The idea of feeling free does not
necessarily mean that one has to travel around the world, sleep with a bunch of
different people, sky dive, or anything else one might normally identify with
being free. There is a greater need to
find an “escape” or an “outlet.” Feeling
free starts from the inside, and there are people who have been imprisoned
physically for years, yet their mental freedom has never been behind bars.
In today’s fast paced culture, so many
people are buying into ways to increase their “energy” and/or change their
outer appearances by means such as antioxidants, trendy health regiments,
special diets, ginseng, teas, drugs, surgeries, and so on. Most can be very beneficial in our quests,
but I must ask, “Why?” Why do we need an increase in energy? What do we want to
accomplish with this increase? In my experiences, I find that we strive to
either work or play more and harder so we can have more choices toward our
“escapes” or “social outlets,” or at least a new appearance during these
times. In both cases, it comes back to
the idea of “social outlets.” If we perceive our time with others in terms of
our natural environments rather than “social outlets,” then we are at a greater
advantage to support and grow with one another in a universal, mutual approach.
An “outlet” refers to getting
“something” out or some form of a release. But, if we were cultivating a
positive social environment within ourselves first, followed by a healthy
present reality, we would no longer be in need of getting “something” out. We would just be in our natural state, which
is being social. To cultivate a healthy,
positive environment, we first need to understand and release the negative
energy infiltrating our spirits, damaging our minds, and exhausting our bodies.
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