In a nutshell
"Now the only (inner) state of being that is worthwhile is when you are free.
"Freedom comes from being aware, simply, that I am a human being, therefore free to experience anything that may arise today and the only thing that can arise is my inner state."
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"What you experience is not every little sensation you have. Those are only what you sense. What you really experience is your inner state of being. Now the only state of being that is worthwhile is when you are free.
The most joyful inner feeling is the feeling of freedom. I’m free to experience whatever may arise today. Now that is truly freedom and that is the source of all serenity, peace, happiness, whatever word you want to have for your inner state. It is all based on freedom.
Now, freedom doesn’t come from having something or from doing something. It comes from being aware, simply, that I am a human being, therefore free to experience anything that may arise today and the only thing that can arise is my inner state.
Now, we’ve all sensed traffic today. We’re sensed the temperature. We’ve sensed each other. We’ve sensed food we might have eaten. We’ve sensed sleeping. We’ve sensed taking a shower sometime during the day.
You may have sensed all those things, but the only thing you have experienced is your inner state. If your inner state was in the pit, that’s what you experience. But if you’re free to be in the pit, you get out.
Now, there is no technique except being simply aware that I’m a human being. Therefore I’m an experiencing being and I’m going to experience only one thing: my inner state of being. You are free to experience whatever inner state of being you have. Let’s call it frustration. You’re free to be frustrated for a few minutes. So what? Everyone here has been frustrated some time or another."
By Robert Rhondell Gibson
From the Tuesday Night Talks (TNT) "Freedom" Newport Beach CA ( 6-24-80)
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