Quote for the day – February 9

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“A people living on the land enjoys a certain independence that is unknown to urban populations. Access to food is direct. People enjoy a certain relationship to nature and its rhythms, which are also the rhythms of their own lives. This relationship is included within a culture shared by those living in the same area. This collective culture is a living entity, as real and complex as the ‘personality’ of an individual”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – January 30

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“There are mystical moments when we seem to stop existing as an individual and are absorbed into everything that surrounds us – trees, mountains, rivers, wildlife. This is not an illusion that we are experiencing, but the falling-away of an illusion”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – January 10

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“Freedom is regarded as something to be feared, rather than to be treasured or fought for. Limited, specific freedoms – civil liberties, freedoms-from – are tolerated because they are known, controllable factors. The idea of complete freedom, a freedom-to-act-as-we-see-fit, however, strikes dread into the heart of those with a negative or non-existent conception of human nature”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – November 29

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“The idea that we cannot have complete unrestricted freedom is based on the assumption that human beings cannot be trusted with that. The idea that we cannot be trusted is based on the assumption that there is no such thing as an innate tendency to goodness and co-operation. The idea that there is no innate tendency to goodness is based on the assumption that goodness is an artificial construct devoid of any practical content, rather than an inherent aspect of humanity’s ability to survive. The idea that this innate goodness has nothing to do with survival is based on the assumption that humanity is merely a collection of individuals, with their own personal survival as a priority, rather than a social organism with collective survival as its aim”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – September 9

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“It is a system of violence and theft which oppresses us. The pieces of paper claiming ‘ownership’ of parts of the planet are legitimised by laws, authorities and states. The violence used to maintain their theft is thus also legitimised and miraculously ceases to be violence. It is now upholding the law”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – August 22

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“Freedom is involved in this process in two distinct ways. Firstly, it will be freedom in its dynamic aspect – the innate human desire for freedom – that will act as the battering ram to destroy the current system. Freedom here takes the form of energy, life-force, creating the possibility of transformation. Secondly, when the various blockages and delusions which imprison us have been cleared away, freedom in its permanent fullness will then be able to flourish”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – May 20

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Forms of Freedom, Paul Cudenec

“The pieces of paper claiming ‘ownership’ of parts of the planet are legitimised by laws, authorities and states. The violence used to maintain their theft is thus also legitimised and miraculously ceases to be violence. It is now upholding the law. Protecting order. Morality is reversed to the extent that anyone resisting the violence of the thieves is themselves regarded as a violent criminal”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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Quote for the day – April 21

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“Real freedom and real responsibility are so intertwined and interdependent in their meaning as to be almost inseparable”.

Paul Cudenec, Forms of Freedom

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