Being free
Saturday 27 June 2009
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Until you can stop watching television, listening to the radio, reading newspapers, no more media, advertising influence and depressing news filling up your mind with nonsense, you won't be free.
Until you can acknowledge and give up the list of numerous addictions such as sex, alcohol, drugs, music, playing on the computer, games or otherwise, mobile phone 'smsing', phone chatting, electronic info technology gadgets and wizardry, you will not be free.
Until you can eliminate those payoffs or getting a buzz from playing games with yourself or getting a kick out some type of trickery or deception possibly at the expense of others, you will not be free.
In other words if any of these things are controlling you, as opposed to you being in control of them, you are not free.
If you wear the shackles of responsibility, demands, restrictions or restraint, whether it be pragmatically or just feel this is the case, you are not free.
If you need to be in a relationship with someone other than yourself or God, you are not free.
If you can't sit still and be quiet with yourself, enjoy your own presence, free of distractions, you cannot be free.
If you can't be quiet, hearing and focusing only on your breath, being aware of noises around you and the sensations that whirl around within your body, without them distracting or unduly influencing or irritating you, you are not free.
Until there is nothing to do, and you are bored, completely empty, you will not be free.
So if you empty everything, material possessions, old and familiar perhaps comfortable habits and patterns, things and people that keep you busy and distracted, doing stuff that you think you like, where is the gain you may ask.
Being free is not needing to gain, to win or have an outcome.
Being free is not needing or being beholden to anyone.
Being free is not to desire anything.
Being free is letting it all go.
Being free is letting it all be.
Being free is peace.
Being free is silence...
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After our torrid weekend of passion, I know what you mean by feeling free! I now know why they call you "Longfellow". Love and kisses and can't wait to catch up again. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
To be still and peaceful with ourselves is the best gift we can present ourselves with, silence allows us to observe others, listen attentively, learn new things and accept differences - As for letting go and letting be...I love the words of Olivia Newton John's song....Love is letting go of fear and doubt and to learn to untie the chain that ties our spirit down...love is letting go of pain and to learn to dance in the light inside again, beautiful words of wisdom and enlightment.
I will try to let go of things that tie me down in life and I will try to spend more time with myself and listen to my inner thoughts... I will try to let go and surrender - I already feel much better.