THE LIVING VITH FREEDOM BLOG
Discover the Patterns Behind Everyday Life
Explore Survival Mechanism and the three SOSs through reflections on behavior, emotions, expectations, relationships, and the choices we make.
Whether you are encountering the framework for the first time or deepening your understanding, begin with a question, an experience, or a pattern that feels familiar.
A Starting Point for Understanding Yourself
Living on Autopilot: Trapped in a Birth Survival Trance
You may remember fairy tales in which witches and wizards cast spells on princes and princesses. An enchanted potion could keep someone in a trance for years—until the spell wore off or someone broke it.
But what if the spell lasted a lifetime?
What if you were born in a trance, lived without recognizing it, and reached the end of your life without ever questioning what had been guiding you?
You could be a president, prime minister, CEO, or ordinary citizen. Your education, wealth, authority, nationality, race, caste, or gender would not automatically make you aware of it.
Are Humans Hardwired for Survival?
Guess what? We may not be as hardwired as we’ve been led to believe. For decades, psychologists, neuroscientists, educators, and countless self-help authors have told us that human beings are hardwired. We are said to be hardwired for survival, attachment, fear,...
Living on Autopilot: Trapped in a Birth Survival Trance
We don’t even realize that we are living on autopilot: trapped in a Birth Survival Trance (BST). We tend to believe our inborn personality for who we are. You may remember fairy tales in which witches and wizards cast spells on princes and princesses. An enchanted...