The Idea of Liberty vs. Authoritarian Control

By Chris Rossini

If someone said, "Please place your next thought into my hand," could you do it? Of course not! No one has ever seen or touched  a thought, nor knows exactly what a thought is, where it comes from, where it goes, etc. Yet, no one denies that thoughts exist and that we all think them every second of our lives.

Similar to a stream or river, we never set our thinking in motion, nor can we stop the stream of thoughts at any time. We can, however, slow our thinking down, and (most...