Liberty To Be Earned

By Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

Immortalis Prime Law Lens

Within the Immortalis framework, all genuine liberty must arise from internally free individuals — not from collective pressure, ideological revival, or political authority. This article emphasizes that true freedom begins within the sovereign mind, a principle fully aligned with Prime Law Capitalism:

No force, no fraud, no coercion — neither external nor internal.

Here, “liberty” is not framed as something granted by institutions, religions, or mass movements, but as the natural consequence of voluntary, self-led awakening. The call to become authentic freethinkers, rather than followers of ideological crowds, mirrors the Immortalis principle that only self-leadership creates a truly free civilization.

This perspective aligns with Prime Law Capitalism because it rejects imposed belief systems, collective trance, and political manipulation — and instead elevates individual sovereignty as the engine of societal evolution.

Liberty to Be Earned

The majority of humanity lives in a hypnotic trance, taking a simulacrum of reality as actual reality. They live in a collective dream wherein values are inverted, lies are believed as truth, and tyranny is accepted as security. They become entrained and even entertained in their metaphysical slumber and slumberous ignorance. Having long been victimized as a hostage, they cling to their misery and suffering that give them their identity and meaning.

"The Great Awakenings" of the past, starting with that of the 1730s, were all religious revivals, which means that they were all in the direction of deeper dogmatic beliefs, which in turn means that they were in the vector of internal unfreedom and slavery.

None of the American Revolutionary Founders and Framers were part of the Great Awakening. In fact, many of them were condemned as "infidels" by the frantically leaders of the "Great Awakening" such as Jonathan Edwards.

The Founders and Framers who made the American Revolution possible were "Freethinkers" and they were literally a minority, uniquely exemplifying Arnold Toynbee's "Creative Minority". (Toynbee was a collectivist, and hence I used "uniquely" to give an ironic twist to his concept of "creative minority".)

We must not mistake that it was the Great Awakening/Religious Revival of the 1730s and 1740s that made the American Revolution possible, and we must not repeat the same mistake today.

Liberty is not possible without a critical number of people being internally (i.e., psychologically, intellectually, and spiritually) free, while internal freedom is not possible without the individual being an authentic freethinker.

Liberty, we must deserve and earn, which means that we each must be internally free and be an authentic freethinker. If there are a sufficient number of freethinkers constituting the creative minority, the great American Restoration is possible.

In today's world, we must find ways to bring to the fore the practice of free thinking and the products of our free thought, and must explicitly communicate our philosophy and engage in dialectical processes and discourses.

The radical revolutionary American philosophers-founders & framers-aimed not merely for the freedom of religion (as the religionists, the religious believers, or the "enthusiast" of the 18th-century revolutionary America) but for a 'religion (philosophy) of freedom' itself.

They sought to realize their freedom and govern themselves, individually and collectively, not through unthinking acts of faith but through thinking acts of understanding.

🌟 In Loving Memory of Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

The following message shared with the Immortalis Newsletter by his family:

'Yasuhiko Genku Kimura — a brilliant philosopher, independent scholar, author, former ordained Zen Buddhist priest, consultant to leaders in business, science, and culture, spiritual teacher, and extraordinary human being — peacefully passed away on November 11th, 2025, at the age of 70.

Words cannot convey the depth of sorrow felt at his passing. Yet within their heart lives an immense well of love and gratitude for his presence. His luminous spirit, profound wisdom, and unwavering devotion to truth have touched countless lives across the world.

Yasuhiko’s contributions to humanity will be remembered for generations. His enlightened soul continues to shine, guiding and inspiring all who were blessed by his work and presence.'