Personal liberation implies a self that first exists, then becomes free. Yet the self is nothing more than an illusion, and its imagined liberation is no different. Seeking freedom reinforces the notion that there is someone bound. Striving for liberation is an endless dream—every effort to attain freedom only ensures its continuation. When that dream ends, nothing is achieved, gained, or realized. The “me” does not awaken into liberation—it simply vanishes. What is left is not personal freedom, but this—already free, without anyone to claim it.