleases. But the more I reflect, the more elusive it becomes.
Freedom is not merely the opposite of imprisonment.
So, if freedom is not escape, not liberation from something, then what is it?
The Trap of Conditioned Thought
Our minds has been shaped by knowledge—knowledge passed down through generations, knowledge acquired from experience, knowledge that is always limited. And because knowledge is limited, it exists within the confines of self delusion. Self delusion is the ultimate ignorance.
I begin to wonder: can a brain conditioned by such limited knowledge ever truly be free? Your thought itself is a product of this conditioning, a machinery built from memory, experience, and societal influence.
If freedom depends on our thought, then perhaps there is no fr…