Everyday wisdom on life and living. A collection of my beliefs/quotes on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Freedom Comes
Freedom comes when you hold onto nothing. When you are not bounded to anything, yet embrace everything. When you learn to love, yet are not enslaved by it.
Freedom comes when you are free from conforming constraints bestowed upon you, fueled by fear and a scarcity-mentality. Rather you are manoeuvred by principals that govern your daily life, and are fueled by inner wisdom and an abundance-mentality.
Who are you? Are you the master that embraces all that there is, Or the slave of what changes in every moment Are you the mystic that is free from forms that cast a shadow Or the slave that lingers in time and misses this very moment. Decide who you are then become completely free from it.
There is emptiness in every corner, Yet every corner is filled with grace, There are objects that manifest and others that conceal Those who seek the essence Can both see through forms And are also free from them.
There is such freedom that comes from love, and love that comes from such freedom,
This is the love that consumes eternity and knows no ends It knows no forms and beholds no images It is undefined by the senses yet its vision is clearer than existence itself
1. Ignorance : You make a mistake and you realise it not. 2. Experience: You make a mistake and immediately (or later) realise it (oops, too late). 3. Wisdom: Just before you make the mistake you realise it and avoid it. 4. Truth: Making a mistake doesn't even come your way.
The highest state is ofcourse 4, which its achievement is profound and ideal. However in most cases we should be satisfied with 3.
The mind is cluttered with beliefs based on limited experiences fueled by self-fulfilling prophecies. A perpetual manifestation of individual and collective beliefs shapes not only our experiences but our perceived reality.
The aggravating strife for idealism does not bring much peace to the self and may prove ineffective and often counterproductive. A natural desire for ideals, and a natural derive towards it should prove more effective. The effort must be spontaneous and natural in all regards.