What does freedom mean to me? (Big shout-out to @EagleSpirit & @FreedomTribe)
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WooHoo we have The Kenny in the house!! Thank you for this magnificent post brother, you are speakin my languange and what a lovely group of people you get to dine with. I’m almost jelly. Many many if your words are what I speak on the daily, tis why we are here right? To help others be free, many times just getting caught up with the system in their own minds. So happy to see your participation and I just loved it. Powerful and fruitful for all to hear, read, see, live and apply it. Not sure I can say any more than what you stated above but I’ll certainly try. We all must unite and express what is, what was, and what is coming.
A’oo,
Eagle Spirit
Thanks @eaglespirit! It was a little bit of a cheat to jump on this writing prompt since it's probably the thing that I write/speak about most anyway, but it felt good to wake up and flow this piece out :-)
Thanks for the work that you're doing, and I look forward to collaborating more in the future!
yes, most definitely @flawly was just inspiring me to attend archapulco as well as @elemental. flaw gave me more an insight as to the feelings and experience as far as “starseed reunion” type of feel and i would be blessed to attend and be amongst my kin... must be time for all of us to meet and come together. being “alone” for the majority of my life has definitely been hard but an education. it’s the remembering that has been key for being a part of what we will experience. it will be truly amazing. i’m still putting the pieces together regarding the hopi (my ndn tribe) prophecy and our past history.
a’oo,
eagle spirit
Anarchapulco is a good one (though I have concerns about this year based on the first announced speakers and some other things), but if you really want to find the largest scale collection of the tribe, there's nothing better than The Rainbow Gathering. (Less steemians per capita because tech is much less present)
okay well if you have those feelings then i trust that, i'd love to know where and when the Rainbow Gathering is ... but then again I can just Google it I suppose :)
Not having to worry about money...
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Financial freedom is definitely an important part of a free life.
I am constantly amazed at the eloquent way that you write your posts and writing some of the things I would like to post myself. I dont agree with all your opinions and references but as I am much older I know that some world leaders have had their past white-washed. Having wrote that and looking at the dirty political washing being done in public perhaps I should have included all world leaders and politicians.
George Orwell in his parody of human relationships, Animal Farm, wrote “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” There will always be people that strive to be leaders. and others who will have leadership thrust upon them. (insert your favourite cliché here)
Its within the human being to be corrupted by power, and once tasted more power is wanted.
Unfortunately we must have rules and regulations, but often the makers of those rules become ambitious and a 'nanny state' emerges slowly and surely strangling the freedom of others. This is fairly typical of communist states and 'new left' organisations.
Wow, thanks. I really appreciate that, it's especially nice to hear that others are pondering the same topics, makes it feel like i'm definitely doing what i'm supposed to be doing :-)
Any time someone says "always" with regards to human behavior, I have to disagree to some extent right off the bat, as the only thing humans always do is adapt. Everything that is referred to as "human nature" is actually just results of the society/environment is being adapted to.
The only way for rules to ever actually serve their desired purpose is for them to be voluntary, non-punitive, and apply equally to everyone who has agreed to them, versus the current model of a small group creating a rule, forcing others to obey it, and conveniently being immune to it themselves. Every form of statism operates in this same way.
You remind me of George Orwell AKA Eric Arthur Blair who went through many phases before realising that governments must exist to protect people from crime and injustice. He actually wrote in his book 'The Road to Wigan Pier', "I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and the people can be trusted to behave decently if you will only let them alone." You have said that if you remember.
I was never a fan of Orwell, and personally believe that (whether intentionally or not) his book 1984 is part of the reason that the world is in the state that it is now.
Make up a story, make it seem possible from where we are now, then get MILLIONS of people to think those exact same thoughts, to visualize that same possible world... Guess what happens? It is manifested into reality.
There are plenty of ways to protect people and find justice that do not require theft, coercion, violence, and hierarchy (the most important one being healthy, nonviolent childhoods)
It may be required reading for the trainee dictator. Its amazing how many writers predicted (influenced?) the future. Chesley Bonestell managed to produce his idea of what the planets look like with astounding accuracy even before Sputnik was launched.
So very true. I remember reading some of Robert Heinlein's early work (30s & 40s) and being blown away by how accurately he described the functionality & appearance of the rockets that came 3 decades later.
I like your poem!
Thank you; it felt so wonderful to write!
Thanks for the perspective. Freedom is the ability to use your resources how you like.
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I would say that's one piece of it for sure, but not nearly all of it.
I would say that's one
Piece of it for sure, but not
Nearly all of it.
- kennyskitchen
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Despite having written on freedom many times before, glad you wrote under #freedomfriday... loved what you said about us believing we needed to be controlled by windbags... I have always resented that myself. Big up real freedom... it starts internally and spreads out...💚
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I'm really enjoying diving into these various writing prompts; even when it is a topic that I've covered before, it's always nice to revisit, as my own innerstanding & ability to communicate is ever-evolving.
Sending love!
Well said man. 👍
Thanks :-)
Hi Kenny, hope you can forgive me to kidnap your positive post to find some open door to get a temporary job. But if it really bothers you let me a comment above and I will edit it, so that this comment will be empty. Sorry.
Please fellow anarchists if you have some job to offer: https://steemit.com/anarchy/@vthor/sometimes-everything-seems-to-go-wrong-and-you-think-it-can-t-go-any-worse
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This was clearly right up your alley. Having feedom from violation and taking total responsibility for creating your experience are the way to create true freedom! I had heard of Ho'oponopono, but not of Hew Len. He really explains the TOTAL responsibility part well! Really glad to find that! And that poem was fire! Thank you!
It certainly was; so happy you showed me your entry :-)
Thank you for your words brother, and for everything you do in the world! Looking forward to connecting more in the future.