Thread by @KapilGuptaMD

FREEDOM SONG (private discourse, shared on twitter)

I will state things as they are

One is enslaved by the idea of a self
So long as a self is held in clear view,
So long as it is a pervasive idea in the mind
So long as one subscribes to the notion of it
Freedom is not possible

For the whole of our lives we are in a constant state of preoccupation

A constant state of worry
A constant state of fear
A constant state of anxiety
A constant state of uncertainty
A constant state of conflict

Never is everything Perfect
Never are our affairs in order

One arrives at a true milestone in his life when he realizes that this will be his existence until the day he dies

Tomorrow will not be different
Just as every tomorrow of the past has not been different

What we experience as life today is the best it will ever get

Do not be disillusioned by the idea that fortunate events that come to you will change anything

For even after a thousand fortunate events, we return to the way we are

Remember this great Truth: Man forever defaults to his defaults

"The self" is the mother of all problems

There is no spiritual path vs worldly path

There is only a Human path

For even the spiritual path is a worldly path

Both are paths of bondage

There is only the path of Freedom

There is only the path of Truth

The path to meet the source of all our pains, so that we may be free of them forever

The path to meet the manufacturer of all our sufferings, so that we may never suffer again

These are the only paths

For whether a man be spiritual or worldly, he does not seek misery
Whether he is spiritual or worldly, he craves Freedom

Naturally, the thought will arise in the mind:

If the self is the source of all my bondage, what do I do?

There is nothing "to do"

The world has conditioned you and brainwashed you by the idea of "doings"

All "doings" are an attempt to cleverly escape from seeing the problem

They are a closing of one's eyes and hoping that when he opens them, his problems will have disappeared

You are free to try

When one sees the boiling lava that is the source of all his miseries, a fundamental transformation begins within

A quiet tectonic shift takes place

Instantly, the quality of his life begins to change
He finds himself moving in different ways
He feels himself growing a new skin

For he has come face to face with The Truth

He is no longer interested in the games of the world

He shines like a beacon across the mighty oceans

He stands at the dawn of a new existence

Life begins to surrender to him

His bondages fall away

And he begins to roam the Earth as only a Free man can

Namaste.