Are we freer or are we more and more trapped today?

People who don't care what others think, act according to their own feelings, and are free in their hearts are the freest. All personalities have free will, but for the time being, they lose themselves in the third dimension. and trapped in their own consciousness.

The more a person wants to control one thing, the less free the mental energy is, and the more natural it is, the higher the degree of inner freedom. The fundamental meaning of being a human being is to enhance the freedom of consciousness and energy, from reincarnation to hard work and hard work, all in order to make oneself more free. People who adhere to their true selves and live according to their hearts tend to be happier in their hearts when they have a higher degree of freedom than the average person.

Because he is true to himself, and his life develops according to his vision. Freedom is not about doing what you want to do, but not doing what you want to do. The stronger the heart, the freer.

Personal attitude, from a psychological point of view:A person who is able to settle in uncertainty and uncontrollability is the freest. There was an issue I had previously discussed with my first boss:

Does humanity want to be free or not? The conclusion is that the vast majority of people don't want freedom by nature, they want security, happiness, or something else. While we hate limitations, we also rely on them, which limits work out our personal identities and life trajectories, and allow us to feel "on the right track."

If you have to go to work at 9 o'clock every day, if you have to go back to the same home every day, if you have to go to a book club on the weekends, and you have a fixed budget every month, these certainties will become your anchor and support the structure of your life. And if the next day you want to go wherever you want to go completely 100% free, the vast majority of people will be dizzy, and even afraid, how to live this day? I couldn't find the north in an instant.

When I was in college, I read through Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu". Presumably friends who have watched the original book or TV series know that Ling Hu Chong is an unruly person and a person who yearns for freedom. Then, after doing the road for heaven and eradicating Yue Buqun, he and Ren Yingying should be able to "get away"!

Let's see how Jin Yong describes his thoughts: "Ling Hu Chong has been at ease all his life, smiling proudly, and marrying Yingying, although he has fulfilled his life's wishes and is full of joy, but he is not immune to the gentle control of his wife, and he really wants to be free and unrestrained, but he can't do it." Suddenly, the tune of "The Song of Smiling Proud Rivers and Lakes" sounded in my heart, and I suddenly thought:

I play this piece, to be high, to be low, only by playing the piano alone, can be free, but if you play with Yingying, you must play according to the score, can not indulge arbitrarily, she is high and I am high, she is low and I am low, this can be said to be harmonious and harmonious. Buddhism emphasizes "nirvana", first of all, we must be free from desires and desires, so that we can be unrestrained. But in life, if you want to eat, dress, and take care of others, how can you really have no desires and no desires?

Nirvana is the "realm of non-action", and our life is the "realm of promising". In the realm of promise, as long as there are no improper desires, there will be no improper constraints, and that is to be at ease

I'm afraid that Ling Hu Chong's idea is also Jin Yong's idea! In life, we are always troubled by countless fetters, whether it is a happy thing or a disgusting thing, which will always hinder people from reaching the realm of freedom. But if we can face the tedious things in life with the attitude of "not being happy with things, not being sad with ourselves", and there are no improper desires, then it can be said that we are free.

In fact, there is no real freedom, freedom is relative. Because of gravity, human beings are bound to the ground and lose their freedom, but without gravity, they probably can't live. Freedom comes at a price, so sometimes bondage is beneficial.

Don't talk about freedom, as long as you feel comfortable living. Freedom is not always a good thing.

I've always wondered what I have to do to be free. When I was in junior high school and high school, I could only study every day, I was controlled by teachers and parents, and I was not free, so I wanted to wait until I went to college, and I could do whatever I wanted. Nobody cares about me anymore.

When I got to college, I could do whatever I wanted, playing games all night long, hanging out with my roommates, doing whatever I wanted, and having nothing to worry about. But my heart was not full at all, and even a little empty. When the end of the semester is approaching, I have to take an exam, and I feel pressured and unfree, and I will say to myself, when I enter the society, I can do what I want to do without the exam!

We have always pursued freedom. But freedom is getting farther and farther away from us. People who go to work start complaining about overtime again, the boss has a bad temper, low salary, and a hard life, and they start to think again, when they retire, they can start to provide for the elderly, and they can do whatever they want!

The people who are surrounded by the city want to escape, and the people outside the city want to rush in, whether it is marriage, career, or life.

Hu Shi said that you should not pursue freedom, but independence. Freedom is for the outer bondage, to give you freedom but still not to be independent, to still mention slavery. To be independent is not to blindly obey, not to be deceived, not to rely on others, not to rely on others, not to use other people's ears as ears, not to use other people's brains as brains, not to use other people's eyes as eyes, this is the spirit of independence.

I feel that I am trapped, at least not as much competition as there is now, life is very tired, every day is occupied by heavy work, there is no personal time to spend with my family and children, I feel that it is difficult to move an inch.

Absolute freedom in fact means infinite possibilities, but at the same time unlimited uncertainty and openness. In the face of such vast possibilities and uncertainties, the vast majority of people cannot hold on. The experience of total freedom is more terrifying and even inexplicable to them than freedom.

So how much freedom you can feel, subjectively, depends first of all on how much freedom you can hold, that is, how much uncertainty and openness you can hold.

When I make a choice, the first thing I have to ask is, do I really want to? Will there be serious adverse consequences? But generally speaking, it is usually not harmful to do something other than what is written in the law, and I think if you can think about it a little bit like this, it is easy to jump out of the circle of mindset.

But for the mindset, this kind of thing is unavoidable, people are not willing to deny themselves in order to improve, this is too normal, because you can't guarantee that everyone has the right values, after many years, the mind will probably improve, but do you expect people to change a lot about their own concept, I don't know who will believe it, anyway, I don't believe it.