What do I believe in? I believe in freedom. I believe in the ability to do whatever I want. I want the ability to run free, experiencing and doing things that please me.
I am free if everything I want to happen happens. I am free if everything I want to avoid never occurs. I am free if my thoughts become reality.
But not everything I want to happen actually happens, no matter how hard I try. And I cannot always escape the things I want to avoid, no matter how hard I try.
The world does not bend to my will so easily. Does this mean I will never be free? Does it mean I will never achieve true peace?
No, it doesn’t. The world is rational. It behaves logically. What we judge as spontaneous or chaotic is simply a rational event with meaning and purpose.
The world is a creation of God. Everything that happens is God’s will. God’s will is eternal and perfect. Therefore, the world itself is eternal and perfect, and the happenings within it are also eternal and perfect.
Does that mean everything that happens is meaningful and aligned with the greater good? Yes. Our limited minds are conditioned to believe that anything against us is “bad,” and anything that pleases us is “good.” But that is not the case.
The concept of freedom remains the same: we feel free when we get what we want. But if the world—perfect as it is—restricts our freedom, is our notion of freedom truly perfect? True freedom does not come from resisting the world. True freedom comes from aligning ourselves with the world.
Aligning ourselves with the world is how we achieve real freedom. Living in line with nature is how we achieve real freedom. Events occur—whether caused by ourselves or by others—but ultimately, all events are part of God’s perfect, unchangeable will. Our wills are imperfect and malleable.
All suffering—all slavery—is the result of a wrong perspective. Things hurt us because we attach emotions and desires to them. We could choose to be free. We could choose to align ourselves with God. But we don’t. Instead, we attach emotions to meaningless things. We choose to feel pain. We should become a friend of God, living in harmony with His will.
If God is our friend, do His actions enslave us? No. Our freedom comes from shaping our mindset to reflect His eternal nature.
If we think properly, we can live properly. We are not chained by events, but by our judgments about those events. I think, therefore I am—not I want, therefore I am.
We are slaves to whatever we value. If we value money, money becomes our master, and we become its slave. Taking it away would hurt us. I want to be a slave to nothing. I want to attach my desires to nothing. Nothing gained or lost should change the way I think.
My mind is eternal. My mind is resolute. It cannot be shaken by the evils or the goods of the outside world. My perspective is clear.
Nature is aligned with the world, and the world acts according to nature. What happens in the world is God’s will.
I want to be free. I want to do whatever I choose. I want to think freely and act in ways that I genuinely enjoy.
Does this mean that everything I want will come to fruition? No. The world does not work that way. The childish desires of the human mind cannot be fulfilled by anything external. The world does not behave “perfectly” according to our definition of what is good for us. We carry the foolish belief that happiness requires changing the world and shaping our experiences to match our desires.
But no matter what we do, the world behaves as it will. Things happen outside our control.
True freedom means accepting that—and aligning ourselves with it.