We are stuck in this universe and with this perception. So in a way you can never truly be "free". You can change your thoughts and the way you see things, but you can only see them through the 5 senses you have. So we are limited no matter what.
I would argue that the 5 senses are deceivers of reality and provide a rather poor view of it. Those who've explored astral projection and have ingested different forms of drugs/explored mediation know first hand that there are other dimensions to existence. The five senses deceive because it makes everything appear so very real and so very important. Thus, you quite literally become trapped in experience. When you go beyond the five senses you enter the world of PK and psychic ablilites. Another trap if used unwisely. Those are beyond the five senses and you enter the mythical "sixth sense" another sense that is not yet recognized by the scientific community as a whole.

Those abilities usually happen automatically once your consciousness expands to a certain degree (lets not confuse that with spiritual growth, psychic abilities are not a sign that someone is more 'spiritually aware'). So, in essence the five senses are not at all what is. There is much more then that. It just appears that this is all there is and that we truly are limited. That's part of the illusion that Buddhist, Hindus, whatever speak of.