How can freedom be misused?
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"Freedom is misused when we choose the comfort of chains over the risk of true adventure, turning our lives into a self-made prison."
According to Osho, freedom is misused when you use it to renounce itself, choosing fatalism, security, and rationalizations that hide your wounds. Man is born as freedom; yet out of fear of risk we write chains on our clean slate, accept slavery, lethargy and despair, and turn life's creative adventure into a self-made prison.
You are free, but if you’re scared, you might use that freedom to lock yourself in a cage by believing you have no choice.
Why this matters practically
- Notice beliefs that make you a victim and choose again.
- Take responsibility for your choices; create, don’t wait.
- Prefer risky growth over comfortable chains.
- Take responsibility for your choices; create, don’t wait.
- Prefer risky growth over comfortable chains.
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