As your realization of freedom expands many incidents will disturb you so that you'll develop an inner resistance to your job, boss, culture, parents, rules and religion that binds you. If you notice resistance, simply allow it to come and go. Initially you'll feel the resistance more. Imagine catching a ball thrown at you and gently putting it aside. Similarly accept the resistance and allow it to go. It will arise - remain for a while and gently go away.
Displeasure to events of the past, present and future binds you with resistance. Freedom does not coexist with resistance. As resistance accumulates freedom runs away, confrontation, conflict, struggle and opposition surfaces and uneasiness prevails throughout life.
Notice resistance
What do you resist most? Remember a few things, occasions and people you resist most. Allow your resistance to slip away, allow it to come - and to go. Letting go of resistance is not accepting something you disapprove. It merely is letting go of the resistance you have. You need not accept it or embrace it, but you only let go of the resistance that builds within. As you let go of resistance clarity of your mind improves and you are more able to decide. Your productivity increases.
Misery of the past
When anger, annoyance, irritation, fury, rage, antagonism and resentment to the past arises, freedom of the mind decreases. Such a mind struggles and many take pleasure in listening to such a person's displeasure. Sharing sorrow with others becomes delightful and blaming the past becomes habitual.
When one is totally free of the past one becomes innocent like a child. The child bears no anger to the past, neither is he afraid of the future. The child's world is the present. It is free from the resistance to the past and the future and lives in the present joyfully.
Respect freedom
Laws help maintain society. Laws and regulations are a need. We may enjoy loud music, it may entertain us and we may feel we have a right to enjoy such music. However this may be a nuisance to another. Laws help protect the rights of all citizens. A person with a free mind is not burdened by the law. He respects it as well as the freedom of other beings. He has no desire to disturb others and ensuring others' freedom is a pleasure to him. He does not feel restricted and allows others to be free and live freely.
Continuous witness
The mind continuously acts as a witness. It witnesses what happens and is a continuous, silent witness. The mind decides "this is good, bad, appropriate, inappropriate, just, unjust, true or false. What it feels good it likes and what it feels bad - it dislikes. With dislike arises resistance.
When the mind is free it has no attachments to concepts. The free mind is free from concepts. Even if it accepts a concept the free mind does not attach to it. The concept and the witness remain apart. It acknowledges infinite possibilities and knows that anything is possible. Such a mind does not desire others' acceptance. Neither does it desire being accepted. A free mind simply lives the life it desires. It is free to do so and has no fear of being accepted or rejected. It holds no concept of being right or wrong. Such a mind is totally free - free to be as it wishes.
Boundless blessings!
Dr. Priyanga de Zoysa
Author - Teacher - Life coach
www.PriyangadeZoysa.com
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