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  • Suffering Is the Gateway to Freedom

    We all suffer. This is the swelling pain the bellows up in us when we encounter a hardship in life. Our own suffering is unique to ourselves and one person’s suffering can be experienced totally different in another person. When we suffer, we have the opportunity to become more free. The suffering can be used… Continue reading

  • The Trap of the Ego and Living Authentically

    What is the authentic self? We each are a spiritual beings inside of a human body. That’s a heavy statement! The authentic self is the spirit in us acting true to itself. But most of the time, we do not act true to our spirit. We often let go of this power to our ego.… Continue reading

  • When Our Joy is Dependent

    We are burdened by the outcome. When we rely on specific results we are basing our own freedom and joy on a specific scenario. “I must get this big raise” or “I must get everyone to like me” because “that is the only way I will be happy!” We bet all of our money on… Continue reading

  • Being Free

    To be free isn’t to remove the weight but to be with the weight. When a person jumps into water, the water does not reject the person. The water envelopes them. It fits the person into itself. The burden in our lives does not stop us from being free. Our relationship to the burden stops… Continue reading

  • How Do You Love Evil?

    How do you love someone who has created an injustice? Loving everyone includes evil after all. When we identify ourselves, everything in the world can be identified as not ourselves. We know where we exist and where we end. Identification of ourselves creates separation and division from everything that we identify as not ourselves. When… Continue reading