What is the True Nature of Freedom? | Bishop Robert Barron
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- Freedom for excellence is “not self-determination. It is the disciplining of desire so as to make the achievement of the good first possible and then effortless.”
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You don't have to be very religious to understand and appreciate the importance and the significance of having something to believe in, something bigger than you that calls you to be your best self.
But it seems to go to pot when we take God out of the equation.
It is only left to decide what that "bigger than you" thing is going to be. What will be the source of peace and freedom that calls you to strive toward it?
@@daddycool228Good bit of the Hegelian dialectic relies on having a point of reference...Aristotle's unmoved mover.
Yes, but it is difficult to be your best self without a religious context.
Absolutely. Thank you❤
Im from a predominantly buddhist country and far from the west but I love listening to these brilliant people speak and it shows how ignorant I was to dismiss religion as myth and superstition.
That's a beautiful insight. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks in the name of Jezus Crist
Amen, God bless you brother 🙏
The rebellious teen, the 2 year old that shouts, "NO!" cannot grasp the tyranny of actually getting what it is their "self," demands it must have to be happy.
The enemies of rationality and the Good shout, "THAT'S YOUR TRUTH!"
You’re right to dismiss religion. Buddhism is a false religion. When you hear the truth, you cannot deny it. John 14:6
As a dancer, I really enjoyed this. I always tell my students, "The more control...the more freedom".
It's such an interesting concept, and the way he explained it, it make so much sense!
But then there comes a time to let go completely, and operate on pure instinct. This, I believe, is where the magic is created.
Control is a double-edged sword.
@@TheDionysianFields agreed. But many new students come through the door (mistakenly) thinking 'doing ANYTHING is SOMETHING'...and of course, it isn't, not realising that endless practise and repetition is key.
Like the Hip Hop dance pioneer, Buddha Stretch says "Freestyle isn't to be OF style...there must be a foundation of some sort"...especially if you want to offer something of meaning and substance. The "Four Stages of Learning" concept is a good way to understand it.
@@ancientfuture9690 Practice and fundamentals are indeed essential. I'm a writer, and without strong grammar, I'd have nothing.
@@TheDionysianFields what you are descriding is called "Being in the Zone."
Where what you have been practicing becomes so second nature that you no longer need any concious thought going into it. Things just happen. Even things that you haven't ever even thought of. That's the magic.
So wonderful to see Bishop Barron as part of this great confluence.
My thoughts exactly.
Purporting presuming doing without been.
Freedom without boundaries is chaos.
Freedom without responsability is tirany, responsability without freedom is slavery.
@@luisantos1996 I can see how responsibility without freedom is slavery, but don't see how freedom without responsibility is tyranny. It seems more like pure anarchy which many see as pure freedom.
We wholeheartedly agree
@@DocAkins Cuz once you dont respect others people freedoms is like treating your rights as privilieges, people start developing dictatorship tendencies.When i say responsability i mean also discipline.
@@luisantos1996 So true, discipline is very important. Freedom itself is birthed through discipline, all artists (across all the arts) know this. Years of focus, practice, hard choices and never giving up eventually result in the joy of flow, achievement of vision and the connection to something far greater than themselves.
Absolutely beautiful and meaningful message. Thank you
These wonderful ARC speakers are the leaders we desperately need and our children deserve ❤
I'm beyond happy to see Bishop Robert Barron at ARC! Born and raised Catholic but never confirmed, as I never agreed with the dogma. But the older I get and the further exposed to other Christian religions I become, the one thing I have realized that the Catholics do have right is our openness to philosophy and discussion. Bishop Robert Barron is a prime example of this. ❤
Ask the good Bishop to Confirm you.
I’m sure to get some hate for this, but the Catholic (Universal) Church is the One True Church with lineage traceable back to Christ. All other flavors of Christianity have splintered, one might say protested, against The Church and decided to do their own thing.
I’m no Theologian, and I’m not any sort of Apologist. Just a guy who got curious about it and that was my very clear conclusion after doing some research.
@@528CircleI have come to the same conclusion. I don’t get how other people could question it.
