I Wrote This in My Dream...
Happy Independence Day!
Are you really free? Am I really free? Perhaps that is not the question I should merely pose as simply as such. People will make different claims; depending on economic situation, country of residence, country of origin, familial ties, current spouse dynamic, walking toward or what appears to be away from furthering your life goals. I'm writing this, not to be preachy. The message may not even be in my words exactly. But, after taking much time for myself. Many days of mostly being still and silent. I have learned, truly, for myself, that freedom and bondage are not opposite ends of a linear spectrum. They are merely a continuum on a cyclical event we call life.
"OH MY GOD, THAT MEANS I HAVE TO CHANGE!!!!"
That's what I thought too. Breathe. Just breathe. Remember that in every moment you are doing the best you can. You have all lead lives based on principals others have influenced over you. This is not a bad or good thing. What is bad or good anyway? Opposites? Black and white? I believe it's deeper than the moral ambiguity these words pretend to inform our minds with. We become inundated by what we think we know. Our thoughts tell us a myriad of ways in which we have a choice to act or not act upon. Patience, sitting with threatening information, silence is a choice. It is also in our power to act. To become restless minds and feed into our insecurities.
Buddhism has this idea that we CAN BE the mountain and that our thoughts are merely the clouds that pass over. There are neither good nor bad thoughts. They are simply ways in which our minds try to piece the puzzle of our deeper intent together. They say, "This too shall pass." And, every time, these clouds do shift, or evaporate, or become new clouds, we are reminded that everything can be transcended to a new place. That everything comes to pass, if you wait.
If you shift your perception you don't have to wait so long.
All the things you are looking for are looking for you. Your greater good. Your loving relationship. Peace. Completeness. Finishing your goals. Traveling. Going back to school. All these things are just waiting for you to say yes to it. What does it mean to say yes? It means, very simply, that you are willing. That's it. It just means yes, in this moment, right now. It just means deepening your consciousness. This might scare the day lights out of you. It has scared me in the past many times when faced with questions of, "What does that look like realistically?" or "What will come of this?" I don't know. What I know is that it is your choice to believe in something greater than what your thoughts can lead you to see.
This doesn't mean running to or from where you are right now. We are all trying to work out our own lives at our own paces. This is not a judgement to say that what you or I did yesterday is who you are right in this moment. This is about being awake, right now. Wake up. When you are ready, you have the choice to wake up and be fully here. You don't know how you're going to get to the next moment. Just be here now. Enjoy your lessons, even when you think the lessons are something that will magically come later. Your life is now.
Or you can still sleep walk through eternity telling yourself that when you posses other things, that'll be when your life actually begins.
Stop looking for people, places and things to fulfill you.
Yes, we cannot do it all by ourselves. But, do not hang up your soul at the coat check when you're surrounded by what seems like distractions. Every moment is beautiful. Every moment is now.
I am a human. I am not perfect. Even what I am saying now is not always what I have embodied. I do not say this to condemn myself. I say this to level the playing field. I say this, because I am awake in this moment. I say this because I am humbled by what freedom has the possibility to transcend. Just for this moment. Just for today.
Letting go simply means saying yes to what is. Accepting your current situation and surrendering to the healing of it.
I forgive myself and others quickly.
I love myself and others unconditionally.
I am that I am.
You are that you are.
Perfect, whole and complete.
Are you really free? Am I really free? Perhaps that is not the question I should merely pose as simply as such. People will make different claims; depending on economic situation, country of residence, country of origin, familial ties, current spouse dynamic, walking toward or what appears to be away from furthering your life goals. I'm writing this, not to be preachy. The message may not even be in my words exactly. But, after taking much time for myself. Many days of mostly being still and silent. I have learned, truly, for myself, that freedom and bondage are not opposite ends of a linear spectrum. They are merely a continuum on a cyclical event we call life.
"OH MY GOD, THAT MEANS I HAVE TO CHANGE!!!!"
That's what I thought too. Breathe. Just breathe. Remember that in every moment you are doing the best you can. You have all lead lives based on principals others have influenced over you. This is not a bad or good thing. What is bad or good anyway? Opposites? Black and white? I believe it's deeper than the moral ambiguity these words pretend to inform our minds with. We become inundated by what we think we know. Our thoughts tell us a myriad of ways in which we have a choice to act or not act upon. Patience, sitting with threatening information, silence is a choice. It is also in our power to act. To become restless minds and feed into our insecurities.
Buddhism has this idea that we CAN BE the mountain and that our thoughts are merely the clouds that pass over. There are neither good nor bad thoughts. They are simply ways in which our minds try to piece the puzzle of our deeper intent together. They say, "This too shall pass." And, every time, these clouds do shift, or evaporate, or become new clouds, we are reminded that everything can be transcended to a new place. That everything comes to pass, if you wait.
If you shift your perception you don't have to wait so long.
All the things you are looking for are looking for you. Your greater good. Your loving relationship. Peace. Completeness. Finishing your goals. Traveling. Going back to school. All these things are just waiting for you to say yes to it. What does it mean to say yes? It means, very simply, that you are willing. That's it. It just means yes, in this moment, right now. It just means deepening your consciousness. This might scare the day lights out of you. It has scared me in the past many times when faced with questions of, "What does that look like realistically?" or "What will come of this?" I don't know. What I know is that it is your choice to believe in something greater than what your thoughts can lead you to see.
This doesn't mean running to or from where you are right now. We are all trying to work out our own lives at our own paces. This is not a judgement to say that what you or I did yesterday is who you are right in this moment. This is about being awake, right now. Wake up. When you are ready, you have the choice to wake up and be fully here. You don't know how you're going to get to the next moment. Just be here now. Enjoy your lessons, even when you think the lessons are something that will magically come later. Your life is now.
Or you can still sleep walk through eternity telling yourself that when you posses other things, that'll be when your life actually begins.
Stop looking for people, places and things to fulfill you.
Yes, we cannot do it all by ourselves. But, do not hang up your soul at the coat check when you're surrounded by what seems like distractions. Every moment is beautiful. Every moment is now.
I am a human. I am not perfect. Even what I am saying now is not always what I have embodied. I do not say this to condemn myself. I say this to level the playing field. I say this, because I am awake in this moment. I say this because I am humbled by what freedom has the possibility to transcend. Just for this moment. Just for today.
Letting go simply means saying yes to what is. Accepting your current situation and surrendering to the healing of it.
I forgive myself and others quickly.
I love myself and others unconditionally.
I am that I am.
You are that you are.
Perfect, whole and complete.