All Humanity Without God is Bondage...

Today a good friend of mine who happens to be a Christian told me that All Humanity Without God is Bondage. I pondered over this statement for a while. While I could see her point from the perspective of her faith, somehow I wasn't quite convinced. To give her a difference perspective, I told her that True Humanity comes Without Bondage.

智者务其实 愚者争虚名

Quoted from Sima Yi, a character in 3 Kingdom

Desire is Free

In our entire life, we pursue all sorts of things. Material gain, money, power, success, happiness, love, lust, friendship, recognition, acceptance, etc. rightfully or wrongfully. There is so many things in life that one desire, that is because desire is free - it has no action, it is just a state of mind. Everybody has a right to desire and you can desire as many things as you want. However, when you make that desire a goal, then that desire is no longer free because you will need to act on it.