Am I free to be free??

Answer 1

No.... our desires and necessities bind us... real freedom lies in freeing oneself from willing and I can't see how that can ever be possible while one is still alive.

Answer 2

I think that you are asking a question of Free Will, and if you are, I have something to say.

In physics it is said, that if you knew the location of every particle at any one time, then you could tell where they would be at any other time. You could tell the future!!! This is that you have no random will, it is all determined. That what you may think of as free, really can't be. We our bound to this determinism from the beginning of time, to the end.
In the beginning (assuming the Big Bang is the beginning) all locations were known, all locations were created. So that, whatever made the locations knew the future. Whatever made the Big Bang, made life on Earth. the following is a exerpt from the sit listed in sources, the site changes constantly so I couldn't link to it, sorry it's long it's just so great and it pertains to the question. The problem is on Free Will and that it is determined purely by our experiences.
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Cory
10/21/2007 9:20:37 PM
People generally make a couple of mistakes when looking at this problem. First, what constitutes free will? Hard determinists say that since the very first moment when our universe was set in motion, everything has been determined. Advocates of free will are bothered by this, because they think it means that they don't have a choice to be a certain way. Most of them try to point to something in humans that transcends the physical universe, which could intervene in the causal chain.
First off, this immediately delves into religion, but beyond that...let's say they want their soul to decide. The problem with this view is: what is a soul, meaning, who gave you this soul? What was given, and to whom was it given? See the problem? If you want your soul to be responsible, but were not responsible for the creation of your soul, then it's just a soul doing what it does and either way you had no say in it.
So since you didn't get to choose your supposed decision-making soul in the first place, then that doesn't help us. So if it's not that, then it's your "self." Fine. How did this "self come into being? The point is, if you didn't create it, it's still determinism. But I will now point out why that is a good thing.
Think about the process of making a decision. It's based on all your past experience, learning, parenting, knowledge of history, intuition, and so forth. Now, you didn't choose where you were born, nor which brain you would get, nor who your parents were, nor the entire history of the world that happened up until your birth. Everything you experienced had already been set in motion. So, you learned with your incredible learning machine, and you base your decisions on that.
Opponents of free will seem to want more than that, but what could be better? The only other option, other than basing decisions on experience, would be making random decisions. Why would anyone want to interrupt the causal chain with arbitrariness? I'm saying, what kind of free will do you want? You already have an incredible tool for evaluating your situation and placing it in context, and this has all been determined, but what is the alternative? This is why asking for "free will" doesn't make sense. There's nothing to make the decision that isn't part of causality, and if it wasn't part of causality, it wouldn't help you make better decisions

Answer 3

Nope…you might think that you are free but your are not.
Unfulfilled desires and wishes drive you nuts…your own self is out of reach…you strive to survive in a socio-economical system that crashes you under heavy taxes and unmerited laws. Your life is on the line every time your step out your door. People cheat on you, betray you and take advantage of you…now where is any sign of freedom in all this?
We live in a virtual reality horror designed to maintain us under heavy sedation so that we continue producing for the elite who rules this world with the iron fist and the sword…however you are free to think you are free but if you come to realize your own thoughts you will see that even your thoughts are not free to be.
Sorry…hard to swallow reality but reality nonetheless.

Answer 4

In the free world we belong to, we worship freedom. It's an end in itself. We cannot be free and still search for more freedom, for it will transcend absolute freedom, which is impossible.

Your question should be: Am I free enough to contribute freedom to those who are not free?

Answer 5

Freedom from the boundaries that keep us down has been the aspiration of monks, mystics and yogis for thousands of years.

It can be done... but it takes persistence.

This is a great resource if you want to understand the method of gaining the kind of freedom that really makes us free.

Answer 6

If you free yourself. Our own desires and fears bind us to the paths we take and the experiences we choose. If you want nothing and are afraid of nothing, you are free to do what you wish at any given moment --But in this case, I wonder if you could wish for or choose anything... Interesting question!!

Answer 7

What I have to ask in concerns to this is "free from what?" Free to do whatever you want? Free from concerns, responsiblities, chores, etc., or free from desires, sin, etc. etc. etc.?

But in terms of being generally "free," you can never be (italized, cause I don't know how to italize here -_-)truly(cancel italized) free, for if you are always a "slave" to something. For the first, if you are free from everything else, you are a slave to "yourself," making you not free to yourself. Kind of confusing, but if you think about it, you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, it's your choice to be free from something or not. But take note, as "closing a door opens new oppurtunities", to be free from something makes you a slave--- or at a calmer tone--- a servant, to something else.

Answer 8

Freedom to, and what
Am I caught?
Web of delusions and laws
Or illusional claws of past and future
Feared and remorsed
May I float as a mote
Am I forced
To a course, seen and not
Buoyed by the sought
To elational dreams
Filling reams
Or constrained to rot?

Answer 9

No.
You are not free to be free irrespective of your citizenship status, country of residence, your qualifications, profession, wealth etc.

You are not free to be free.

BUT

If you want to be free YOU HAVE TO put intense efforts with prudence in the right directions.

Then with your good, prudent and right efforts you CAN BE FREE.

Then you WILL BE FREE TO BE FREE.

Answer 10

Modern freedom is a prison outlined by the freedoms of those around you.