State of Inner Freedom

 

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State of Inner Freedom

About ten years ago a friend of mine told me that he was being implicated by his bosses in a case of corporate mis-governance. He was just and employee and his bosses were owner-directors in that company. He was stressed to such an extent during the summons by the investigative authorities when he told me that even if he goes to jail, it’s alright, maybe the Guru-energies are sending me there to do propagation work in jail. The moment he got that thought, his mind became stress-free and he relaxed and thereafter the questioning and grilling sessions just sailed through.

Whatever situations one comes across in life are due to one’s own acts and as we all know actions have consequences – how we face the consequences and move on impacts our life.

To attain that state of inner freedom we have to move from the state of body consciousness to soul consciousness. Once that state is reached, you could be free anywhere – chained, in a jail, you can be free and you may not have that same freedom even in your own home – externally you will appear to be absolutely free, but inside you will be a prisoner if your consciousness is not free.

Swamiji tells us that even after so many years we have not reached a karma-free state, some sadhaks have reached that state and He keeps encouraging us in many different ways to meditate, exude love, stay in a good, positive collectivity and progress, always progress.

Meditation should be your passion, something you look forward to every morning regularly, without fail – you should get the sense that even if you miss a single session, you feel that you have lost big time, it is then that you are likely to progress inwards successfully. That inner freedom is to become pure, innocent and blissful in that consciousness – that is the ultimate experience of life. There is nothing higher than that.

Out of this free state many flowers begin to blossom in you. Love, selfless love, is the flowering of your freedom. Compassion is another flower that blooms within. Kindness and caring towards one and all - a different flower. If you observe in nature – flowers are delicate and beautiful – they give off a fragrance to one and all. All that is valuable in life blooms in the innocent, natural state of being.

That is why it is extremely important to lose all baggage and become as innocent as a child. Once you manage to become like a child you will have reached that state of inner freedom which is nothing but utter silence, serenity, beauty and bliss!