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Selected Writings
on Virtual Freedom from
Richard’s Journal
Peter’s Journal
Vineeto’s Writing
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Discussions about
Virtual Freedom
Richard | 2 |
Peter | 2 |
Vineeto
Others
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Virtual Freedom
The aim of the path to Actual Freedom is to come here to the actual world. The actual world
is that which is evidenced and apparent in the PCE or peak
experience. The actual world is the world as-it-is, stripped of the veneer of reality or Reality that the ‘self’
or ‘Self’ layers over it. If one makes one’s aim in life to be here and be happy and harmless, one
always has an immediate goal and aim every moment – to be as happy and harmless as one can possibly be right now. ‘How
am I experiencing this moment of being alive?’ is the key to firstly ascertaining how one is doing relative to one’s
aim in life and, if necessary, finding out what is inhibiting my happiness, in this moment. This gives ‘me’
something to do – ‘I’ clean myself up as much as possible by rigorously
and remorselessly examining all the beliefs that constitute the Human
Condition – all the truths and Truths that form my social identity – and then tackle the instinctual core of ‘me’.
This process, if undertaken with a pure intent , will inevitably lead to a state of Virtual Freedom. One then goes
to bed in the evening knowing that one has had a perfect day, and knowing that tomorrow, without doubt, will also be a
perfect day. Unless one is willing to contemplate being happy and harmless, free of malice and sorrow, 99% of
the time – then forget the whole business. One is then merely aiming for some ‘pie in the sky’, some miracle event
to ‘make it all better’. Nobody believes that it is possible to be completely and irrevocably happy and harmless in
the world as-it-is, on earth, here, now, as a flesh and blood body.
This belief is, after all, the core of Ancient Wisdom – the sacred and inviolate centre-piece of the Human Condition
– that life is a ‘growth’ experience based on suffering.
Virtual Freedom is available
for everyone and anyone who has the pure intent to be happy and harmless. If someone is not willing to make that level
of ‘self’ sacrifice then any interest in an Actual Freedom would remain a purely cerebral exercise – a useless ‘self’-deception.
The path to an Actual Freedom is not only non-spiritual but it is down-to-earth and practical – you sort out what it
is to be a human being – delve into the Human Condition and then you put what you discover into practice. If it is not
put into practice demonstratively then one is fooling oneself – as is common practice on the spiritual path. An immediate aim for a Virtual Freedom will ensure one
of pure intent – any gross grubbiness, power plays or self deception will become painfully obvious both to oneself and
others.
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Given the perfection and purity of the physical universe and its propensity to evolve to the best possible, it is no mere
coincidence that Peter’s Journal, outlining the simplicity and
down-to-earth-ness of Virtual Freedom, is now available as a companion volume to Richard’s Journal . To ignore the obvious, simple, direct and immediate, in
favour of forever contemplating some rosy future, is to commit the mistakes of the past ‘tried and failed’
approaches. Not that there isn’t a future goal – Actual Freedom – but the down-to-earth first essential step is
the obtaining of and living in Virtual Freedom for a substantial period. It is the proof of the pudding – to live
beyond one’s wildest dreams – to be virtually happy and virtually harmless. This state allows for the cultivation of
naiveté, firmly based on actual experience, which replaces the cynical
life view of the Human Condition. One is also able to become apperceptively
aware as the brain is freed of its ‘self’-centred neurosis, resulting in both clarity of thought and peace of mind. As the senses are freed a veritable smorgasbord
of sensual delight becomes readily apparent and one lives in a state of
almost constant near-peak experience.
Then, and only then, is an
Actual Freedom from the Human Condition possible – when ‘you’ have done all that
is possible for ‘you’ to do. When the mundane becomes magic you know that freedom is your destiny.
 Library Index
Freedom from the Human Condition – Happy and Harmless
© The Actual Freedom Trust
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