This image is such a symbol of freedom to me.
Though seemingly pinned in place, this is a liberation beyond restriction. Like birds singing and brooks babbling it echoes an ancient pastoral hymn. Billowing with cotton and fast moving clouds, it is transcendent.
This land of milk and honey and wellbeing, is not a place—it is a wellspring in my mind. An oasis of tranquility into which I step not to avoid, but to recover the Truth of Whom I Am. It is an eternal garden, a soft sunlit path in summer, and an everlasting fountain fresh with the Water of Life.
It is commonplace and yet extraordinary. It lies in plain view, a silent portal to slip the illusion of time and embrace eternity.
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It sits quietly by, and does nothing…
This Mystic Life ~ Liberation transcends all sense of limitation! (Image by Michelle Anderson via Facebook) Writing by Sarah St. Claire
Freedom by Sarah St. Claire
This Mystic Life
~ Adventures of Forgiveness on a Spirit led life
Freedom is liberation from the belief in limitation. Properly seen restriction leads to transcendence, captivity, release and drought to the water of life water of life: Eternal Peace. Presence prayer and playful Being lead the Way to ACIM’s “The Little Garden.” we are lead to “The Little Garden” in A Course in Miracles like a sunlit path in summer, with no stone to trip us! Awakening is a gentle Realization of the truth of Whom We are. An Acceptance of our Identity in Christ. Enlightenment is not a change at all! After Enlightenment the laundry.
“After enlightenment, the laundry,” as one Zen proverb has it: whatever may happen in our practice, no matter what revelations may or may not befall us, we always trust our daily life to be our endless primary teacher. This very moment and its needs and demands and challenges – in a sense, how could this immediate reality be anything other than our constant teaching?
In a more metaphorical sense after enlightenment, we must “wash away” all trace of it – and that this is often a harder and longer process than coming to realization. First there’s the long journey up the mountain, then an even longer journey back down. It was so hard to get up there, why on earth would we want to come down?
“After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path” Jack Kornfield