The Paradox of Seeking Freedom

Do we perpetuate our suffering by seeking freedom? Is this desire for liberation an egoic pursuit? Won’t we reveal our innate freedom by giving up the search?

Rupert says: ‘It’s completely natural for you to want your experience of your mind and body to be in line with your understanding. It’s an impersonal desire – a desire to live this understanding, not just in the depths of yourself, but in your thoughts, feelings, actions, relationships and so on.

‘I wouldn’t agree that in order to find freedom you must stop seeking it. It is not possible to suffer and not seek happiness. They’re the same thing – the suffering and the search for happiness. But you should seek it in the right place. It’s the recognition of our inherent freedom that brings that search to an end, not the ending of the search that brings about the recognition.

‘So, keep seeking it until you are satisfied that you have found it – or, more accurately, have recognised it.’

*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at The Vedanta, 18–25 February 2023. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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