TCR 478 - freedom

TCR 478 [3]

Animals, birds, fish and insects also have freedom;
but these are impelled by their bodily senses
at the promptings of appetite and pleasure.
A person would not be very different from them,
if he were as free to act as he is free to think;
he too would be impelled only by his bodily senses
at the promptings of lust and pleasure.
The case is different
if he drinks in the spiritual teachings of the church
and uses them to control his free will.
The Lord leads him away from lusts and wicked pleasures
and the innate longings he has for these;
he strives after good,
and turns his back on evil.
 He is then moved by the Lord . . .
and brought into heavenly freedom,
which is true freedom.