And the Catholic Church has the sacraments. Holy communion, confession, confirmation, blessing of the sick, and so much more.
@@DudeNamedDuncan Well this is just unbiblical. I used to believe it was ok to be open to evolution, not realizing that to do so, one must believe that the creation of the world always had death in it (evolution makes this as a presupposition in the theory). But as a Christian one can't believe this, but that death came because of the Fall of Man. God did not make a world with death always existing.
Deeply appreciate the ARC organization ❤❤❤. Bishop Barron is a great blessing to our community 🙏
Thank you! We deeply appreciate your encouragement
“To live outside the law you must be honest” - Bob Dylan.
Onward and upward, Amen.
as St Paul says 'the law is for the lawless'.
I am a reformed protestant and follow word on fire for many years. I love hearing Bishop Baron, because it reminds me how much the broader Christendom has in common for its core values. This speech could well be preached by any pastor. In the years we live in, all Christendom is under attack and we have to join forces on what matters the most, being respectful and peaceful on our differences. We're all in the same ARC now.
I agree that we ought to be respectful and peaceful, and I also agree that in the post-Christendom ruins we all inhabit, we're all kind of thinking or not thinking about the same things, but at least on a formal or grand narrative level, many who do think "professionally" about these things would say that the nominalism and voluntarism the bishop is speaking of are what eventually made the Protestant Reformation, and all of its downstream cultural effects, possible, if not inevitable.
If you think Catholicism is part of Christendom, then ypur clearly aren't Reformed. Look up what your creeds say about us Catholics. Also check out a do umwntary called Protestantism's Big Justification Lie for an irrefutable argument that demolishes Refromed soteriology.
It took me a long time to understand that the Ten Commandments are Divine rules for freedom, joy, and happiness.
Some make the distinction that freedom is the freedom to chose the good, while license is merely unbridled self-service.
Would like to have heard him actually say that the Ten Commandments point us to the way to live.
All that fluff - does God sin!
Our Creator, Almighty God has shown us what is right for man 1 Timothy 6:3-21.
@@carylbarnett7448 thats pretty much a given,
@@carylbarnett7448 The question wasn't 'Does God sin' (obviously it is clear from Scripture 'that there is no iniquity in Him' as it is written, and He is 'The rock, without any iniquity' as Moses said), but 'CAN God sin.' As in, does God determine not to sin or is it contrary to His nature? Is adultery wrong because God commands it, or does God forbid it because it is wrong? Barron would argue the latter.
Remember that Barron was talking to a secular audience. St. Paul didn't just quote the Ten Commandments when he was on the Aeropagus (Read Acts ch 17 to see how St. Paul addressed the Greeks), or condemnations of idolatry from the Prophets, but rather, he quoted Greek poets and philosophers. Barron is taking the 'St Paul on the Aeropagus' approach. St. Paul whom you quoted didn't just shout out 1 Timothy 6. He used arguments from Greek philosophers. It's actually one of our key approaches as Catholics, that we use what the person already accepts to build up to Christianity. For example, when trying to demonstrate that Jesus is the Christ to a Jew it makes the most sense to look at the Old Testament, since he already accepts that as Divine Revelation.
To use an analogy, God is the divine 'Sun' and those who 'dwell in the shadow of darkness' as the Gospel says, even they must have some of the rays of His light. For if God stopped actively willing and sustaining our existence every single moment, we would cease to exist (As it is written: " But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust." .) St. Paul says that God's divine power can be seen clearly from the things that He has made, and therefore idolaters are without excuse; he also says that the gentiles who did not have the law had it written already on their hearts. Therefore there is a ray, however faint, of the divine truth, implanted in the hearts of all men, and left there by God to bring them to the fullness of Truth, that is, Jesus Christ, our Lord, the Way, the Truth and the Life. I would say that this is what Barron is trying to do, expressing things in a way they will understand and agree with to 'ease them' towards the Gospel, trying to dispose them to accept the grace of faith, which is the submission of intellect and will to divinely revealed truth; once we possess that virtue we can believe solely on the authority of God who reveals.
