Freedom and happiness are ideals we all strive for, but yet we all find ourselves living in bondage and experiencing suffering to some degree.

Freedom, or the ideas of being physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually free are concepts with many interpretations within many philosophies and schools of thought. But really; can we ever be truly free?

We are of course bound by the limitations of our human body and it's need for food and shelter which require our regular effort and in this sense we are bound to our human existence.

Human co-existence has been shaped over the millennia into the civilisation of today, in which we are not only bound by our physicality, but we are also bound by our desires, attachments and civilisation itself.

Our right to exist and the way that we exist is bound by social, political and corporate rules and regulations as well as mental programming, philosophical and religious idealism. So we are bound by our basic survival needs and the restrictions of our civilisation.

Life for every human on this planet involves suffering to some degree and we suffer because human nature and the world we live in is far from perfect. The actual amount of pain and suffering we experience during our lifetime is often by the accident/time/place/situation of our birth.

Many call the accident of our birth fate, fortune or Karma and while individuals often seem to have little choice but to endure what life has served them, others see life as an opportunity to overcome suffering and to find true joy or happiness.

We experience physical suffering in the form of  pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death, and we also have to endure the psychological sufferings of sadness, repression, loss, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression.

Religions, philosophies and political systems teach or promise an end to or a lessening suffering, yet in this day and age suffering seems to be increasing for the great majority of not only human, but all life on earth.

• Ancient History
  Was Darwin Right? While humans can cross breed, most animal species cannot. But what if we have been here for millions of years, not just the thousands we know about?
• Modern History, Business and Politics
  The desire for happiness and pleasure makes men do strange things including controlling everyone around them so that they can profit which destroys our health.
• Life Ways
  Life styles that hold keys for our survival and happiness.
  • Buddha aptly taught and demonstrated what are know as The Four Noble and the cessation of suffering is attainable by following The prescribed path to the cessation of suffering.
  • Yoga
• What Religions Tell Us
  Are religions really that helpful, or do they attempt to restrain us as Christianity and Islam do?
• Philosophy
  A Greek word derived from Phileîn meaning "to love," and Sophia which means "wisdom."