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Am I Free?

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The more we clear the unnecessary clutter of mind, the less story there is; the less story, the less “me” to stand in the way. The Pure Emtiness of Infinite Richness fills and express Itself through the clean-as-a-whistle pail of a remaining me. I am filled and used by Essence according to It's intention and this vessel's design. My primary role in life shifts from being the doer to becoming a joyous witness of the miraculous life that happens in and around me.

Someone asked me yesterday if I was free. Without hesitation the response came, “Yes”.
I was totally surprised to hear that “yes” come from me. I didn't know I thought I was free.
Immeditely, I asked myself, “Is that true? Am I free?”

That afternoon I took the question into my practice.

The yoga mat is where I go to dialogue with the Essence Self through sitting, prayer and movement. In that state of receptivity I ask the important questions as they occur. I'd been asked a question and I doubted… so I asked it again here in the Light of Reality with an open heart to whatever Truth might bring.

I've found that there is only this one requirement for finding freedom … the willingness to be totally honest with self … to see truth simply as it is.

“Show me what prompted the response I gave… give me a deeper understanding … What did I mean by saying “yes” to being free?”

The response was multi-leveled and immediate. I began to see remaining tethers of the “Lynne” story – unquestioned stories that I've carried from the past came up for my “viewing pleasure”.
I could see limiting beliefs I was holding still – all the remnants of serfdom to a false self that remain came to surface.

Suddenly I laughed out loud, realizing how the question I'd been asked and my “yes” response had served as a wonderful set-up for bringing me this very moment of revelation. How else would I have been able to see these attachments to a self that I am dedicated to freeing except through such questions as these? How wonderful is this process of awakening! I see how powerfully every encounter in my day is designed to bring en-lightenment. That a seeming impertinent response to a question asked by another could lead me to this opportunity to make these old beliefs conscious so that I could free myself further – how awesome is that?! I love the way the mind gets seduced by the Essence Self into revealing its favorite lies for the sake of freedom!

Still, I found myself chastising the audacity of ego in making such a personal claim out loud. It was later that day that I recalled that proclaiming knowledge is the fastest route to knowing the very thing we claim to know. How like ego to judge as “phony” the very thing that will take me to the authentic experience.

I then realized that The Essence Self is always free …. Freedom is this moments surrender to That Essence.

Instead, most of us identify with some story about who we are and life in general. The very word “define” means to limit. When we are moving within any sort of definition we are simply believing in a made up story which can only limit. To be story free is the only and ultimate freedom! And that can only be experiened in this moment. That means that if there is no story running in this moment, I am free. But as soon as I invest belief in a story I become “defined” and therefore captive – freedom gone.

Am I free? … until I believe I'm not, I am.
Lynne

I’m Free!

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Something else worth remembering … and that is that without story, we are FREE! Free to do whatever we want. Here are some options I might choose from …

… I can project my story out and react unconsciously to it, blaming the world around me for the backlash effect that comes from living my limiting story out in vivid technicolor. (When we are living this one out, we generally don't understand that there are actually other choices.)

… I can project my story out and watch it consciously … this allows me to use the whole set up as a learning opportunity for my continued growth and expansion in consciousness. I can use my encounters with others, especially the ones that bring the biggest reaction up in me as grist for the mill in the refinement of personal consciousness.

This might look like a practice of non-reaction until I get to the point where there is not even a desire to react when the other responds in less than desirable ways. In the meantime I observe my overall frequency experience when I am with particular people. Do I love being with them generally? Do I find myself enjoying them overall? Then chances are I'm not going anywhere…. but, if I find myself not feeling in line with them, I can move on …. It's my choice!

… I may find myself moving away from someone … if it is conscious leaving, then I go, not because they “make me suffer”, but because I just don't want to be there anymore. That simple… that direct … I just feel finished for whatever reason … Btw, “I don't want to be here anymore” IS a valid enough reason to go. I don't have to blame it on their behavior (because I understand that they have been a great mirror for me). The point is … I am free to come or go … I may know why I choose what I do -or not.

I'm not talking about a flighty choosing that changes depending on the mood I'm in in the moment. I'm talking about understanding and relaxing into the Universal Truths that teach me the ways of framing my world so that I am living in alignment with Source.

Blessings,

Certainty through Truth

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I have continued to explore what this “certainty” is that was promised as my “next step” …. The words (see previous post on “Certainty) came to me during the dark hours of early morning and I have continued to meditate upon them.

I've decided that Certainty is the state that comes naturally when we are free from believing the stories we've told ourselves and believed without ever once questioning them. These beliefs and ideas about ourselves and the world leave us uncertain and imprisoned behind walls of fear and misery.

The word Certainty is, perhaps, a state of grace that results from having questioned and found wanting old limited ways of seeing the world. Certainty comes from aligning instead with Universal principles that teach us that life is a marvelous and miraculous reflection of Source that is manifested through us. These principles become a daily reality and are evidenced as “certain and most true” (says the Emerald Tablet).

Certainty is the harvest of having become so entrenched in these principles of truth that we turn to them automatically rather than give even a moments credence to any thought or story that takes us away from the Source of Life and Harmony.

I rejoiced and felt exhilarated for a day or two from the idea that I am “moving into certainty”. And then the old stories that generate doubt began to surface again. I realized then, that of course, as always, I am being “moved” or evolved through a continuing process of clearing.

Sacred Certainty becomes our natural state as we make conscious and clear beliefs that generate doubt. With that end in sight, I say, let the old limiting stories surface! I am willing to see and question anything that creates in me a state of inner doubt. These old ideas about a painful world are what I no longer have faith in … My certainty increases in the belief that to release these old ideas is the route to freedom.

May yours be a path of certainty in Source…
More on certainty still to come…..
Lynne

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