FREEDOM SONG (private discourse, shared on twitter) I will state things as they are One is enslaved by the idea of a self So long as a self is held in clear view, So long as it is a pervasive idea in the mind So long as one subscribes to the notion of it Freedom is not possible
For the whole of our lives we are in a constant state of preoccupation A constant state of worry A constant state of fear A constant state of anxiety A constant state of uncertainty A constant state of conflict Never is everything Perfect Never are our affairs in order
One arrives at a true milestone in his life when he realizes that this will be his existence until the day he dies Tomorrow will not be different Just as every tomorrow of the past has not been different What we experience as life today is the best it will ever get
Do not be disillusioned by the idea that fortunate events that come to you will change anything For even after a thousand fortunate events, we return to the way we are Remember this great Truth: Man forever defaults to his defaults "The self" is the mother of all problems
There is no spiritual path vs worldly path There is only a Human path For even the spiritual path is a worldly path Both are paths of bondage There is only the path of Freedom There is only the path of Truth
The path to meet the source of all our pains, so that we may be free of them forever The path to meet the manufacturer of all our sufferings, so that we may never suffer again These are the only paths
For whether a man be spiritual or worldly, he does not seek misery Whether he is spiritual or worldly, he craves Freedom Naturally, the thought will arise in the mind: If the self is the source of all my bondage, what do I do? There is nothing "to do"
The world has conditioned you and brainwashed you by the idea of "doings" All "doings" are an attempt to cleverly escape from seeing the problem They are a closing of one's eyes and hoping that when he opens them, his problems will have disappeared You are free to try
When one sees the boiling lava that is the source of all his miseries, a fundamental transformation begins within A quiet tectonic shift takes place Instantly, the quality of his life begins to change He finds himself moving in different ways He feels himself growing a new skin
For he has come face to face with The Truth He is no longer interested in the games of the world He shines like a beacon across the mighty oceans He stands at the dawn of a new existence Life begins to surrender to him His bondages fall away
And he begins to roam the Earth as only a Free man can Namaste.
