The message of the Bhagavad Gita is 'simple but profound: our native state is freedom. What we want most from life is to be free of all the mental compulsions that keep us from living in peace with ourselves, with others, and with the environment.' -- Eknath Easwaran, "Words to Live By," January 23.
I seek to walk free in my own mind. The fact, though, is that of myself I am incapable of that...I must go to a power higher than myself or higher than my belief in my reasoning mind at any rate.
Unfortunately, it is easy to believe that if we just think fast enough, be wily enough, not be hampered by the truth, we can get out of any of our self-imposed disasters. No, on second thought, the unfortunate part is that it is hard to let go of that belief...even when we have been proven wrong or, more especially, have proven ourselves wrong.
That, I believe, is our journey back...back to the God consciousness from whence we were born. Our journey takes us out from before-conception God consciousness into the material world where the ego takes the reins and the reasoning mind reigns. Our journey, our life, is all about making the turn back to before-conception God consciousness.
There is no ego in before-conception God consciousness...which is probably why it is so hard for us to make that turn.
Thank You.
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