The more self-disciplined, the freer

Rousseau first said: "Man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains." Humans are social animals and need to adapt to the rules of society to survive. In this era, there is an essential difference between freedom of movement and freedom of will. Sometimes it is not our body that is stuck in a too tight jacket, but our will.

What is true freedom?

Freedom is not a requirement for the outside world, but a requirement for oneself.

Wang Xing of Meituan once said: "Most people are willing to do anything to escape real thinking." If people lack thinking and don't know what freedom they really want, they will often easily fall into Misunderstanding. Most people in this society are indolent and cognitive misers.

Freedom is not controlled by emotions.

When we want to think rationally, our indolent brain will produce emotions that don’t want to move. Only if we are not affected by emotions and insist on thinking rationally can we achieve the state of true freedom.

When we want to go downstairs to exercise, the brain will generate a negative signal to give up. Only if we are not affected by the brain and still insist on exercising can we use our rationality and make free choices.

Lying flat is a way of thinking that grasps "freedom".

In the society we live in, the topic of equality always lingers on various occasions. We are always pursuing various "equal" opportunities, but in the pursuit, we will consume a lot of energy and eventually fall into the vicious circle of "equality".

Contemporary free people cling to "freedom" by "lying down" and use "freedom" to fight against the "equality" sold in society. The way of thinking of free people has undergone a major change. , they don’t care about the prosperity of the rich, but they care more about how the label of “rich” will control “freedom”.

How to achieve physical and mental freedom?

Clear understanding

Before facing an important choice in life, we must first consider the causes and consequences of this choice. , and think clearly whether you are willing to bear this result. Ask yourself three questions: "What do you want?" "What do you want to pay?" and "Are you willing to pay?"

Be magnanimous and responsible

After thinking clearly, make brave choices and be able to take responsibility for your choices. A truly free person can accept his or her own choices calmly even if they are ultimately unsatisfactory.

Immanuel Kant once said: "The so-called freedom is not to follow one's will but to be the master of oneself." Only by clearly recognizing your own choices, making brave choices, and ultimately being magnanimous about the results Only through commitment can we achieve true freedom.