Fallen Condition

What is our “fallen” condition as said in the Bible?  It is the loss of freedom to be our truest self.  What prevents a fallen person from being their truest self?  Greed, fear, ongoing resentments, an angry ego, desire for more things than are needed, including knowledge which sometimes avails us nothing.  There are many educated and prosperous people who are enslaved by ego, who try to find happiness in all they know or own.   People can tend to focus on internet for more knowledge of useless information, or shop till they drop, or buy and build.  None of these have proven to be steps to interior freedom.  Democracy can try to make us free, but with no spiritual path, freedom is elusive.