Not everyone uses their Twitter account to stir up trouble! This morning on Twitter the great spiritual teacher Ram Dass wrote about a recent experience he had. As you might know, Ram Dass had a stroke in the 1990's and has made an amazing comeback even though he still has many health challenges.
He writes about having to seek medical care recently. He said he was in pain and had to endure several procedures. He is not specific and the details aren't important. What is important is his sharing that the way he navigated this experience was to stay as much in touch with his inner being as he could. He felt the pain. He experienced what was going on. But he didn't let any of that take away from being in touch with his deeper soul-self.
He is talking about the ultimate in freedom. Today we in the United States celebrate freedom. As individuals, we can declare our freedom. We can be free from suffering by entering the witness consciousness where we're totally aware of what's happening in our lives, totally living our lives, but from the long-term viewpoint of the soul rather than the short-term view of the personality.
Sometimes people ask me how to contact their soul-selves and the answer is always some form of meditation. It is by taking our focus off the outer world and placing it on our inner world that we can make this contact. Learning to live from that place changes everything. I don't know anyone who can do it all the time but I do know many people who do their best to live this way and know what a difference it makes in the quality of their lives.
So, with all the hoopla going on in today's world, just remember the true goal of life - live from your center where you can experience true freedom.
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