Living In the Moment
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| Freedom, ironically, comes at the cost of surrender... |
Freedom, ironically, comes at the cost of surrender because by definition it means dependency upon no thing and no one. What does that mean? Well, within a world of relationships to everything from a perceived purpose, to a special someone or a brand of toothpaste, freedom spurs us to release the comfort of familiar patterns, for the experience of unpredictable spontaneity within the moment.
It reminds me of a poster I once saw with the image of a rag doll being run half-way through an old fashioned washing machine wringer. The words at the bottom read, "The truth will make you free, but first it will make you miserable."
Does living the truth have to be painful, invested with suffering? No, of course not, however, it would be unwise not to consider the depth of attachment (largely unconscious) that we have to people and things of the world. It forms the seeming ground of our world. We cling to homes, marriages or partnerships, families, careers, locations, financial accounting, social status and a perceived senses of self, for if not for the familiar distraction of their existence, we would face a dizzying reality without sight or toeholds, i.e. that even the ground we walk on floats loosely upon the invisible substance of Spirit. In truth we never take as step in faith.
To rely upon our "known world" is not wrong, just insubstantial and there comes a time to everyone when the moment calls for our full attention. It was that we mostly avoided this until physical dying revealed it, however, it is now that the moment is open and attractive. The Universe, God or Collective Consciousness now requires our attention to what is. Distractions, attachments and other mind tricks for denial are failing. The bad news is that the more attached we are, the more we appear to fail as human doings. The good news is that continued attachment is not an option and our presence is now required as human Beings. So relax. The only difference between dying and being reborn is the moment between holding on and letting go. It's a blessed moment that no one has any control over.