*I posted this in water cooler as a response to The Watercooler Chat Thread - #17 by geoffrey but I thought it is a little more relevant here :
Yes that is really helpful @geoffrey, I can see that my normal way of thinking about becoming actually free is a goal which exists in the future which I am currently working towards. Looking at it this way might be necessary at the beginning of the journey to give one some sort of basic orientation.
However if it is to stay this way then Actual freedom will forever remain in the future, it will forever be a concept.
For it to become an actuality it can only ever happen now, the more time spent looking at it as a future goal the more I am perpetuating myself through ‘my’ quest.
I have been thinking alot about your other post about ‘keeping the door open’, this seems to encompass what we are talking about, that it can only ever happen now.