Freedom

The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not "the thinker."

The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated.

You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought,
that thought is only a tyiny aspect of that intelligence. 

You also realize that all the things that truly matter - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind.

You begin to awaken.

Echart Tolle