Freedom is the ability to enjoy something but not become attached to it, that is to say you can take it or leave it without associating your past with it your pre-conceived thoughts or feelings about it. A conscious person would never think or say "I'm happy when i have this & not happy when it's not there". Your past (bundle of memories & emotions) might remind you thats re-mind you of how much pleasure & enjoyment you received in the past with this thing & then want or expect to experience the same again. In reality this is asking the impossible because everything is constantly changing, constantly being created a-new, So coming to something with this approach can only lead to misunderstanding & suffering.
Freedom is the knowing that nothing, no-thing can ever truly affect you until you let it. Freedom is the understanding that the only boundaries that exist are the ones we put on the self. Freedom is the accepting that you are free from all things, thoughts & feelings. Freedom is the pure & simple understanding that you are free....
*I came to this understanding just the other day after realising my attachment to my computer (my partners computer), I found myself annoyed & agitated when i noticed my flatmate was on the computer when I wanted to be (like a child who's upset because he's not getting to play with his favourite toy). This led to an assortment of negative thoughts & feelings then the sudden realisation that it was me creating these thoughts & feelings, I looked to see where they came from & lo & behold they came from my mind (ego). I found that i was using the computer as a way fueling my own thoughts & emotions through my reaction to whatever the computer was showing me. So when i came across the computer & found i couldn't use it when i wanted to my mind became agitated because it was attached to the thoughts & feelings it produced when using the computer creating a sort of bondage towards me & it (an object), I was giving away my power to it, giving away my freedom...
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namaste
we are all one