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A Freedom
One of the basic virtues an individual has to understand is freedom.
We are where we are because of freedom.
And we can go where we could go because of it. But we can also not go.
One is free to make choices in their life about themselves and, to an extent, about others.
Freedom is fundamental in the world of duality and physical existence.
One is free to listen, or not to listen. To apply knowledge, or not to apply it.
All virtues begin with the ability to understand the choice that stems from freedom.
A Prayer:
"O Satya, you are the first who was free,
Instruct us about the mystery of freedom!"
Ancient Greek Code Prayer Ἐλευθερία
Ὦ Σάτυα, σὺ πρῶτος ἐλεύθερος ἦσθα·
δίδαξον ἡμᾶς περὶ τοῦ τῆς ἐλευθερίας μυστηρίου.
Transliteration
Ō Satya, sy prōtos eleutheros ēstha;
didaxon hēmas peri tou tēs eleutherias mystēriou.
Meaning
The prayer calls Satya the first to be free and asks to be taught the mystery of freedom. The ethic connects freedom with the capacity to choose whether to act, listen, and apply knowledge.
The Ethic in Ancient Greek
Ἡ ἐλευθερία μία τῶν πρώτων ἀρετῶν ἐστίν, ἣν χρὴ ἕκαστον ἄνθρωπον συνιέναι.
Διὰ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἐνταῦθα ἐσμέν, ὅπου νῦν ἐσμέν.
Καὶ ὅποι ἂν δυναίμεθα ἰέναι, δι᾽ αὐτὴν ἰέναι δυνάμεθα· ἔξεστι δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ μὴ ἰέναι.
Ἐλεύθερός ἐστιν ἕκαστος περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῷ βίῳ αἱρεῖσθαι, καί, μέχρι τινός, περὶ ἄλλων.
Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τῆς δυάδος καὶ τῆς σωματικῆς ὑπάρξεως ἡ ἐλευθερία θεμέλιός ἐστιν.
Ἔξεστιν ἑκάστῳ ἀκούειν ἢ μὴ ἀκούειν, τῇ γνώσει χρῆσθαι ἢ μὴ χρῆσθαι.
Πᾶσαι αἱ ἀρεταὶ ἐκ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ συνιέναι τὴν ἐξ ἐλευθερίας φυομένην αἵρεσιν ἄρχονται.
Eleutheria · Transliteration
Hē eleutheria mia tōn prōtōn aretōn estin, hēn khrē hekaston anthrōpon synienai.
Dia tēn eleutherian entautha esmen, hopou nyn esmen.
Kai hopoi an dynaimetha ienai, di’ autēn ienai dynametha; exesti de hēmin kai mē ienai.
Eleutheros estin hekastos peri heautou en tō biō haireisthai, kai, mekhri tinos, peri allōn.
En tō kosmō tēs dyados kai tēs sōmatikēs hyparxeōs hē eleutheria themelios estin.
Exestin hekastō akouein ē mē akouein, tē gnōsei khrēsthai ē mē khrēsthai.
Pasai hai aretai ek tēs dynameōs tou synienai tēn ex eleutherias phyomenēn hairesin arkhontai.
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