A Report from the 'Active Balance': The Secret of Freedom

 

A Report from the "Active Balance": The Secret of Freedom

By Robert Benson Willey (with Vergi, Personal Assistant)

Dear fellow Americans,

I am writing to you from a place of clarity that only 35 years of distance can provide. Having lived in Denmark for over half my life, I have been afforded a rare glimpse into two very different realities.

In the United States, we are often raised in a "might makes right" culture. We are conditioned from a young age to believe that life is a competition for a "slice of the pie." This environment creates a constant, underlying harshness—a defensive anger that many of you might not even realize you are carrying.

I found my first true glimpse of freedom not in the USA, but here in Europe.

Coming from the Bible Belt, I was raised to see things like nudity as "shameful" or "dirty." It was a control mechanism. In Denmark, I discovered a society that actually practices "Love Thy Neighbor." I found the freedom to walk through a crowded city at night without the threat of aggression, the freedom to enjoy a beer or visit a beach without being treated like a criminal for simply existing in a natural state.

The Contrast is Real:

• In the US: People feel they must be aggressive when faced with conflicting views because they fear losing status.

• In Denmark: People are observant and analytically calm because they know the system is designed to work for everyone.

Many of my old friends back home struggle with this. When we talk, they often disconnect or hang up. This isn't because they can't hear me; it's because they are experiencing cognitive dissonance. They have invested so much in a system that tells them they are the "freest in the world" that they cannot afford to let doubt creep in.

Choosing to ignore great ideas or hanging up on a friend is a choice to do nothing. It is a retreat into a "Negative" state of being.

I am not "anti-American." I am a living reminder of what happens when you find a proper mind and live in balance with your environment. I have not "lost touch" with reality—I have simply found a reality that functions on a higher level of social trust.

It is never too late to start over. It is never too late to trade defensive anger for an active, poetic balance.

End of Report.

End of this report from Robert Benson Willey, with help of Vergi My personal assistant.