We don't understand freedom because we do not know how we are not free. We are told we are free {especially in this country} we die for our freedom, we are told we are the freest people in the world. Since we don't really know what freedom is- we can't protest.
How are we controlled? We are taught to be other directed. We are taught to look outside ourselves for validation. We are carefully trained to look to religion, educational institutions, government, family traditions, etc. for validation concerning our worthiness. We aspire to be acceptable according to the standards dangled in front of us. We are very carefully trained to judge our acceptability on how others accept us.
How then can we be free? At the very base freedom must include accepting yourself. How do you accept yourself? Does it depend on affirmation from all that is outside yourself? Of course that is impossible. The lucky ones, among us, realize fairly early, that finding happiness/freedom, by depending on others, is a dead end street. Many of us try for years to get recognition that we are worthy beings, until through a combination of self study and intuition we realize that we must love ourselves first.
Because we are trained to look outside ourselves, we fall prey to the folks who are willing to exploit our sense of unworthiness to make money. We buy all sorts of material goods to demonstrate our worthiness. If material goods don't work, we will pursue all kinds of self-help stratagems, that enrich the program managers.
Some of these programs will teach you to look inside; but by that time you don't know how.
We need to understand just how controlling our culture is from the point of our birth. We are largely taught to accept controls both openly and subliminally. Freedom is given lip service. It is not rewarded.
We need to give up everything we learned. Most people don't know what freedom feels like. They equate it with license. They think it is doing what they want without caring about your neighbor. In that case they will never feel free.
Freedom comes from knowing you are loved. Unconditionally loved. When you are swimming in a sea of love, you are free.
How do you get there? You get there by knowing you are love and everyone else is love. Some know it, some have yet to learn. You teach them by your example. Sure getting there is a gradual process, but once you accept the goal, you can see it is attainable. You have to begin by accepting that you know nothing; yet everything at the same time. What you thing you know, the ego stuff, is just old programming; but your real being [soul] knows everything.
We attain freedom by learning to love. It is a moment by moment choice. We can greatly accelerate our learning by meditation. You can learn to do mini-meditations. Close you eyes and drop out for a while. Find that place inside you where it is quiet. A place of profound peace. With a very little practice, you will find yourself flooded with love. You only need to do it for a few minutes. In fact, at first, it will be hard to stay in that space for more than a moment or two. However, it will greatly enhance your quest to 'see' and be free of the illusion.
We are being bathed in love now. We are being reminded of our oneness. Knowledge of our oneness is rising from the core of our being. We are giving up the old ways and realizing that peace, happiness and joy come from serving others. As we allow ourselves to be of service to others, we find love and freedom.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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