‘FREEDOM’ by Jeremy Griffith — A Review

The following is Dustin Hull’s review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, by Jeremy Griffith, published January 17, 2023 on Amazon.

5 Stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Jeremy Griffith’s ‘FREEDOM’ Delivers What It Promises...If You're Patient With Yourself

First of all, the late great Professor Harry Prosen’s quote on the cover could not be more accurate. Biologist Jeremy Griffith thoroughly and clearly explains 1. The Human Condition itself and all of human suffering that spawns from it, 2. Our true instincts and how natural selection chose for them, 3. The origins of our fully conscious mind, and 4. The meaning or theme of life itself and how we humans best carry out that meaning.

Freedom also goes into why many people are often blocked from accessing this information. It’s a phenomenon called “The Deaf Effect”. However, if you have this block, it will be overcome with patience. So if you’ve made it to the point in your personal journey where you’ve searched for this book, please give yourself the chance/time to pour through it. You deserve it, for your own sake and for the sake of all those you’ll one day impact with this information.

The hardest part for me personally was accepting what I immediately felt and intuited to be true. I had a euphoric feeling the first time I came in contact with this theory. But for someone in my line of work (psychology), it isn’t “normal” to run into a theory and instantly think, “This has to be it!” Sure, intuitions are common, but never like this. This was entirely novel to me.

And so, I studied Griffith’s work for over a year. I fought some of this information, out of fear and not because I had any real objection to it. Every time I questioned the work, I’d realize I misread something or had skipped over a key detail. I believe this is common when people first start reading. There's a part of people's minds that often "hide" from some of the information. I kept reminding myself of the old Carl Jung line: “That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”

The second time reading through this book, I was surprised how many blind-spots I had the first time around. It humbled me and helped me shed the egotism in my life. And along the way, this theory began to rewire my mind. It changed the way I looked at the world and the level of vibrancy I saw in it.

Griffith’s work has taught me the underlying reasoning for wars, political division, problems in relationships between men and women, the cause of racism, etc., etc. All this coming from the fundamental understanding needed (as Jeremy explains in Freedom) to realign our conscious mind to our psyche (the Greek word for “soul” or “essence of life”).

Freedom pulls no punches when it comes to describing our level of alienation, but it also offers the most incredibly hopeful vision of the future. And it does so with a well-grounded approach. Griffith interweaves biology, psychology, even thermodynamics, with the greatest truths of philosophy, religion, and mythology, to holistically explain our reality.

This book isn’t full of quick-fixes or wishful thinking. This is not a reductionist scientist lying about your psychological issues being due to some chemical imbalance. No, this is a first-principle scientific explanation, the 30,000-foot view of life that simultaneously touches the deepest root of what it means to be human.

Helpful Links:

• FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition
• FAQ 1.1: What exactly is the human condition? Why have humans been so fearful of it?
• Further Reviews of Jeremy Griffith’s work