freedom + grounding.

Freedom without grounding is an eternal float in outer space.
Freedom without grounding is a fish with nothing to contain its water.
Freedom without grounding is the ability to do anything with no ability to decide why or why not.

Religion has historically been a source of grounding.
I think that has been its main attraction. At its best
it has served well to counteract the boundless limits of freedom.

Grounding without freedom is a prison.
Grounding without freedom is a wild lion trapped inside the cage of a zoo.
Grounding without freedom is the full knowledge of right and wrong without the ability to choose either.

“Secular” culture has historically been a source of freedom.
I think that has been its main attraction. At its best
It has served well to counteract the claustrophobia of grounding.

The challenge is to live in the gray of them both
to avoid the extremes of either
rejecting the false groundings
for the productive and authentic ones
rejecting the false freedoms
for the productive and authentic ones.

True freedom isn’t afraid of grounding
True grounding isn’t afraid of freedom

Which might the only way to find the gray
Leave fear behind.