According to Osho, when you deeply long for freedom you turn your own nature into a distant object and go astray. Freedom is already your intrinsic being; the real issue is not attaining it but seeing and dropping the gilded chains—power, prestige, identities—you’ve willingly worn. Recognize prisons as prisons, not ornaments, and freedom reveals itself without effort.
Trying hard to get freedom keeps you stuck, because you’re already free inside—just notice the shiny chains you chose and let them fall.