That's why a proper education is paramount, discernment is the key ...''know thyself'' and know that no one, not even yourself can harm you without your absolute permission. It's about unlearning all the lies your society has imposed upon you that you have mistakenly believed to be real.Science Fan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:50 pm Well of course I shall harm another. I do it all the time. It's called freedom of speech. If I state something that upsets another person, then that is a "harm" to the other person. Contrary to anarchist thinking, freedom of speech cannot be justified by the so-called non-aggression principle.
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True freedom is found not in what is spoken or written, you are not knowledge, you are boundless not-knowingness aka freedom that is aware of every thought, belief and concept, aka knowledge...nothing can defile that boundlessly free awareness because knowledge is an illusory appearance in you, but is not who you are essentially..because who you truly are essentially is always present, you are the eternal witness of every event, feeling, and thought that comes and goes in you.
..even if someone was to physically kill you by hacking off your head with a sword, or slam you in a prison cell for the rest of your life, you'd still be free. .some people do not know this, because they are identified with the wrong I ..we have two I's you see...one is right and the other one is wrong...you can find out about the two I's by reading nondual literature, nonduality has been my true educator, I always had a sense from the very beginning of my childhood that the stuff being taught to me in school was nothing more than a load of BS that made me feel sick to my stomach and cause a tense tight feeling that was intolerable and too bitter tasting for my liking, ...so I literally had to become my own teacher in life, also and my own father and mother, and best friend.
Only your believed ideas, thoughts, and emotions about yourself can enslave you, but those are just like passing ships in the night, they are illusions, you as boundlessly free awareness is not an illusion.
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