Didn't God Himself act this way? He didn't just send His Son immediately after the Fall; rather He gave the Law and the Prophets as prefigurements and pedagogues teaching us about the Great High Priest who, in His days, pleased God, and was found Just. He sent St. John the Baptist to prepare His ways and make them straight to dispose the people to repentance.
Yes🐸
Absolutely delighted to see Bishop Barron participating.
It's a sublime experience to watch a masterful public-speaker talk to an audience without using a teleprompter, especially when the speaker truly cares about his subject matter. Bishop Barron has mastered the art of public speaking. He has been chasing excellence for a long time.
Thank you for answering your call from God and entering the Priesthood. You are a blessing to so many worldwide.
“The point of education is teaching children what they should want…” Very Good! ❤❤❤
I like CS Lewis's opinion in the Abolition of Man, that the point of education is to teach him the right feelings for the right things.
Thank you ARC for getting together this eclectic group of people but united in delivering THE TRUTH.
Never thought I'd hear a bishop discuss golf, Bob Dylan and King David all in one speech, but it was certainly worthwhile.
yeah maybe?
never forget that priests are freaks.
they might be worth listening to but never forget that priests, all priests are freaks, doesn’t make them bad necessarily but they are all married to…
He quotes Dylan all the time. I never appreciated the lyrics of Dylan until now because I could never stand the sound of his singing 😅
Best. Sermon. Ever.
Amen me too my happy place is sitting listening to his sermons
Great talk! As a Christian philosophy prof, this is a perspective I try to present as often as possible in my classes.
Superb speech. The Bishop came across really well. That's the type of senior clergyman you want to see, not the wishy-washy Church of England types who espouse so many of the modern trends of identity politics etc. Hope the ARC conference went well. Thanks so much for sharing the speeches with all those of us who did not attend. Much appreciated.
Bishop Barron at a JBP conference. Nice.
Freedom of desire is the discipline of desire to make the Good possible 💥
God bless everyone
I Love it! Following the rules of grammar grant you the ability to speak more freely.. following the commandments of God enables you to live more fully!
I love the Bishop’s contrasting of the popular misconception of freedom (to not care, or indifference) vs True freedom, which is TO care (excellence). 6:48
I wish this man was at every conference
I don’t! 😢
I'm a Greek Orthodox Christian Arab and I stand firmly with Israel 🇮🇱 ❤✡️
Amen!
WE DONT ASK FOR DEATH, GOODNESS ASKS FOR PEACE
May God bless and keep you.
I stand for PEACE.
whoa there, just because hamas is terrorists doesn't mean israel is all sunshine and roses. what ever you call them, the so-called "palestinians" really are having their homes squatted on and outright stolen, israel does as much shady stuff as the US does, and they do things like abortion. massive amounts of nuance is needed
I was so glad he brought up Thomas Aquinas. I'm currently listening to the Sumas in audio. Absolute masterpiece. It clarified the questions on trinity, oneness of God, the divine persons, the simplicity of God. So much more....
Best ever speech I ever heard on such complex topic explained in simple words
Incredible.
Freedom has to be joined to truth and responsible.
That's it for me.
Bishop Barron is one of the greatest thinkers and most gracious clerics of our time. I love how he communicates. I was thinking along these same lines just the other day. I suggest that the quest for ultimate "freedom" is the quest to live under perfect law. I'll explain my reasoning: The most devout anarchists desire to live by their own consciences - their own internal law - because they think that must be the expression of perfect liberty. But the fact that they would be law unto themselves still leaves them living under law - albeit their own law, which they can change at any moment, but is nonetheless law. Their ideal is a subjective and situational - and thus mutable - law which, I suggest, is a contradiction in terms. I suggest that the perfect law must be objective and immutable, and therefore must be of divine origin. Furthermore, to create and embody the perfect law, that divinity must be the personification of goodness and love. Those whose seek the perfect law will either find it in divine law or adopt a hollow substitute because divine law also includes submission to the authority of that divine personification of goodness and love, which many "freedom seekers" erroneously mistake for voluntary subjugation to tyranny.
@@NP-vk8de I meant it. Why do you consider it an overstatement?
