To be ‘free' is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power, honour and success. When we cling to personal power and success, when we are afraid of losing social status, then we are in some way denying our humanity; we become slaves to our own needs, we are not free. If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
