You might think that staying focused on yourself would be a good route to freedom, but it turns out that if you are locked to yourself, your options become severely limited.
How have you found freedom by looking beyond yourself?
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Wow, “freedom looking beyond yourself?” Seems to me this is the basic question of humankind.
One can only try to accomplish this – but I think it helps to have a core belief as a goal and reminder. I find three conclusions helpful: Humility, Empathy, and “Nobility.” I had nothing to do with being here, and little to say about when it is over – that power which enabled it is, for me, “God.” Once I have an experience – either good or bad – I try to learn from it – which gives me empathy for what others experience – and relate to. The last one, “nobility” can have an exclusive ring to it, but that isn’t the way in which it is intended – it means that there is awareness of perception by example – so believe and act the future in (Robert Frost) – tests and trials come – act confidently – some are watching! I guess this may qualify as a form of freedom – beyond oneself ..