I see Bishop Barron is lurking in the comments, so I want to say thank you to Your Excellency :) I pray for you and our Church. Thank you for engaging in the culture and I think I speak for many when I say, you are our weather vein and guidepost, especially in this current state of Synodality. We look to you to know if we need to completely freak out or not 😂 Gloria Rex Christi!
The truth will set you free... Sin is binding - it leads to addictions, neverending chasing after the wind : vanity
If I had the blessing of a teenager I would have them listen all of these speeches and use them to spark conversation and inspiration.
Praise the Lord for this great message
Word! Responsibility is ability to respond, had not thought of this!
You know truth when you hear it, it’s like hearing a piano in harmony after 10 years of an out of tune one.
Coach Vince Lombardi taught his players that freedom is achieved through discipline.
Thank you Bishop Barron! I’m impressed you were able to do this directly after the Synod!
Bishop Barron always articulates a position that clearly points to God and what we need to do in our lives to gain joy, meaning, and happiness. I’m a devout Mormon whose podcast lists have Bishop Barron at the top.
great start to ARC..... Thankyou Jordan Peterson and all the others involved in bringing this alliance to the world. This (ARC) is what we desperately need. Genuine facts and leadership. Now it is up to us, the public, to do our part. Spread the word, help grow the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship", and do YOUR part to help bring about a better more positive world for all of humanity. Put an end to the distopian vision offered by the elites of Davos and the WEF gang. Bring individual Freedom and responsibility back to the forefront of a free and prosperous society. Thankyou.
Thank God for Bishop Barren! Pray for him.
Thank you God Almighty for ARC and everyone involved and here now all around the world. Be with them, guide them , protect them . Life after death with You. Christ our Lord. Amen.
He certainly needs prayers. Guilty of MT 5:23😢
Wow! This is one of the greatest speeches I ever heard. God bless you Bishop Robert Barron.
Wonderful sermon!...The absolute truth! He,the bishop hits the nail right on the head according to the little knowledge I have as a layman about the bible,The Word of God!..Praise be to God The Father Almighty! Glory to God in the Highest and peace to all the people of good will!👍🙋😇🌹
One of the greatest speeches of our time. Done with love and care. I want to go listen to Beethoven's 7th now, I know exactly the feeling he is talking about.
My stance is that freedom is not the matter of “becoming” (8:28). Nothing can make you be free (10:28). Freedom has no conditions - it’s not a construct or acquisition (8:52). Even inquiry & internalization require freedom, therefore freedom is the beginning, not the end (8:28).
God bless everyone 🙏🏼👏🏻❤📿let us be free and have peace oh lord 🙏🏼❤👏🏻📿bless your heart bishop
Great sermon! Understanding reality to large extent means to understand it's ordained principles!
This is what we need in this broken world where everyone is so angry and divided.
We need more God.
God IS love.
This was truly incredible. Thank you, ARC and Bishop Robert Barron!
Wonderful, inspiring lecture on freedom and responsibility. ❤️✝️
I needed to hear this talk. Bishop Barron has mastered the English language in a lot of ways. A speech master.
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Robert Barron is an incredible religious teacher. Thank you so much for this!
Waoow! Great speech and lesson from the Great Bishop Barron❤ it!
This is wonderful explanation of freedom
Awesome.......hope this reaches the young minds of this world.
This speech was an absolute highlight! It put a lot of the others in the correct perspective by acting as a sort of anchor in the right direction.
God Bless Bishop Robert Barron!
What a prophet. Thank you Jesus for this man's courage to speak the Truth!
I was a rabid fan of Bishop Barron anyway, but boy-howdy was that one magnificent speech. Thank you, Bishop Barron, and God bless you. One of His many blessings is you.
Probably one hell of a relief after Synod.
Everyday we come closer to unity in diversity of systems, systems that are predicated on integration and aggregation yet coefficients of traditional belief systems.
Thank you Bishop, even though we do not agree on a lot of other things like Catholicism🤣🤣
Beautiful
I deify myself , thereby, DEFYING myself.
When Bobby Barron was born, the Dr’s said , “leave this one alone”! 😂 , thank you ,and love you. This was deep , you sure you’re not too tired ? Lol , trying to keep up ….
