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When one is in
creative play there
is freedom of movement but there is also
surrender
which limits
freedom. In actually, we surrender to a flow of energy. Normally we
surrender to the flow of energy of the experience you are having. If
we created that flow of energy with a conscious intention, we are
living in freedom for we are
out of mind
and surrendering to what we
ourselves create. If we have not consciously created that flow of
energy, or we are unaware of how and/or why we created it, we are
not free. We are at the mercy of whatever created the flow of energy
to which we surrender. We will also not feel free because we are
being carried by something we have not consciously caused to happen
or not awareness of having caused it.
This issue becomes most acute when a burden or obligation of some
type, especially
pain, is lifted from our life. Creation takes us
into the unknown and in reality we don’t know what to expect. To
create something new we will have to face the obligations that may
go with what we create. But there may be existing flows of energy
that are the result of other intentions we hold and do not serve
what we currently desire to create. If this is the case, we will
feel a tension if not pain within our being as we enter the
creative play. There is the flow of energy flowing to create what we desire
and then there are the existing flows of energy which are result of
the desires of our past programming, As a result, we will often
withdraw from the play but never look to see what is giving rise to
the current of energy carrying us in a direction we did not want to
go.
What needs to be realized is when a burden, such as
pain or
obligation is lifted, we will feel free. If we focus on the freedom
we find, and only desire the freedom to just do what we want because
we are now without obligation and without the burden, we will
eventually become bound. To feel freedom because a burden of life
has been lifted from us is not the same as freedom and the freedom
to have consciously determined the flow of energy to which we need
to
surrender. In needs to be remembered, there are two levels to the
freedom we can feel. One is to be
out of mind
and experience the
freedom to move in the energy that we feel. The other is to have the
freedom to create the flow of energy in the first place and then
surrender to the flow. People who seek the freedom of movement
without obligating themselves to a particular creation of their
choice, surrender to the flow of energy not realizing that the flow
to which they enter may not ultimately be serving what they desire.
If we seek only the freedom of being in the flow of energy of
creation, we will direct ourselves into a series of paths that limit
our options and in the end, end up helping to create an addictive
pattern.
If we do not ever choose to be out of freedom to create something
new and risk incurring work or obligation we have to continually
chose from our memory, the past, and what we know and have
experienced as to what was pleasurable. In doing so, we recreate the
part of the past that we know is pleasurable. We have no other
choice if we are going to avoid any
pain or obligation.. If we don’t
rely on the past, we then risk creating something new and enter the
unknown. As a minimum, we risk having to face the obligation that
goes with creating. Otherwise, we have to go with what mind knows,
namely, the past. But what is pleasurable is also dependent on time
and place. As we move into life and time and place change, what will
give the type of freedom and pleasure we seeks based on our memory
will become less and less available. In the end, we lose the very
freedom they seek.
Only if we are willing to risk the
pain and obligation that come
with any new creation do we find freedom. The freedom is found in
realizing that we can create whatever we choose and each creation
may have an element of pain and obligation. Yet in the end, we can
create greater and greater freedom for we can learn from each prior
creation how to create more freedom in the next creation.
The question is, “What serves and doesn’t serve our being?” The only
way we can really tell is whether the freedom we feel is serving or
not serving us is to see if the freedom is causing us to experience
more and more freedom of movement or does it lead to restrictions
where we have less and less freedom of movement. For example,
addictions often develop by using or doing something - like using
some substance - that causes us to have an experience of greater
freedom, in particular, freedom from the
pain we feel or the burden
we carry. However, continual use of the substance cause us to become
bound to that substance or activity and freedom is lost. Play for
the sake of the experience of freedom of movement, no matter what
one does to experience that freedom, will lead to an addiction. The
reason for this is there is lack of awareness as to what is causing
the flow of energy to move into pain in the first place. It is
essential we learns to understand what is causing the freedom we
feel and where the flow of energy that gives rise to play we feel
originates and is carrying us.
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