FREEDOM

FREEDOM  is accepting what is  (reality)  in the moment.
How do we do that difficult act?...by becoming aware of two things:  1) how the inflated ego works
2) how the True Self or Spirit Self works.
     The immature ego wants to keeps us in bondage. It wants us living in illusions; it makes us overly attached to our opinions and self-image; it keeps us in control of people and events; it gives us a narrow view/mind  thinking that we know it all. It leads us to negative judgments of people and events; it leads us to greed, jealousy, envy, hatred, revenge, killings, even wars.
     The Spirit or True Self on the other hand wants us free from illusions, attachments and  judgments. And the best way to access Spirit is through SILENCE/PRAYER/BEAUTY.
Spirit being true and universal, indwelling in everyone,  teaches us right thinking and right action. It leads us to accepting events, ourselves and others as they are. It guides us to understanding and to  forgiveness.  It helps us to accept the most difficult thing to do in life__ to accept the reality of the moment, pleasant or unpleasant, and gives us FREEDOM.


THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM IS THE REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE NOT 'THE THINKER.   E. Tolle

NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS  FREEDOM.    2 Cor 3:17
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS...Matt 28:20
... AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.  Jn 8:32

TO BE FREE IS NOT MERELY TO CAST OFF ONE'S CHAINS, BUT TO LIVE IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS AND ENHANCES THE FREEDOM OF OTHERS.   Nelson Mandela

THE MORE YOU ARE MOTIVATED BY LOVE, THE MORE FEARLESS AND FREE YOU WILL BE.   Dalai Lama

IF WE CAN BE KIND WHEN PROVOKED , WE MOVE IN THE WORLD WITH TRUE  FREEDOM.   E. Easwaran

THE PRESENT MOMENT IS AS IT IS. ALWAYS. CAN YOU LET IT BE?...  Eckhart Tolle



Hummingbird accepting the now of rain...
FREEDOM


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