Existential Anarchy - What does it mean to be free?

What is Anarchy? "Anarchy just is."

Anarchy is spontaneous order in the absence of masters, rulers and lawgivers. The natural, self-evident and all pervading reality is anarchy. There is no central figurehead actively commandeering our free will outside of our own being. The individual Self is the focal lens through which reality manifests. The only thing that is real to us is our own immediate existence.

The center of human existence is based on freedom of choice. The natural world endowed us with a conscious mind which reflects the free-form dynamic of existence. We are conscious creatures rediscovering the natural world with our individual existence. At the same time, we are also habitual creatures living with amnesia; we seek comfort and avoid pain. In this monotony we find only dissatisfaction & emptiness. What we create out of this emptiness is fashioned by our fervent desire to be free, to understand and overcome our limitations.

What does it mean to be free? "We are free to choose our actions but we are not free from their outcome."

What are we seeking? Are we looking to understand ourselves and the world around us... or are we lusting after control & self-deceit?

We find true freedom in the understanding of our authentic self. It is the lack of understanding of the Self which beguiles us into tolerating authoritarian governments, corrupts institutions and oppressive religions. These coercive power-vehicles assuage our existential anxiety and supplant it with elaborate ceremonies and meaningless rituals.

There is no inherent purpose or meaning in life. Life is brief, constantly changing and replete with suffering. These bitter truths bestow upon us a responsibility to create a meaningful existence in this world.

Our competing drives, desires and instincts are in a constant struggle for control of our conscious mind. Our human passions lead us to believe that we are free by virtue of our sated pleasures. We become imprisoned in our own mind when we ignore this internal struggle. Following our every desire, passion and instinct does not make us free but rather enslaves us to our own misguided ways. When we fall victim to ignorance, lies and coercion we become disconnected from our true self.

Freedom is a never-ending self-improvement project.

In order to be truly free we must overcome our tendency to be comfortable with stagnation. Freedom begins when we learn to overcome our self-imposed limitations. Existence is a blank canvas and we are the artists. We create meaning by actively participating in our own immediate existence. As individuals we are here to create, discover and understand the meaning of our own path.