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Bind No Visitors and Know Freedom

4/26/2021

Being aware of when fear shows up within us
helps us to be more aware of when fear shows up around us.

And being aware of when fear shows up internally and externally
allows a greater possibility that we will not be controlled by it.

Being controlled by fear is no fun at all. It drains Life’s joy right out of us.
It confuses us and veils all that’s true and beautiful
while suspicion, judgment, blame and attempts to control life take over.

Yet – how can we actually live without being controlled by fear
at the same time there is so much happening in the world
and so much happening within us?

Rupert Spira’s words speak to this beautifully:

“If we want to live without fear we must first learn to live with it.”

If we want to live without identification with fear (being controlled by it)
we must first learn to live with experiencing the pure sensations of fear.

Experiencing the sensations of fear is very different than identifying with fear. Learning to live with the raw sensations of fear is not the same as buying into the story of fear.

The former is allowing a visitor to move through freely and the latter is confusing the visitor with a resident.

And what comes from the first is so very different than what comes from the second.

Freedom
is what we are.
It is the DNA of our true nature
as well as all of our conscious expressions.

Nothing is meant to be bound.
Even thoughts and feelings are meant to flow.

Trying to control what is by nature free
distorts everything..

Bind nothing to you
and know your freedom.

Freedom From Free Reveals Love

4/19/2021

Freedom from fear involves freedom from trying to control both what's going on internally and externally.

When conditioning yells “Be afraid!” and then tries to control what's going on internally it’s time to inquire about what is true.

When others dictate “Be afraid!” and then try to control what's going on externally it’s time to inquire about what is true.

Falling in line with any fear based ‘inner or outer’ voice
clouds our understanding and sensing of freedom and love.

Fear and control march in lockstep to confuse and veil
and
Freedom and Love flow as one to clarify and reveal.

"To be free of fear is to be full of Love." Adyashanti

The Aliveness of Freedom

4/12/2021

Over a month ago a friend asked me, “What’s alive in you?” and immediately what came up was, “Freedom.”

How freedom moves internally – how freedom moves externally – and how it all works together so perfectly.

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When we try and control 'internally' we suffer because we’re unaware that freedom is the very nature of even our thoughts and feelings.

And when we try and control 'externally' we suffer because we’re unaware that freedom is the very nature of all others - as well as LIfe itself!

The understanding and honoring of Freedom internally and externally changes everything.

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I’ve always felt very strongly that what works internally has to work externally - and that there is absolutely no difference between ‘spirituality’ and ‘politics’. I see them both as constructs we human beings have created to try and make sense of things – ‘internally and externally’.

And one way to collapse the contrived difference between the two and discover what is at the heart of both - the very nature of Life - is through a continued deepening understanding of – and love for – Freedom…. and all of its many radical implications.

Because regardless of whether we begin with 'external' freedom or 'internal' freedom if we continue our discovery we will discover them both.

Bind No Visitors and Know Freedom

Freedom From Free Reveals Love

The Aliveness of Freedom

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