Life cannot imprison us where we do not wish to be, nor bind us when we
wish to be free. It is but in the
self’-imagined prisons of our lives that suffering is created. It is the self-made walls of our
confinement, against which we rail.
Erected for a false sense of security they bring instead pain and
travail.
In imagining the physical as our confinement and identity, we believe
that loss and abandonment can be a reality; like a child who cries feeling
bereft, not understanding that his mother in the adjoining room, has not left him. We dwell in Oneness, each
nevertheless unique. The illusion
of separation, when dissolved, eliminates suffering.
Our bodies cannot be incarcerated when our spirits are free. We are only imprisoned when we are
programmed by beliefs. No matter
how lofty their philosophies seem, revere not the thoughts of men that have
been. Through us the One Life
spontaneously unfolds, when our hearts are open, when we don’t think that we
know.
The student seeks truth from another’s words, the master practices and
lives the wisdom he’s heard. But
the incorruptible one realizes there is nothing to know, allowing life to
spontaneously unfold. Truth is created
one moment at a time. Surrender
and find the experience of spontaneous life.
Then, as all preconceived notions are erased – pain shall cease. No longer shall expectations cause
suffering, but joy shall come to be, and wonderment at the beauty of life’s
unfolding journey.