The Freedom Already Here
La libertad que ya está aquí
This meditation invites you to notice the freedom and presence already here, rather than striving to create or earn it through experience.
The Freedom Already Here
The nature of what we seek
When meditating,
the normal dynamic is that we will have an expectation of experiences,
shifts, changes,
and they most likely do happen if we explore this enough.
The heart of it, the most important aspect,
the deepest recognition,
is prior to any kind of experience,
any kind of opening or mental states or spiritual experiences.
The true freedom we really crave and long for,
what we're deeply called to,
is also free from any kind of experience.
Not required, not conditioned by.
And in that sense,
what we're looking for is already here,
is already the nature of this.
Beyond the mind
The mind cannot understand this, it cannot grasp this.
Not because it is incapable or unsophisticated or not developed enough.
It's because it is beyond the mind, it's prior to the mind.
It is in a realm, let's say, where the mind cannot go.
That realm isn't at some distance.
It's here.
This is the nature of this.
The question of identity
And the question, who am I, points to this,
because we can only identify with thought.
Only the mind can create the illusion of a continuity,
something in time and space that I can call I.
This is the dance,
the movement of identifying.
And even as we experience this contraction,
the sense of limitation,
the sense of struggle with thoughts and emotions,
our true nature, what we really are, is already free.
So in a sense, the liberation is the recognition of the freedom we already are.
The freedom that already is here.
The illusion of being bound dissolves.
Letting the fire burn
And so the only thing in the way is our desire for recognizing this.
Does the fire burn strong enough?
The longing for truth and freedom and love.
Let that fire burn.
Let nothing be in the way.
And so all distractions and all contractions will become irrelevant,
playful.
Trusting what is here
There is that substance of freedom,
the calling,
peace, truth.
It is here.
Any sense of a tasting of this, a recognition of this,
can be trusted.
Trust in the sense of beauty,
trust in the sense of lovingness,
and then all illusions are the kindling for the fire.
Tasting presence
Don't strive to develop presence,
just taste the presence that is here.
Savor the beauty that is here.
And when it is lost, know that it is illusion.
Trust that being is delicious.
You don't believe the mind anymore.
It becomes your friend.
The intimacy that is here,
the flavor of beingness,
sensations, tingling skin.
The magic of sounds.
Everything shifting, changing, moving.
Nothing to hold on to.
And no need to hold on.
Let the infinity fill in.
Let yourself be empty.
Everything is alive.
Effortlessly look for the presence that is here.
Let it be shown.