FREEDOM.
Greek novelist, Nickos Kazantzakis chose for himself these words. “I Hope for Nothing. I Fear Nothing. I Am Free,” Lofty goals,” you would say, “the highest,” I would say. I also like the way that Kris Kristofferson shows to exemplify this truth. “Freedom’s just another word, for nothing left to lose.” How could we possibly live from a standpoint of hoping for nothing and fearing nothing, or having nothing to lose, isn’t holding on to the promise of something more as natural for most of us is breathing our next breath. I hope for something actually translates spiritually to this: psychological attachment. It can be defined this way; anything that propels us into the realm of hope is idle gossip in the eyes of Truth. What we need to be is present and spontaneously called that which is most useful in the next second of our living. Living from this place of the instantaneous reaction, sometimes containing reflection, sometimes response, that is as comfortable as putting the left foot forward while walking. What am I looking for when I drop hope: I am looking for that which is sacred. I’m looking for an intimate connection with what is most high for my next experience of Now. It would be like going to a gas station and deciding to always use premium instead of regular. We are often stuck in a place of inferiority which constantly fuels the flames of our fears. Freedom comes when we have passed the need to even scrutinize (from a standpoint of the internal witness) that which could possibly stop us in our tracks. At that point the high road is natural. For most of us all and takes is a memory of a “should not” and we are “dead in the water.” All too often, great inspired thinking is stifled, squelched, and sublimated the category of maybe later. The regrets are what we most dutifully ponder in our aging years and in our dying days. Taking risks is a prized possession when it comes to one’s life review. Even if we failed thousands of times we can still be proud of the fact that we launched an attempt. Taking action always yields higher rewards than fearful cowardice tyrannical non-action. Why tyrannical you may ask, “Because non-action secretly produces punishment. Fear of attempting always attracts pain and guilt. The guilt is based on not being ourselves and the pain is attributed to living with a non-adventurous life. These omissions bring about a secret punishment which always comes at the most in opportune of times.
