“Spiritual freedom is not something you can earn or develop or attain … Spiritual freedom — and the sheer, unbridled Joy that always accompanies it — is innate; an inherent part of who we truly are; from our first instant of awareness unless our last conscious breath.

This freedom is not affected by any condition or limited by any set of circumstances. A person who chooses to live from this place of absolute integrity is simply filled with Joy — no matter what is happening physically in the world around them; and no matter what is emotionally happening in the world inside of them.

It matters not whether he or she is locked in a prison cell, sharing a room with a crowd of people, or alone in a forest — he or she is always free; free to rejoice in the beauty of the Earth, free to cherish each opportunity to be grateful for that life; free to reach out and be actively appreciative of the same via acts of selfless gentleness.

For such people the invisible chains of obligation, duty and need have been shattered — the real prisons of fear and desire have been left behind …

And it is this Truth that has returned their deepest Joy to them; it is this life of LOVE that has Joy-fully set them free.” ~ inspired by Shantidasa

Filed under: Wisdoms from the Journey by Scaughdt