At first the ideas of Freedom and Restraint seem at odds with each other. If however, we exist without restraint we are in fact not free. Rather, we are tethered by desire. Restraint provides boundries that through whatever enforcing process, enable us to be free.
It is when restraint fails that we find ourselves without freedom. Think of a bad habit that enslaves you; perhaps food, cigarettes, or envy and the consequences of not imposing some restraint upon the behavior. Freedom is not guilt. Freedom is not self-loathing or destruction.
When restraint is intact and boundries exist, then can there be freedom. With firmness of right mind, speech and action there is a liberation of spirit. When there is no enslavement of self to any thing, then one is free.
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