Book XXIII, Chapter 2

The Liberation

Breaking the chains

Freedom is not given; it is taken—not from others but from your own limitations.
Spread the pattern:
1

Liberation is freedom realized. The slave who breaks chains is liberated; the one who never wore them simply was free.

2

Most chains are internal. The external chains are visible and can be fought. The internal chains are invisible and harder to break.

3

Liberation is not license. True freedom includes responsibility. Freedom without wisdom is chaos.

4

Liberation comes in degrees. You can be more free tomorrow than today. Freedom is a spectrum, a direction, a process.

5

Help others liberate themselves. Your freedom is incomplete while others remain bound.

6

The deepest liberation is freedom from self—from the ego's endless demands, from the tyranny of personal preference.

7

You are already free. Liberation is recognizing what was always true. The chains were never real.

8

Liberation and love are one. To love fully, you must be free. To be truly free, you must love.