Freedom

Freedom...................

Freedom is found in God alone.

Though a person may thing himself or herself free and independent, he or she is subject to a thousand daily pressures of obedience of which he or she is rarely, if ever aware.

He obeys public opinion,  customs, prevailing ideas, the fashions, his passions, his wants--real or imagined--and many caprices. He obeys his master and, still more, his subordinates; he obeys the manners and example, and even the smiles of his equals. Everyone, whether he wishes it or not, is influenced by the books he read, the opinions heard, the criticisms subjected to, and the praises pursued. Many people who believe themselves to be free, are really slaves.

Freedom is found in God alone.

What is the way to lead a desire-free life? Lead your life without the feeling of "mine and thine" and offer everything to God. Only then can you attain the state of desirelessness. Today man has both worldly desires as well as desires that lead to the inward path, but the number of desires that lead to the inward path pale in comparison to the number of worldly desires in him. Devotion means giving up all worldly desires and dedicating all your actions and thoughts to God. When you offer every act of yours to God, it becomes worship. Everything you do must be done as an offering to God.