Recently, in a conversation with a loved one, we raised the topic of freedom. What is the essence of freedom? How to understand — you are free or not? Is there some kind of metric or analytics that will allow you to determine how free you are?

The result of a long dialogue over both of us is shocking. We came to the conclusion that a person’s freedom lies in his environment.You probably thought now: “This is already known.” I agree, but not everything is so simple.Try to imagine before you all the people who in one way or another influence your life. First of all, you will remember relatives and friends. Your friends will follow. Then perhaps you will remember people with whom you crossed paths once or twice in your life, but you remember them,because they left their mark on you.

Introduced? Wonderful. Got a lot? Fine. Now add to this list the people you don’t know, but they still influence you. The developers of your favorite game, the maker of your favorite candy or bottle of whiskey. State. bodies that let passively for you,but ensure your safety and comfortable standard of living. And this list is unlikely to end.

And now the most interesting. All the people you represent have some kind of relationship with you. For simplicity, I propose to divide them into 2 sides: “+” and “-”. In the black will be those who, for whatever reason, DEPEND ON YOU. On the downside, those who YOU ​​DEPEND ON.

Now it is worth asking the question: WHOM MORE?

This is where the reflection on the essence of freedom begins. And it is about the fact that it is NOT really. In the modern world, it can only be mental. And I will explain why.

As you and I found out, in the environment of each person there is an n-th number of people with whom he is dependent. In this case, to determine whether you are free or not, you need to understand the quantitative difference between the “+” and “-” sides.

If there are more people who DEPEND ON YOU than those on whom YOU DEPEND, then you have a chance to live with a sense of freedom. Otherwise, you have two options. The first is to put the “bolt” and wait,

that everything will work out (sorry for the spoiler: it will not work out). The second is to find a way to reduce the existing difference between the “poles”. Either try to transfer those on whom YOU DEPEND on to the other “side”, or add as many new people as possible to the composition of those who DEPEND ON YOU ..

Probably enough for today. If you’re interested in my way of thinking,I will always be glad to hear your opinion in the comments.

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Let’s continue to set points in our coordinate system…

So, you took responsibility for the first time, you’re doing great, you’re growing up! Now consciously or not, you are free to choose what to proceed next. That’s where you face reality, even if you don’t understand it.

The thing is that it is beneficial for this world to have a majority of those dependent on others. This allows units to control masses. It should be understood that this power can be disposed of in different ways. I’m sure you are able to find examples of both the use of this power useful to society and the self-serving self-centered..

I’m sorry, I got distracted without explaining anything. How does the world give you this «sloak»? By the time you first make your own choice, you are already perfectly familiar with the benefits of this world, but you do not yet realize that all its benefits are needed for one purpose – to simplify life. And behind simplification is a decrease in the thought process and the inability to think constructively. Yes, yes, you can bet, they say yes, today everyone is only engaged in pumping the brain, going to psychologists and maintaining mental health. I agree, I won’t argue. But look at it from a different angle.

Everyone who is really engaged in the above in order to help themselves improve their lives do not shout about it on every corner. They do it for themselves and that’s why it works. Those who succumbed to the trend and hype fell into a trap, they became dependent on those gurus whose courses are bought or psychologists who are paid cash for consultations. And do they improve their condition? Are they bringing the next point closer to 1? Or they only fall down more, not forgetting to brag about it and advertise it.

So the world from your first conscious decisions is ready to simplify your brain. Screens, monitors, simple content, etc. Everything so that you stop analyzing what is happening, stop thinking and give your attention to someone you need and who you want yourself. And now, without even realizing it, your «Y» begins to grow rapidly, and «X» either remains in the same place or decreases altogether.

Well, the world likes to rub your nerves, especially if you know how to notice it. If you become interested in my way of thinking, I will always be happy to listen to your opinion in the comments.

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First of all, please forgive me for my English. My native Russian, but I only learn English

Let’s talk about addicts…

If you managed to imagine everything that I wrote about before, you most likely found that the people you depend on more than those dependent on you. Congratulations, as they say, accepting a problem is the first step to solving it.

Unfortunately, this is the current trend. The percentage of “dependent” strongly prevails over “those who on whom they depend.”

For ease of understanding, let’s take that very difference. Those who depend on you – X. Who you depend on – Y. We need their ratio – X / Y. It can either be greater than 1 (if X is greater) or less (if Y is greater). It remains to imagine a coordinate system, where the vertical is the difference X / Y, and the horizontal coming out of the coordinate (0; 1) - this time. Now it remains to choose any moment of your life, determine X / Y and mark the point. If it’s hard to imagine, you can take a sheet and a pen and draw, it will be easier))

So, from birth (that is, at the beginning of the horizontal axis), you can safely put a dot on one. You were born, you depend on your parents they depend on you. You are taken to the doctors for examinations to make sure that you were born healthy – you depend on the doctors. At the same time, for a doctor, you are his job, his area of ​​responsibility, which means that he also depends on you, in other words, if something happens to you through his fault, he will be punished. Based on this, we conclude
that the first years of life, the ratio X / Y is always equal to 1, and if it fluctuates, then it is not yet able to affect your life.

Difficulties begin when you first take responsibility. From this moment on, you get the right not only to interact with this world and its inhabitants, but also to influence its order and the lives of its inhabitants.

And for the first time you did something important and significant for you, you began to say that you are already an adult, although you still go to kindergarten with your mother by the hand and here the Modern World gives you a good bream and makes you calm down. At this moment, you can safely put the next point much lower than the horizontal axis, because the modern world has made you addicted. Now the number of those on whom you depend has become much higher, but those who depend on you have not increased …

If you do not agree, you can share your opinion in the comments. And if you still don’t understand anything, read the sequel. In the future, I will definitely tell you more.

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