Are you really free?

[AIexandra]

Do you think you can escape from your problems? Can you run free?
Sometimes we think we are free but we only choose from what is presented to us. Is that really what's going through our hearts?

[SweetJoyGirl]

No, we aren’t really truly free. If I was really free, I would be running barefoot in a field of flowers, without no care in the world of what people would think. My problems wouldn’t be on my mind. I think society has caused our minds to be caged. So, truly what is being free? We can never be free as we wish.

[Account]

No, I am not.
No, I can't.
No, I can't.
I am perfectly aware that society is a mini prison that we have inflicted upon ourselves, but even I am not ready for that discussion.

[LiamJHayden]

Nope. We are all slaves of the will. Our moment by moment choices are dictated by what seems to be the better or best choice at that time. Martin Luther and Jonathan Edwards both authored epic works on this.

[jshm2]

Nothing and no one is ever "free". If it's not enslaved by law, then it's enslavement to something else.

[Maybeyoutoo]

Yes

"17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."

[ProbablyClueless]

I am... at least, I'm most of the way. I definitely have obligations, but those can and will be sorted out in extremely short order.

[Sonorous]

Are we not confined to the rules of life & death?

[exitseven]

B. F. Skinner wrote a book called "Beyond Freedom and Dignity" He says that freedom is an illusion

[SweetJoyGirl]

Oooh, yes, Skinner did some fascinating psychological research. His theory on behaviourism is a very popular one.

I haven’t got around to read “Beyond Freedom and Dignity”, yet. Perhaps, this is my sign to. 😌

[exitseven]

@SweetJoyGirl I read it in high school. it was a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

Free enough. You always have a choice in life. Sometimes those choices are between "bad" and "worse" but you always have a choice.

[AviatorTom]

If you want me, it will cost you. 😎

[strateguy632]

I have personal freedom so i am free.

[Agape93]

No, nobody's free of every chain.

[SunnyGirly]

I feel free is that enough

[sawno]

To a tolerable degree but not completely.

[EnjoytheDay777]

Definitely not. I feel trapped. I wish I was free.

[Knightwatch27]

@sweetjoygirl Are ya?

[SweetJoyGirl]

Are you? 👀

[Knightwatch27]

@SweetJoyGirl No, I'm bound by my adherence to the glorious British empire.

[SweetJoyGirl]

lmao 🤣

[eagle1951]

yeah