I learned something this July 4th weekend. When I use the word freedom, often what I really mean is liberty. Liberty is about laws, constitutional and legal rights, and social agreements. It is what is conferred upon me from the outside. For example, right now, I am not at liberty to enter a store in Ventura without a mask. In the US, I am at liberty to protest against injustice (at least for now ?)

From my relationship work, I learned freedom is more of an inside job. It is about what I do with what shows up from the outside. Do I get hooked by the meanings I make up when someone does something unexpected? Or do the stories I create about why they did it rule me and how I relate to them? Do I allow these thoughts to harden my heart and solidify into beliefs about life? Do I choose freedom or trap myself in suffering?

A reliable path to freedom is through our bodies. We have the privilege of being born into these miraculous creations that allow us to feel an incredible range of sensations. A key to freedom is realizing that we each experience life through sensation and the meanings and stories we create are our minds trying to make sense of them.

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