Thursday, March 2, 2023
The world is ensnared, looking for the key of freedom. Social media “secretly” lures us into envy, rage, or addiction. As benign as it seems, the so-called news unassumingly coaxes fear. Holiday parties give us permissible excuses to overindulge in foods that ultimately imprison us in overweight bodies. The past is quietly suffocating. The future is insidiously paralyzing, and the world is buried.
You are vast, untouchable, and incapable of being trapped. The truth is, struggle cannot defeat you, if you are breathing, and even when you stop breathing, struggle can’t win. Who you really are is forever, unconditional, peaceful, and always – even in the face of death itself. You cannot be harmed, if you are eternal. A spiritually mindful being is watchful, but from a distance, careful, but not caught up. It’s not to say that you’ll never experience emotion, pain, or loss, but that you know your escape – a hiding place within, a way to slip through the snare of the fowler. And I’m not talking about death. I’m talking about life, now.
Let things come and go with no friction. Let things move in and out, remaining centered within, never flailing without. That’s the only way to handle “big” shakeups. The more centered you are, rooted in being, the less likely you are to be shaken, trapped by what happens externally. That’s the secret, and if you happen to get caught up from time to time, remember how to get out. You’ll sense yourself getting trapped when your wick fires up. You’ll feel the pull of the conditional world, but if you’re aware of the lure, you’ll drop the bait faster, once you notice you’re about to take a bite. A spirit cannot be trapped, but the flesh can. You are mainly spirit, and you can float through barriers and circumvent highs and lows. You are mostly spirit; therefore, there is always an escape.