Freedom – Ultimate Gift Swami Sukhabodhananda

Freedom – Ultimate Gift

Swami Sukhabodhananda

Are we really free? Is freedom a choice or bondage? People imagine that they are free. If one looks at one’s self closely, it would be clear as to how one is bound. Our lives are mechanical and we are not free. Most of our minds function mechanically — our perceptions, our conclusions, our beliefs — all are mechanical. In this scenario it is an illusion to feel that one is free. In order to be free, one’s functioning has to change from the lower states of consciousness to the higher states of consciousness. One has to be magnetic. We are free to evolve, but if we are mechanical, we are not free. Our inner nature is freedom. In fact, freedom is not the absence of bondage. If freedom is other than bondage, then freedom is bound by its freedom for it is free only in freedom and not in bondage. Be conscious of your mechanical behaviour. You are free to see that you are bound. Let your centre come from freedom to see your bondage. Operate from that state of being. Why are we not satisfied with life despite abundance in existence? Even though existence is in abundance, man is bound by poverty. Generally people are not prosperity-conscious, but poverty-conscious. People operate from scarcity, and not from abundance. We are not satisfied with life as our level of being attracts a particular kind of life. One’s life is like a small wheel and one is connected to bigger or smaller wheels. Life is interconnected. It is necessary that we disconnect from the smaller wheels of life and connect to the bigger ones. Learning to connect and disconnect is very important. The smaller wheel represents name and fame, money, power — learn to disconnect. We are connected to them through our attitudes. There is a collective consciousness of small wheels and hence we are pulled by this consciousness into an abyss. Even wars are caused by these influences, and not necessarily by those who want war. The collective consciousness of small wheels has its own influences. These influences impact the sleeping humanity. Living in this consciousness, one will be more a wanting being rather than a satisfied being. For more details, visit www.prasannatrust.org