The Fear of Freedom – 12.08.11

Excerpt:  “In Christianity there is a trinity as we all know.  The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.  This trinity is an archetype and exists in every religion and every spiritual path although it has many different names in different paths…  You’ll find it in Buddhism, you’ll find it in Hinduism, and you’ll find it in Taoism.  In the yogic path it is only one of a number of trinity’s however…  We could call it the vertical trinity and the equivalent in the yogic tradition is noted by the words Sat – Chit – Ananda….  But you have this power.  Erase.  Rewrite.  That is what is known in religious terms as death and rebirth.  That’s all it is.  You erase the ego - it’s dead - it’s gone.  It won’t be there because it is an artificial structure, if you really whole heartedly want to erase it.  The problem is, we love our suffering.  We are loyal to it….  Erich Fromm a great psychologist wrote a book called ‘The Fear of Freedom’, and it’s a very important book because what he shows is the reason why there are so many totalitarian governments in the world.  So many big brothers that people follow…  And it is because they can’t stand freedom…  They want someone to tell them what to do….”  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, December 08, 2011.