{"id":9593,"date":"2011-07-20T02:20:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T18:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=9593"},"modified":"2011-07-20T02:20:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T18:20:51","slug":"true-meaning-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/07\/true-meaning-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"True Meaning Of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/139.jpg?resize=110%2C164\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/139.jpg?w=184&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/139.jpg?resize=64%2C96&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In &#8216;Pride of Baghdad&#8217; by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon,<br \/>\nthis posed question is central to the story &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8216;True meaning of freedom &#8211;<br \/>\ncan it be given,<br \/>\nor earned only through determination and sacrifice?&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nThe Buddhist take on this is unique&#8230;<br \/>\nTrue freedom must be spiritual in nature, not just physical.<br \/>\nIt is freedom from suffering and its causes (greed, hatred and delusion); True Happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom cannot be given by anyone,<br \/>\nbut we can give ourselves the chance<br \/>\nto realise that it is already here, hidden beneath the causes of suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom is earned through determination,<br \/>\ndiligence in letting go of the causes of suffering.<br \/>\nAll that is to be sacrificed are these harmful causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8216;Pride of Baghdad&#8217; by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon, this posed question is central to the story &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[415,335,160,92],"class_list":["post-9593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","tag-diligence","tag-freedom","tag-sacrifice","tag-suffering","wpcat-241-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}