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Swami Vivekananda on Freedom
Be at rest, be free, and work. This kind of freedom is a very hard thing to attain.
Give up all fruits of work; do good for its own sake; then alone will come perfect non-attachment. The bonds of the heart will thus break, and we shall reap perfect freedom.
Wherever there is life, there is this search for freedom and that freedom is the same as God. This same freedom is in you and in me and is the only real freedom.
When one realises all this slavery, then comes the desire to be free; an intense desire comes.
[As] the bee culling honey from many flowers remains free, not bound by any flower, be not bound.
We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes. We are free therefore.
The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. He is there. He is the soul of all souls. See Him in your own soul. That is practical religion. That is freedom.
A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.
The human soul never forgets its freedom and is ever seeking it.
Everything is ours already — infinite purity, freedom, love, and power.
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone.
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