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True freedom is the ability to express who you are

through a natural flow of love and creativity.

Freedom is first gained within your consciousness.

Then, because your outer life always reflects that which

is within, you gain freedom in all aspects of your life.

Often, much of this potential flow of authentic life

experience is reduced by inner blockages.

These blockages of the natural flow of love and

creativity are formed by the fear-based emotions

that come with the challenges of human existence.

Fear is the common factor underlying all

disharmonious emotions. For example, fear of inadequacy

can lead to jealousy and hatred, fear of lack can generate an

over-reaction of greed, while fear of being overwhelmed

by life's challenges can lead to control issues.

Welcome to Planet Earth

When you are born into the human race, you arrive

with your own, self-made, personal life plan.

This plan includes a list of the personal and societal

issues that you intend to work through during this lifetime.

Your carefully made plan includes the location and

surroundings of your birth as well as your choice of parents.

It also includes the friends and associates that

you will be likely to meet as your life unfolds.

The personal and societal issues that we adopt

in our lives today are generally based upon the

consciousness of separation, or duality rather than unity.

For example, one issue being worked through today

is equality of the sexes. The Old Reality of separation

consciousness demanded separation of the power of

the sexes into societies based on either matriarchy or

patriarchy. The New Reality, into which we are shifting,

requires an equality of the sexes; an integration of that

which was formerly separated into two. Every woman

and every man today is playing some part in this massive

societal adjustment towards equality of the sexes.

As the purpose of the entire human experience

is to work through and transform such issues,

it is appropriate that we seek an elegant solution

to all of these fear-based issues. When enough

people pass through the gateway into freedom

of the spirit, then the hundredth monkey phenomenon

will click in and, suddenly, the whole world will wonder

why it hadn't seen such an easy solution all along.

The Shift to the New Reality is a shift to heart-centered

and heart-powered consciousness. Society is building up

to a critical mass where consciousness will flip from

`you versus me' to `you and me,' a shift from competition

to mutual cooperation. Every day, more and more people

are making this shift to heart-powered consciousness.

With a little inner work, these individual transitions to the

New Reality happen sooner and more easily.

Dissolving Blockages to Love

Inner work, primarily, means daily meditation.

When you make meditation your number one priority

each and every day, then you are putting in the time

that it takes to transform those societal issues within

yourself and to work through your own challenges.

During meditation, you also connect to a wider range

of your own consciousness. The deeper layers of your

own consciousness can provide you with insights that

literally catapult you out of issue-based blockages.

As you allow these blockages to dissolve into the light

of spiritual consciousness, you become free to express

your true nature and to follow your inner joy. Spiritual study

helps adapt your mind to expanded views of reality.

The Illusion of Fear

Some concepts in spiritual philosophy also help

along this journey into freedom of the spirit.

For example, love and fear seem to act like two

opposite poles of mankind's duality consciousness.

Actually, from the viewpoint of unity, love is all there is

and fear is an illusion which detracts from the natural

flow of love through you. Love is a basic component

of the original Creator consciousness that fills the universe.

Love, therefore, is always available and ready to flow

naturally through your heart. You do not have to earn it

or demand it, just let it flow.

Allowance and Acceptance

Another key philosophy in gaining freedom is

"Live and let live." When you allow other people

to be the way they are, your energy is not absorbed

in anyone's futile dramas. Instead, you are able to

use all of your energy to follow your joy and help make

the world a better place. You can recognize, love,

and accept the inner essence of every person you know,

regardless of their outward behavior or how much it may

seem to need improvement. It is this unconditional love

which heals the world, person by person, and there is

no shortage of its supply.

Acceptance of yourself is also vital. Accept who you are now,

unimproved, with your current motivations and be thankful

that you are exactly who you are. You planned to adopt

a certain package of feelings and circumstances in

your journey through life. There is nothing `wrong' with

you at any point along the journey. Things that appear to

need improvement are challenges, not faults, so enjoy

the ride and gain the most from the experiences that you

came to explore.

For example, the inventor, Thomas Edison,

carried out over 6,000 experiments before perfecting the

first electric light bulb, but he never referred to any of those

experiments as failures. Instead, he called each one

a step closer to success.

Gaining Freedom of the Spirit

Freedom from fear-based emotions allows true,

unconditional love to flow through your heart and

true creativity to fill your mind as you pursue

your deepest inner joy.

When you see fear as the hollow illusion that it is

and allow your heart to open to everyone in your life,

then your actions are influenced, not by fear, but by

your unconditional love for the people around you

and, equally, for yourself. Unconditionally loving

yourself means allowing yourself to develop loving

relationships where mutual cooperation, not competition

or contention, becomes your daily reality.

People's greatest fears melt away in the face of

heart-powered, inner awareness. Your intuitive

insight is your connection to the part of your mind

that knows each situation, even before it occurs.

When you listen to that still, small voice within,

you know where you need to be and when.

With intuitive insight, you will never become caught

up in unfortunate events that are not of your making.

For example, if an aircraft is destined to crash,

you simply won't be on it. If you need information to

bring yourself back to health, you will know where to

find the answers that are the best for you.

Even the fear of loneliness will never cloud your heart

because, with love in your heart, you will never be

left wanting for good company.

Love and insight will pour from your heart if you let them.

Give yourself the gift of true freedom, the freedom to express

who you are through a natural flow of love and creativity.

By Owen Waters