The Walls in the Mind

As the mind, so the person.  Bondage and liberation are in your own mind.
-Sri Swami Satchidananda ( The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2011, page 5)


So what have we learned so far about walls?

• We all experience them from time to time especially when we are travelling along roads that will never take us to where we really want to be (The road to More, the Road of Distraction, the road of Endurance, etc)
• We will often feel "stuck" like we can no longer move forward when what we were subconsciously intending to do was run away
• Walls are built on our resistance to the present moment and what Life offers us in those moments.  So whenever we feel stuck it is an indication of our resistance to Life.
• We too often resist the "unwanted", the "suffering" not realizing that it has a profound purpose in adding balance, learning  and contrast to our lives.  When we resist we build walls of fear.
• Walls, however, are not a bad thing,  They stop us from our incessant activity, our numbing distractions  and our running away so we can see what is going on in our lives and how we are reacting.  They offer clarity and reintroduce us to the fear that led to the building of the wall in the first place.
• Fear, we will learn from facing the walls, is a good thing.  It is a natural reaction signalling we are getting closer to the truth. We will see this if we stop running and start accepting and allowing  the experiences of life we have resisted or resist  even if (and maybe especially if ) they create "suffering".
• Once we accept and allow we open to the experience of  peace, compassion and love.
• It is Love that will take us through the wall.
• We therefore do not need to tear the wall down, to get over or around it...we simply need to go through it. We do that with Love.
• So what is on the other side? : truth.  What we are really seeking can not be found out there.  The special place is inside not outside. What we are seeking is the truth of who we really are.  And what and who is that?  Love.
• The walls then, if we see them for what they are, only stop us from getting what we don't really want or need.  What we really want is the experience of Life as the Self. 
• And where do all the walls  get built and where do we transcend them for freedom ?  In our minds, and in our minds only.

All is well in my world.