Received an email from a friend with interesting thoughts on bondage to things in life, and escapism as completely ignoring reality being in effective solutions to deal with life. The answer lies in liberation a healthy distinction and detachment from reality.
So what is the difference between bondage, liberation and escapism.
To me bondage comes from a belief that our past is the real and the only thing that can determine our future. We work hard to achieve what we want, even after we are frustrated that we cannot have a better life and have lost all hope. Now we are stuck in the cycle of not being happy with real, working hard without hope and belief and not getting anywhere. We are so stuck in our reality that we cannot see what a future that may be different.
In escapism we remember one or more situations where we have experienced pain, and completely disconnect from reality to not have to relive the pain or even a bigger pain. We deny us our dreams and desires and disengage afraid that to face he pain. Focus on denial of our desires leads to a state in which it is hard to even remember that we have dreams and desires and we can start to live a life being completely numb and isolated.
liberation sits in the middle of the two extremes and is a healthy alternative. In liberation we see that our desire will cause us the discomfort of the knowledge that not everything is lined up to for us to get our desire and yet having the imagination to focus on the desire. Have a knowing that through focus and imagination of desire means for its achievement will be brought into our awareness and being excited at the knowing that in this process we, the collective consciousness and universe experiences growth and expansion in this process.
So we can be thankful that liberation is available to all of us, what we have to do is ask, believe and receive.
