Verse
There’s been a successful
Branding initiative
Of defining escapism
As freedom.
Any activity that temporarily
Numbs your mind
Or keeps you distracted
Long enough to forget
All the pain
You’re aware of or not.
This is escapism
In its truest sense.
This is not freedom.
Branding initiative
Notwithstanding.
True freedom is the
Full and live functioning
Of all your faculties
In the present moment.
It is totally experiencing
Life in all its glory.
Joy or sorrow.
Pleasure or pain.
Irrelevant.
Contrary to everything
I’d been conditioned to believe,
I found true freedom
In taking responsibility
For my current situation
And taking thoughtful
Concrete action to become
Who I want to be;
To reach my new goals
And destination.
a*k²
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[00:00:00] Episode 3. Unplug. Escapism, not freedom. Welcome to Inpowered by A times K-Squad.
[00:00:17] Here we discuss perspectives to experiment with, to self-empower through self-discovery or in power. In its truest sense, this is not freedom. Branding initiative, not withstanding. True freedom is the full and life functioning of all your faculties in the present moment. It is totally experiencing life in all its glory.
[00:01:41] Joy or sorrow, pleasure or pain, irrelevant.
[00:02:48] powers me. Research the subject and draw a clear step-by-step action plan that will put you on the path to solving the problem squarely instead of running from it. Take the first
[00:02:55] action. Part 3. In power. My relationships are exploitative. I am lost. I don't know what I want. I don't know who I am.
[00:04:21] I hate my life right now, but I don't have the guts or inclination to do something about
[00:04:27] it. forward and easy steps. The first few will feed your curiosity to discover more. Then you take the next steps. Part 4, hacks. How do you take the first step? That's the big one, no? How do you take the first step by taking the first step? No, I'm not being mean.