Are you free once you're enslaved?
Or enslaved once you're free?
There is a man sitting in a cage with peace in his smile, who stares at a man sitting outside of the cage with inconsolability in the wringing of his hands.
Who is free?
and by what measure?
"Freedom"...
God?
Master of Self?
Enlightenment?
Mindfulness?
Acceptance?
Which one, says who, at what time?
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2 comments:
Free once enslaved.
Did the man in the cage go there by choice? Apparently there is some other freedom only to be found inside. It seems backwards, just like "To gain life you must give it up" seems backwards. We feel like there are so many rules and 'don't's and it seems like if we run away from them we can be free of them, which maybe we can be, for a while. But do we want to be free from rules that govern our flesh for a while, or free from death for eternity? Freedom is found after you've given it up, I think. Flesh freedom for soul freedom.
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