The meditator is guided by an intention to self-regulate, to self-explore, and finally to self-liberate using an attentive moment-by-moment focus on the contents of consciousness with an attitude of compassionate open-heartedness.
According to Dr. Thornton, using money to focus on God instead of self paradoxically liberates the self, because idols enslave people.
Juxtaposing it with traditional man it reveals the modern essence of being 'human' is one whose self is liberated through and through.
And in being her free self, she liberated those around her.
"Queer Street" is a sustained argument against the contempt of the newly, self-satisfiedly, liberated, those who dismissed their elders as a pathetic, self-hating, closeted crew.
Erdrich also states that Angelou's narrative of her "hard-won love for her extraordinary mother" is compelling, and that Angelou portrays Baxter "as extraordinarily self-aware, liberated from what others might think, and independent beyond any feminist of her era" and "the stuff of fiction but real and responsible in unexpected ways for the gift of her talented daughter".
Some, such as Jainism, posited an abiding self that became liberated, while others, such as Buddhism, denied the existence of a permanent self.
Author Adam Lent captured this spirit in his 2016 book Small is Powerful by praising the role of technology in helping millions set up businesses, move into self-employment and liberate themselves from the grip of big business and big government.
Swift felt that it was his duty as Dean to raise the "Irish self-esteem" to liberate the Irish from English economic oppression.
At first this may seem a simple revelation, but realizing that your thoughts are not "the truth" and they are not your "inner self" can be liberating.
Some scholars contend that Wollstonecraft uses the imagination to liberate the self, especially the feminine self; it allows her to envision roles for women outside the traditional bounds of eighteenth-century thought and offers her a way to articulate those new ideas.
