The Comfort of Being Able to Be Free Anytime
Qualia
The subjective 'texture' or 'feeling' one experiences during a sensory event. A term from neuroscience and philosophy, also known as 'sensory quality,' it refers to unique sensations that are difficult to express in words, such as the feeling of seeing something red and perceiving it as 'red,' or the comfort of eating something sweet and perceiving it as 'sweet.'
Collective Unconscious
Proposed by psychologist C.G. Jung, this is a layer of deep psychology that transcends individual experience and is common to all humanity. It is considered a repository of universal memories and symbols (archetypes) shared across eras and cultures, serving as the foundation for the similarities found in dreams and myths.
I think the true nature of the freedom we are connected to in the depths of the collective unconscious is actually something close to 'silence'.
And I don't just mean the absence of sound, but that hollow, airy feeling you get when you log out, just for a moment, from the 'narrative' that binds you.
For example, that gap in time when a hairdresser puts down their scissors, or when you sip a cup of tea in an empty living room after finishing your chores.
In those moments, the 'you for someone else' does not exist.
Your name, your role, and your past history—all of it becomes irrelevant.
The texture of returning to that 'transparent self' is surely the essence of the freedom we all share.
Many people think of 'freedom' as acquiring something new or going somewhere far away.
But I feel the real shortcut lies in stripping away the 'excess' within yourself and acknowledging that hollow space.
As long as you are straining to 'become free,' aren't you still bound by something?
Instead, it's about realizing in a fleeting moment, 'Oh, right now, I am no one.'
Once you can become aware of that qualia, you don't have to go searching far away; you can touch the root of freedom right where you are sitting.
People who know the comfort of this 'being no one' are strong.
Because that place where we are connected through the collective unconscious is like a sanctuary that no one can violate.
If you can live your days with that as your base, you will naturally be less swayed by societal values or the standards of others.
After all, you already know that the 'texture of freedom' you wanted most is already within you.
Rather than decorating it with common words
More intuitive
A little lonely
But
Irresistibly refreshing
I think it would be interesting to share that 'true nature of freedom' with you all
I hope to share that 'true nature of freedom' with you all
Now then,
In your daily lives, at what moments does this feeling of a 'transparent self' appear?
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