The Celebration of Life

A few days ago I was discussing freedom and what it means to be free with some friends. One person had expressed trepidation and fear about what was going to happen in the immediate future. There were financial concerns that were pressing and needed to be addressed. With the current financial crisis and the uncertainty of job opportunities it seemed that both were in much fear and anxiety. It is difficult to realize the beauty of the moment when the mind is creating the complexity of perceived angst that is the result of attachment. I indicated to them that what is, is the reality of the moment it is neither good nor bad. One must allow the moment to happen no matter the circumstance. When a person is free of identification and attachment then there is no determination as to what should be. There is only acceptance. If one does not accept the moment then one tries to escape into the illusion and angst of the desired and projected.

An illuminated consciousness moves with the moment not seeking solution or escape. It is an intelligence which moves with the gravitational pull of the circumstances, not fighting or resisting, but allowing life to move you in a natural direction. Because one is "freedom" there is no angst of material or psychological loss. This is very difficult to understand because most people are prisoners of a conditioned consciousness that is attached to the accumulated, and defined by the material and psychological image of self. To such a mind loss becomes the perceived ending of the self and may result in deep psychological depression and thoughts of self destruction. If a person is totally free then one is unaffected, because you are not grounded in the illusion of a self that is captive of the known.

There is an old saying that goes, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade". It means love life and celebrate your existence no matter your circumstance. If you have lost everything, realize that it is a new beginning for you. Realize that you are free of everything, find the extraordinary beauty of the moment that you have missed because you were preoccupied with accumulating and hording. Live in the insecurity of the moment and celebrate the poverty of the self, for now it may be possible for you to realize the truth of an intelligence that has been covered over by the immunity of the self. You have the opportunity to walk away from all your conflict and confusion. Do you have the passion to leave it all behind and realize a new and totally different person. A person who loves without condition, therefore lives in the peace and joy of the moment.

When a person is free of the past, of all the accumulated junk that we allow to define us, then an extraordinary peace comes over us. The moment becomes the eternal. Ones consciousness realizes an intelligence that is beyond knowing. It is a celebration of life that is without motive or reason, it is simply the full and complete realization of the unconditioned true self.