Freedom Through Light

 Freedom Through Light
 
In the darkness that seems to wrap around your eyes and ears  like a canvas covering,
filling your mouth with its prickly threads and making it hard to breathe,

 in the chains and shackles that rattle and chafe against your tender exposed flesh,

in your unsuccessful attempts to swat away  that which buzzes around annoyingly,
sometimes painfully stinging and creating large bumps of swollen suffering in your psyche,

and in your restless squirming and cringing as the memories of what you did or didn't do
remind you with their hissing reprimands why you are where you are. ...
remember the light.
 

Remember that within you, beneath your imprisoned and tortured form, is a light.

It is not like the light they shine unmercifully in your face when they ask their many questions.
It does not burn, it does not blind, it does not make you sweat.

It is a gentle beam that can not be found in noise, or speech or activity,
only in silence...
and despite how much you fear right now, this is the perfect place for you to find it.

So take your breath...breathe in deeply and notice the silent pause as your belly expands
against the restraint you are strapped within,

notice the stillness of your being ,
then breathe out , feeling your belly soften and your bruised and battered self relax.

In this silence, in this stillness, feel the warm embers like tiny fingers within your heart opening up and reaching out.

Watch with internal eyes as the light,  the once clenched fist  releases,  emerges and shines so softly,
yet so clearly, on your state of imprisonment,
like slithers of precious sunlight through a darkened canopy, exposing all.

Then wait, within the pause between  each breath
and each tick of the old  clock on the wall behind you
as this light  becomes a beautiful saber of powerful energy,
slicing through your shackles and restraints
and burning away the covering that blurs and muffles your senses.

Look about this well lit space and see where you really are, and where you have always been;

see your captors as your smiling brother, as yourself
and your prison as your welcoming home.

Trust that this light of clarity and wisdom will always be there to set you free.

Dale-Lyn July 2020


Inspired By:

Plum Village ( July 24, 2016) Behaviour and Wisdom-Summer Retreat-2016- Thay Bhap Dang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HJhVCwIwME

and the suffering I witness daily in those who suffer from depression and hopelessness.