“Freedom isn’t
free.” -
Walter Hitchcock
“The best things in
life are free.” - American Proverb
In this country
we speak often of freedom. Many things
outside ourselves can try to oppress us.
There are multiple layers of government that have the power to take away
our possessions and our physical freedom.
The work place environment that we choose to be engaged in can foster
stress and chaos, even up to the point of those who become tyrants when they
feel they have a bit of power. There is
the domestic situation that we choose to live in – it seems those closest to us
can restrict us as much or more than the others combined if they are of the
dramatic nature. Then there are all
manner of things to become addicted and enslaved to – debt, prescription and
non-prescription drugs (alcohol is a drug,) television, political movements,
religion, sex, material possession – the list seems endless. Some of these things we have more of a say in
than others – for instance we never have a choice in our blood family but we do
have a choice about addictions we avoid or subject ourselves to.
But there is a whole other type of freedom
that we have all the say about. It is
the freedom from the bondage of our selves.
It is the freedom from the fear of asserting ourselves and the freedom
from the fear of change. It is the
freedom to stick up for ourselves and express our opinions and the freedom to
know that if we have to completely change our location and circle of
acquaintances that we will be just fine.
It is freedom from guilt and shame and the freedom to look the world in
the eye. It is the freedom from the fear
of financial insecurity and the freedom from self doubt and
procrastination. It is the freedom to
walk away from things we know we should not involve ourselves in without the
fear of scorn from others. It is the
freedom from unhealthy relationships that comes when we learn to be
transparent. This list also could go on
almost endlessly. But herein lies one of
the secrets of life.
Developing faith in that spirit that would
speak to us through our intuition gives us the power to overcome the bondage of
ourselves. And if we overcome the
bondage of ourselves, there is no temporal power that can do anything to us
that we cannot overcome. Even the fears
of isolation, abandonment and death itself lose their grasp on us. The secret is that freedom is an inside
job. There will always be things outside
ourselves that would oppress us, but if we do the work to connect spiritually
we cease fighting any of them and lift ourselves above the battle field. True freedom is not free, but we pay the
price in surrender and willingness, not in dollars and cents.
Happy 4th of July all !!
David
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