“Your pain is the breaking of the shell which encloses your understanding.”
Once upon a time .. I once kept a Chipmunk as a pet. I had him in a cage in my room. He would spend every second of his waking hours passionately and feverishly trying to find a way out of that cage. I had fashioned a small leather jacket for him, from which I could tie a leash. Imagining that I could tame him somehow and take him for walks outside.
Every time we would venture out he would simply fling himself in every direction in his ceaseless desire to escape. Eventually I set him free.
We all have something inside of us that yearns unceasingly for its freedom. I am in touch with it. It is my spirit and it is the spirit of life. The world today is calling each of us to heed the cry of our inner yearnings and to open the cages of our closed hearts and minds.
It is time for us all to break free from the chains of misconception and dissolve the shackles and fetters of our false and ignorant judgments and denial of the true greatness of ourselves. Life is a wonderful and amazing journey. If you are not experiencing it as such then it is time for you live it that way.
We all face challenges in life. Challenges are a natural and necessary part of growing. There is no genuine, authentic evolution of consciousness without challenge. The challenges we all face today in the modern world are fast assuming the appearance of overwhelming and impossible to meet proportions.
The truth of it is that the path of personal empowerment is via an effective daily practice. Without practice we are merely theorists, intellectuals or philosophers. What the world needs are spiritual warriors who are blazing with purpose. Individuals who are on a mission and they allow nothing to distract them from achieving their goals.
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