Today as I meditated....in Florida....on my sisters work out room floor...an image came flooding into my minds eye. I have craved the need to write for days (the kind that doesn't include direct contact with one specific individual - like facebook or email!) as the festivities are coming to a close and my mind had subsided some of its roaring. The image was walking on air...complete with a tune! "...I'm walking on air...I never thought I could feel so freeeee..." Hm? I pondered its meaning! Then, as I sat to blog...the prayers I sent up as I tried to still my heart and mind came trickling back into my awareness. It, the image complete with - OBVIOUS- lyrics is about Freedom.
Today, I am free and I am grateful for that very precious gift. There are many things...habits - that I would like to be free of still...but the freedom that I have received over the past year is just beyond the grasp of my words. It's definitely been an inside job with overt implications....!
Suffering has subsided in a very large way as I began to understand with the help of a very dear Bhikkuni, that suffering is optional - it is due to attachments and while pain in many forms is not an option suffering can be lessened by becoming aware and by letting go. If my logic holds true then perhaps you could try thinking about this the next time you find yourself suffering - remember: your serenity is directly proportionate to your level of acceptance and your level of acceptance is inversely proportionate to your level of expectations. Simply put - let go. Visual aids help me...like the picture of air...or meditating on your "problems" and sticking them into a balloon and watching them (in your minds eye) float away !
Try it, and let me know how it goes!
Peace and blessings!
