The third pillar addresses a question that neither vitality nor excellence can fully answer, though both support arriving at it honestly: Who is asking these questions? Who is listening? Am I both? Or neither?

Who I am?

Vitality asks why am I the way I am. Excellence asks who must I become to do what I must do. Freedom unfolds into the mystery of existence.

The meditative wisdom streams of humanity, from Shamanism, Mystic Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism Zen, and more, all point with remarkable consistency toward the same ineffable recognition: the treasure a man is seeking, the freedom from constraint that motivates and underlies all his efforts, is not to be found in any future state or situation. Absolute freedom is possible - not only in this very lifetime, but in this very moment, independent of conditions.

Always and only right here, right now.