As an aspirant for liberation advances in his or her practice, the same thing happens. You don’t know what’s around the next corner or how your life and thoughts will change. In some ways the process is out of your control. So the only thing you can do is be present and aware.
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Find the cause of limitation and it is gone
However, if you notice suffering or limitation, it is time for you to take over and find out what conceptual framework is causing your suffering. That’s because suffering always has a cause while freedom is just your natural state. The mystery of spiritual practice is when you find the cause of your suffering it is gone. That’s because at that moment you are standing beyond your suffering in your natural state.
In this respect spiritual practice is like a roller coaster ride. You slowly roll up a large incline and as you reach the top you lose sight of where the tracks go. But you have a wonderful view of everything around you. Then it feels like the bottom drops out as you rush down the other side. It seems like everything is out of your control. But you feel happy and free. The bottom dropping out is the disappearance of the limited identity that you thought was you.
Leave lots of room for surprises in your practice
Many people conceive of enlightenment as changing the state of their mind, and some people think of it as changing the state of your body too. But the problem with this is that they try to anticipate how they are going to change; but this isn’t a real adventure, is it? Moreover how can you anticipate the vast expanse of freedom with the limitations of your mind?
For instance, if you have a tendency to get angry you may feel that enlightenment will come when you don’t get angry. The same is true of fear or any other emotion that seems to take you over. But you should know that a state of mind is not the enlightenment that you are looking for. It is too limited.
Your life will become fresh and new
If you make an attempt to eliminate everything that is too small for you, you will find that your life will change in ways that will completely surprise you. Life will once again become fresh and new. You will have regained the adventurous feeling that life is supposed to have. You will also find the real purpose of life. Life is here so that you can discover that which is beyond limitation, and that's where you find freedom.
Feel free to ask questions
Now I want you to experience your true identity in its full glory. So please
feel free to continue asking questions. I’m always glad to hear your
reactions and clarify my answers. Unlike the path of faith, on the path
of Self-Knowledge it is curiosity that destroys limitation and allows
you to abide in your natural freedom.
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