~TRUE FREEDOM OCCURS WHEN THE PAST AND FUTURE ARE LET GO OF~
Freedom comes when we finally let go of the past and the future and truly exist in the spacious, specious moment, the moment of now, the eternal moment of the herenow. The freedom felt today was glorious indeed, but only the glimpse into a much larger world of freedom. By accepting constraints can we find freedom.
For a long time we have been trapped and locked in self-defeating powers. We have always been one, but like newborn babes, we must treat our little ones kindly and gently. The little chicks will peck out of their shell, their hard womb like prison, and the consciousness will emerge into the larger consciousness when it is ready to see the light. We cannot force the eyes open in some mechanical way, that would only serve to damage and destroy the very tender tissue. Instead we have to coddle, protect and serve, like a truly gentle policeman, the very new life from which we’ll spring. As we are birthed into our greater self, as we more fully accept ourself within the universal construct of our home, do we find it easier to give others the type of unconditional love that they too need to grow and prosper. We cannot give away except what we have to give. Therefore we first unconditionally accept ourself, and that creates the beginnings of being able to unconditionally give ourselves.
But the real freedom comes from moving away from the forward/reverse thinking of the Western mind. The West is preoccupied with progress. Life is meant to be some sort of ever increasing bounty and wealth, we amass fortunes, our laws improve, our understanding improves, our technology improves. We are getting better and better, each and every day, in every possibly conceivable way. Anything less than that won’t do.
But the reality is our life doesn’t work that way. We become obsessed with the past, fillled with resentments, anger, bitterness and regret. We relive old events all over filled with guilt and shame, or quiet rage, or despondent attitudes towards our lack of good fortune, our lack of grace, the terrible turn of events, of things gone awry, of opportunities missed and squandered. And so we turn our negative past towards a negative future. Knowing that the good days, which weren’t good, are already behind us. We have become conscious too late, and we are fearful that the non-good times are unfortunately over. Fear replaces faith. We are miserable in all respects and from all perspectives, and most of all, we are too busy thinking about and calculating the past and future, to even remotely sense the present.
So when we begin our journey into present moment awareness, we begin our journey away from the darkness. The darkness was never there. We never were in the past, nor shall we ever be in the future. Instead we are right where we have always been evolving in the ever expanding present moment, continuing to experience the ever unfolding now. It has never not been now. We have never been anywhere but here.
The voice within is a constant guiding voice and has never left us, but we did not hear it because we were not listening for it. We will hear the voice of our higher power, the universe, call out to us, guide us, point us in the right direction. Read more...
