The biggest inspiration I have is how important it is to attain the ability to love my neighbor as myself. Not for me but for them. Not for my pleasure but the pleasure of the creator. I have learned that I have a long way to go but with the correct teacher, books and environment I can change myself to be part of the solution to the problem of ego in the collective soul. I pray that my fellow students will find the right teacher, books and environment.
Freedom is mostly an illusion. Our only freedom is to choose what circumstances to put ourselves in to foster spiritual growth and perhaps our attitude toward our situations. The latter, I am not totally sure, is true because there is none else besides him, and our thoughts are not our own, so I am a touch confused.