Human beings are creatures of choice. In life, you always make choices - based on what you "know" at that point in time.
The path you take, will then be constrained by the choice you've made. When you make the choice, you've committed to following that path until you come to yet another fork on the road - another choice. Not taking a particular road is ALSO a choice you make - consciously or unconsciously.
The only possible "freedom" that you could possibly really ask for - is the freedom of choice. After that, you are just a "slave" to your choices. The only real freedom is the freedom to choose what to do next.
And when everyone has that freedom, choices can be conflicting and there may be constraints that you may CHOOSE (again) to live with.
The word "live" here is literal and figurative. Society as a whole - to preserve itself - may make a choice, to limit some choices. Those who hold the key to these special choices, the those who have the power to limit your freedom as a consequence.
So, in a social situation, where you are a part of a bigger whole, the only possible definition of freedom is, in my opinion, the freedom to choose what bounds to be bound by.
And every single "self-help", "improvement" or "philosophy" is eventually just making you aware of your power to choose, or "influencing" your choices.
The only possible way to "be completely free" is to dissociate yourself from the society, do nothing, stop thinking and just vegetate...
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