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Inspiration At the Soul Level
The Story of the Ego
Close your eyes for a moment, take a deep breath. Under the layers is a silence. A silence to freedom. This gives rise to a new consciousness: a movement toward liberation...liberation from the traps of the mind. It is true that we do need a mind. It helps us with very important things. In fact, it helps us with all but the most important thing: solving the question of "who am I"?
In order to discover our authentic selves we must quiet the noise. We must let go of the judgments, the ego, the sense of self that is in conflict with all that is. It is important to allow ourselves to stop identifying with the events that have happened in our lives and to find the freedom of walking (in spirit) "between" the trauma and drama.
We must accept living in the dichotomy of, on the one hand, acknowledging our Divinity, and on the other hand acknowledging our complete Nothingness. Certainly all along our life's journey we get glimpses of both and must remember the flow of "empower-surrender-empower-surrender." This is the true secret. The good news is that we all have the key to the universe. The even better news is that there was never a lock! The miracle of transformation is in the opening of consciousness.
If you understand yourself to be as deep as the ocean, you realize that you are the undercurrent of stillness. The "story" you have wrapped around you is an old worn blanket that may, in some strange way, comfort you in order to justify how bad you are feeling. When the blanket is dropped you will find a new freedom that can be disconcerting because it is the unknown...the you that you are learning to love.
The wall you built to keep others from hurting you again has, ironically, done nothing but barricaded the story and the pain inside. But it is YOURS and some of you will refuse to LET IT GO. In reality, "It" has already gone. You are the one to carry it throughout each day, to lug it around, to tell it to anyone who will listen. The event is gone but the story that YOU created is what remains.
The Power of Surrender
The undercurrent is the peace of your essence. Once you know who you are, you know the essence in every other form. You are the timelessness of consciousness: God. You are the freedom of form between the traumas and dramas, between the judgments of self. You are the spaciousness of love. You are the beating drum of the heart. You are self-realized, and you have always been self-realized. All you have to do is awaken to the remembrance of this truth. There now comes a new intelligence, the intelligence that flows freely and is not focused on self. When you come to know each and every person as the same heart essence as yourself, it is then that you know yourself. You are awakened in that exact moment. This is where enlightenment resides. You have held the pearl inside the lotus the whole time.
Namaste'
Katherine Preston/Lash
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