The ‘freedom’ which we normally understand
is really not a freedom. Why it’s so is for the reason that most of the time
our responses are not by conscious choice but are rather driven by our past
memory, karmas, as we traditionally
know them. Such auto responses are mechanical in nature and hence are not
actions but reactions. A reaction is always compulsive and hence unconscious
whereas an action or a response is always a conscious one.
Compulsion means unconsciousness and
therefore binding in nature. Freedom on the other hand means liberation –
liberation from our karmas which
limit us in so many ways. A reaction is a bondage which not only binds us but
also limits us from discovering our true self. A bondage makes us repetitive
i.e. doing the same things again and again in our current life and also becomes
a reason for another life.
The real freedom comes from awareness that
is when we consciously choose our responses and when our actions are guided by
our present moment awareness, the so called free will. Awareness is real
freedom because it does not bind us but releases us from our past karmas which
is also the basis of our suffering. Awareness means becoming a witness or an
observer - creating distance from the body and mind - which is also our true
self or real ‘me’. Once we are established in awareness then every action is by
choice and is therefore a real freedom. A new sense of freedom is born.
Whatever we do in awareness does not bind us. Awareness also makes us free from
everything – pain, pleasure and the cycle of birth and rebirth. Awareness is
not in the realm of physical and is beyond our body and mind.……….BeAware
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