The lack of freedom is, in this sense, largely invisible. And yet it is there. Our shackles insert themselves even prior to our conscious thoughts, prior to our choices made, our values formed, prior to the formation of our personality and sense of self. Freedom is a collective concern, yes, but it is also intimate and relational. Hence: transpersonal. Yet this is no reason to despair; rather, it impels us to ask for higher freedom, for another kind of freedom
