freedom / n. 1 the condition of being free or unrestricted 2 personal or civic liberty; absence of slave status 3 the power of self-determination; the quality of not being controlled by fate or necessity 4 the state of being free to act. Humans have a tendency to define freedom by their circumstances. If you are imprisoned - you are not free (you're restricted by walls). If you are in relationship with others - you are not free (you're restricted by obligation, responsibility and duty of care). If you are sick - you're not free (you're restricted by the limitations of the disease) and so on. It is an absolute truth of human nature that we can experience life from two perspectives - that of our perception, and that of our expanded inf...