Where the internet has allowed free speech to blossom and allow the truth of life and abundance to be told to all who choose to listen, mindful thinking has gone one step further and allowed the mind and imagination to open in an unprecedented way. Suppression is being lifted. It is as if mindful thinking allows people to see past the illusion of the caves and into what life really holds.
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
―George Washington
Mindful thinking is merely a stepping stone to higher truth. It is part of our evolution. I have seen that as much as freedom becomes covered, there opens a path to reveal new interpretations for humans. There is a great space to allow growth through mindfulness, however. Mindfulness can certainly allow humans to become more empowered people. It is a matter of consciously understanding clear thinking—and critically understanding it rather than saying it’s all one thing or another.
“Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.”
―Abbie Hoffman
An underlying concept behind all that we are doing has to do with the empowerment of the individual. In order to fully have self-awareness, one must have an idea that they are able to think creatively and have the ability to invent their self or create their self. I have learned that people are, if realized that they can, searching for a personal and universal truth. People have much more power than they see and mindful thinking is an open window to allow them to begin to think for themselves.
“If you’re not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?”
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