freedom

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - Hamlet

Freedom From the bondage of self is possible through radical forgiveness. We must understand that problems of guilt, shame, remorse, resentment, and fear are of our own making and that we are totally and completely loved and forgiven in order to be free. We put the unconscious guilt in ourselves when we, just like the prodigal son left our fathers Kingdom to go out on our own. What we do with this Guilt is project it onto others and say “they’re the guilty ones, not me!! It’s them!!”  The Blame game starts and we build a prison for ourselves that we don’t know how to break free from. I notice this even in the smallest of ways, I could drop something and I immediately look around for someone else to blame. The course in Miracles says “there is no hierarchy of illusions” so it doesn’t matter if we are talking about a minor situation or a major disaster the problem and solution are the same. Being on a spiritual path many of us have used it as a way of beating the shit out of ourselves because we think it’s about being perfect when what needs to be realized is it’s about perfect being which our natural state already is.  Only our judgmental thoughts about how things are supposed to be come in and create misery.  The truth is we will continue to screw up and everyone else will continue to screw up but what can improve is our ability to forgive ourselves and others. When we have unreasonable expectations for ourselves usually we have them for others too.  Realize you are perfect being and you are love itself, and it’s the human condition to make mistakes. If you want to remove Guilt and resentment from your life start by practicing forgiveness for yourself.