Ways to Lose Spiritual Freedom

Ways to Lose Spiritual Freedom

Spiritual freedom is not something that can be taken away, but it can be forgotten. It is always present, yet one can drift away from it through unconscious patterns, external influences, and self-imposed limitations. Losing spiritual freedom is not about being overpowered; it is about willingly handing over one’s awareness to illusions that create dependency, fear, or disconnection from one’s true self.

Here are some ways in which spiritual freedom can be lost or obscured:

1. Seeking Validation from External Authority

When one looks outside themselves for approval, direction, or permission, they begin to live according to external definitions rather than inner knowing. Freedom dissolves when one believes they need someone else; whether a system, a leader, or a group; to affirm their worth or guide their existence. The free being does not reject guidance, but they do not depend on it.

2. Becoming Trapped in Mental Constructs

Believing that one must fit into a predefined ideology, identity, or belief system can create invisible chains. Whether religious, political, philosophical, or societal, any mental construct that becomes rigid begins to override inner intuition. Freedom is lost when one follows rather than feels, when beliefs become inherited rather than experienced.

3. Living in a State of Fear or Lack

When one sees the world through the lens of scarcity, threats, or limitations, they begin to make choices from a place of reaction rather than intention. Fear causes one to seek external security, often at the cost of inner freedom. Whether it is fear of survival, rejection, punishment, or the unknown, sovereignty is lost when one lets fear dictate their path rather than trusting the unfolding of existence.

4. Engaging in Cycles of Resistance and Conflict

Paradoxically, freedom is also lost through opposition. When one becomes fixated on resisting or fighting against external forces, they remain energetically entangled with them. Resistance creates an attachment to the very thing one seeks to be free from. A truly free being does not fight against illusions; they simply see through them.

5. Allowing Emotional Reactions to Dictate Reality

Freedom dissolves when emotions are not consciously observed but instead controlled. If one is easily swayed by anger, sadness, guilt, or external triggers, they are not acting from presence but from conditioned responses. Emotional mastery does not mean suppression; it means experiencing emotions fully without letting them dictate one’s choices.

6. Entering Energetic Contracts Without Awareness

Many unconsciously give away their spiritual freedom by aligning with energies, agreements, or relationships that subtly drain their autonomy. This can take the form of toxic relationships, ideological entanglements, or even internal agreements such as “I must suffer to be worthy” or “I must belong to be accepted.” True freedom means being aware of the contracts; spoken and unspoken; that one chooses to participate in.

7. Over-Identification with the Physical or the External

When one becomes overly identified with their body, possessions, status, or societal roles, they begin to measure their existence by external conditions rather than inner being. Spiritual freedom is forgotten when one believes they are what they own, achieve, or control, rather than recognizing that they are the awareness behind all experience.

8. Disconnection from Presence and Stillness

Freedom is not something that requires effort; it is an effortless state of being. However, it can be obscured when one is caught in distraction, overthinking, or compulsive action. A free being does not need to “do” in order to “be.” When one loses touch with stillness, they become lost in movement without direction.

9. Seeking Power Rather than Knowing It

Freedom is not about control or domination; it is about presence. Those who chase external power, whether through manipulation, influence, or force, are actually operating from a state of lack. True power does not need to be asserted. When one seeks power outside themselves, they unknowingly affirm that they do not already have it.

10. Forgetting That Freedom Was Never Lost

The ultimate way to lose spiritual freedom is to believe it was ever lost to begin with. It was never taken away; only obscured by layers of conditioning, distractions, and self-doubt. The moment one remembers their true nature (their divinity), freedom is instantly restored.

Returning to Spiritual Freedom

Losing spiritual Freedom is not a permanent state; it is merely a temporary forgetting. The moment one realizes they have been unconsciously giving their awareness away, they can reclaim it instantly. Freedom is not something to fight for, regain, or earn. It is always present, always accessible, always available in the space of pure being.

All that is required is to remember.

For the freed.