Eagle of Freedom

Many people paid very expensive price to find freedom. In the colonial era, there were countless number of lives lost to gain freedom. At this age also the same, countless souls are hungry of freedom. Some pursue financial freedom, some others are thirsty of spiritual freedom. Sadly, very few of them who find the true freedom.

 
The more we chase, the farther freedom goes away
The unique sign of freedom seekers in this age, nearly all seek outside. Many people are target addicted, some others running here and there to find holy places. With a full apology should be honestly share here, the more one pursue outside, the farther one will be away from freedom.
 
Many international celebrities who attained awesome financial achievement – from Bob Marley, Whitney Houston to Michael Jackson – have become lanterns in this regard. Sadly, even though there are so many lanterns, people are still very hungry of chasing outside.
 
As a result, mental illness increase rapidly everywhere. Just as a simple example, in you tube, the sites that share the lessons  of kindness just being watched by hundreds of people. But pornography sites, they are watched at least by tens of millions people. We all know, that is not the path of freedom.
 
The Lights of Hugging
Alienation, fear, doubt haunted people in every corner of the world. Stress, depression, mental illness threaten many lives. All of these give the signs,  there is dark space inside. Psychologist Sigmund Freud called it the unconscious, Carl G. Jung called it the shadow. It is an accumulation of unexpressed emotions, discontentment that are buried there in a long time.
 
That’s why, meditation focus all energy to light all darkness inside. The difference with Western-style approach of healing, meditation does not have any enemy that need to be discarded. All – happy-sad, praise-blame, etc. – is witnessed from the same distance, all is hugged by the same gentle smile. The key word is gentle hugging.
 
One who is diligent, sincere, consistent heal his/her self like this, one day will understand, darkness is only waves. Sometimes up with joy, other times down with sorrow. And it is the nature of waves to be up and down. The most important thing, waves can never disturb the ocean (by which read: the true self). One who deeply cultivated inside know, beautiful soul is not the wave, it is the infinite ocean. In the ocean all is hugged, all is processed into materials of growth.
 
Traceless Eagle
Unfortunately, the light of self-discovery like this can only be found in the completeness of solitude. J. Rumi, Joseph Campbell, J. Krishnamurti all find it in the completeness of solitude. Prince Siddhartha before attaining enlightenment and became a Buddha, once learned from two external teachers in a very short time. Both were abandoned, then he found the bright light of insight in the completeness of solitude.
 
Put it simply, spiritual paths can be condensed into three paths. From social, ethical, and mystical. Social path is usually taken by the type of pigeons that fly together. But the one who follows the mystical path, rest in the completeness of solitude, always fly alone. He/she is as charismatic as eagle, which fly freely alone. Seeing life from a certain height, and then find the completeness of solitude. Sometimes this is called pathless path (traceless path).
 
After arriving here, freedom does not leave anything. A deep feeling of contentment arise from within. At the same time, compassionate feeling to bring all beings back home appear naturally.