Bishop Barron on this team ! Let’s go 🙌🏾 .
Although spiritual, I do not confine myself or my beliefs to any set religion. This man can speak out to all human beings, no matter what "religion" you define yourself as. He is a true teacher!!
What does spiritual mean?
@@JaaammmbbboooTo me, spiritual means a belief in a higher being, a creator which encompasses compassion and all that is good. The creator also has the awareness of evil and the strength to defeat it when called upon. Being spiritual to me means trying to follow the example of the nature of the higher being in my daily life and the way I interact with other people, nature and my environment and when I feel called upon I will use my strength to fight against evil and injustice.
Have you listened to bishop Barron’s talk on spirituality and religion?
Amen, Bishop Barron!
Bishop Barron at his VERY best. FANTASTIC. FREEEEEEEDOM
Thank you for bringing this to the conversation Bishop! I love what JBP teaches but I think he needs to use or be introduced to more Thomism and Catholic theology to make his teachings, especially on metaphysics and how they can transform us, whole.
From Pope Benedict: In this context, a beautiful phrase from the First Letter of St Peter springs to my mind. It is from verse 22 of the first chapter. The Latin goes like this: "Castificantes animas nostras in oboedentia veritatis". Obedience to the truth must "purify" our souls and thus guide us to upright speech and upright action.
In other words, speaking in the hope of being applauded, governed by what people want to hear out of obedience to the dictatorship of current opinion, is considered to be a sort of prostitution: of words and of the soul.
This is such a good talk.
Bravo! America is great because the Truth is spoken.
this man may actually be the most based catholic i've ever had the pleasure of seeing.
I have listened to different speakers and it is refreshing to see a variety of viewpoints. We may not always agree, however we can respectfully disagree. The world has been sadly missing a place where intelligent conversation can be had instead of a one sided conversation that demonisers anyone that doesn’t agree.
The beauty of ARC as I see it currently is that it reminds of America 2.0
Though hard to remember, there was a time when everyone in America (or nearly everyone) believed in these basic principles and believed that America was the greatest, most free country that had done more to improve the human condition than any other civilization on the planet, ever.
Sure we might disagree on tactics, or polices, or what have you, but at the end of the day we stood united under Old Glory.
Now we have a massive swath of people who believe the exact opposite and they do not have any respect or love of our once great nation.
ARC gives me hope that there are people all over the world who want to see us all prosper and hit the reset button on the utter insanity that is plaguing our planet today.
Bravo 👏🙏
Outstanding talk Bishop Barron! Your message aligned perfectly with Dr. Peterson's speech. You both took something exceedingly complex and explained it clearly, rationally and succinctly. You have been my spiritual mentor for many years and I am thankful for the work you do...
Freedom doesn't mean the freedom to do whatever you choose. Freedom means the freedom to choose to do the right thing.
Every young adult should hear this. Thank you for your wisdom Bishop Barron
What a brilliant ending!!
Outstanding ❤
Thank you Bishop Barron for your clear explanation of the origins of our current problematic understanding of freedom. Much appreciated!
Magical thinking activated. Once you look at good as having a mind I am out. ARC is really on the edge for me. So much wisdom and then there is magical thinking.
Great talk Bishop Barron. Excellent visual comparison to the golf swing.
Brilliant teaching as always 👏
Outstanding !
AMEN 🙏
Wow.. So good to see bishop Barron.
"Discipline equals freedom." - Jocko Willink
great to see Bishop Barron here - but also kind of sad - because the Catholic Church is or should be the Alliance for Responsible Leadership
Nice to see you again, Sir.
Fantastic 🔥🔥
thank you indeed about this sharing on responsibility and freedom 🙏🏽
❤Good Bishop..Outstanding! 'Freedom' must have felt so great after that month long debacle. ❤Glad to see you're back.
Kudos to Bishop Barron. Excellent talk, with a firm and well-grounded understanding of freedom that needs to be taken up by our culture.
If he was saying mass --I would come to listen without a sense of obligation.
Wonderful thanks!
Es un gozo verle y escucharle ante esta magnífica audiencia bendiciones la verdad nos hará libres!