Desire and Freedom are linked in the way they work. The ability to let desire pass, without action or reacting is freedom from desire. Reaction and action to desire whenever it arises is enslavement by desire.
Freedom from desire does not mean renunciation, a commonly held incorrect view. Freedom rather comes about from seeing desire as it is; as SankhÄra. SankhÄra is the pali word which when translated means impermanent. “The Buddha taught that all…things(desires) are impermanent, arising and passing away, and that knowing this is wisdom” (freedom).
Joseph Goldstein’s book, Insight Meditation
We can begin to see that addiction is the burden, and that not buying into it is the freedom. Imagine yourself watching television with endless commercials and desiring everything you see. That would be a state of tremendous suffering compared with the peace of just letting them all pass by. To let go of the commercials on TV is easy; letting go of the endless commercials in our mind is more difficult.A different and liberating insight dawns when we begin to pay careful attention to this very powerful energy in our lives. First we need to make the desire the very object of our attention, so that we are fully aware when it arises in our mind. In this way we are no longer simply lost in the feelings or thoughts, but instead we see clearly what is going on.
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