A young monk asked the master, "How can I ever get liberated?" The master replied, "Who has ever put you in bondage?" Jack Kornfield.
We have the good fortune of experiencing many forms of freedom in many parts of the world. The types of bondage that can exist most prevalently are the self-imposed bondages. Addictions: whether to a substance or to negative thinking are definitely forms of bondage. Dr. Ernest Holmes wrote "The Divine Plan is one of Freedom; bondage is not God-ordained. Freedom is the birthright of every living soul." The outer circumstances do not dictate how free we are. We only have to look to Viktor Frankl to demonstrate how one who is incarcerated in a concentration camp could find internal freedom. Today let's declare our own freedom from any limiting thoughts or habits.
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