The Quest For Freedom
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Throughout history, mankind seems to have functioned best and achieved most when differences have been forgotten and high levels of cooperation employed. This often happens in times of great crisis. I believe that one of thew great lessons to be learned, during our quest for freedom, is that we must live together amicably and help each other grow, whilst also growing ourselves.
Much of the freedom of the individual is dependent in some way upon the attitudes of the community toward freedom. This can be illustrated by laws and rules that are passed by those in power. Society or community may promote freedom through its laws, or conversely, restrict freedom so that the people of the community can be controlled.
For freedom to work successfully, each individual must also consider the freedom of others. The moment one member of society develops a selfish attitude toward freedom and only considers his own desires and dreams, he is likely to resrict the freedom of others. A slave master might believe that he should have the freedom to use other people as slaves, so that he can have a lifestyle of luxury and status, made possible by the use of those that he has enslaved. In his quest toachieve a high level of freedom through the use of slave labour, he has enslaved many people who should also have their freedom. These enslaved people will also be likely to destroy a little of their own freedom with personal hatred and resentment of their masters.
Friendship, cooperation, tolerance, understanding and compassion play an enormous part in the quest for freedom.
Freedom belongs to the group and each individual within the group. If the group promotes freedom in the correct way, the individual would gladly conform to the rules of the group while still being able to work towards his or her own freedom goals.
Ideally, if everybody in the world was kind, polite, helpful, and friendly, most of the problems of the world would cease to exist.Nobody would be exploited by the greed of others and mankind would work together for the
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Throughout our lives, we are influenced by others in many ways. Sometimes these influences are helpful and sometimes they are a restriction to our personal freedom. There is also a person who is closer to us than any other, but can also sabotage our personal freedom very successfully. We can sometimes be our own personal enemy without realising this fact. This book describes various ways in which our freedom is restricted by ourselves and others. There are also suggestions that could help us to understand and overcome the real and imagined threats to our personal freedom.