Liberation - Swami Radha

I recently listened to a talk by Swami Radha about Liberation that has touched many people's lives and has some excellent points, delivered by Swami Radha in a very direct and clear fashion.

She spoke about Liberation not being seen as being on Cloud 9, but rather you are in the here and now of your own daily life.

She suggested that we deal with our self-made prisons such as:

• attachments (concepts, habits, complelling forces, mechanical reactions, beliefs)
• self-deception
• fears and anxieties (some self-created or from an uncultivated imagination)
• false security
• pride
• interference of the many personality aspects
• grudges
• perceived necessities

Continuing, Swami Radha stated that Yoga is part of Liberation, where you are the Doer in your life and are therefore free to Undo so many of your self-made prisons. This I found a very compelling thought.

Her next suggestion was that we make a list of our Self-Made Prisons, for example:

• work - this may be unsatisfying work due to a lack of courage to make changes for the better. For instance, you may have the security of a 8 to 4 job, but you may also be angry at yourself for needing that security balnket. Possibly, you have not re-trained or re-educated yourself, or you have squandered your saving so you cannot afford the re-training or re-education; or you may have been lazy in not changing your situation.

I believe it is a good idea to make this list of your self-made prisons and as you do it, you may become opened up to many other opportunitues you may have afforded yourself and to other avenues that you may have tried.

More to come soon on liberation by Swami Radha

In the light