27. Liberation, Not Choices Brings Freedom

We all attend discourses delivered by realized masters. We listen to everything they say. We agree or we disagree, and we go home.

Once home, we forget all about the discourse. For a lasting change to take place, we must be able to internalize the key points in the discourse. We must remember, recall, and practice at least some of the key points of the discourse.

We need ways to remember what was said at the discourse. The question and answer session at the end of each discourse is a way to clarify doubts.

The question and answer session is like dining in a restaurant. Everything I have presented to you is like a series of choices. They are like the items on the menu card we hold in our hands. We have several choices here. First, we have to decide if we want to eat. If we want to eat, then we must decide if there is anything interesting in the menu presented to us. Once we make the choice, we can eat the food of our choice.

Similarly, in a discourse, I touch so many topics. It is our choice to internalize them. We can select the best method. We can seek clarifications for our doubts in the question and answer session. Again, the choice to implement and internalize it is completely up to each individual.

We have choice in everything we do. We have the choice to follow the truth or ditch it. We have the choice to cling to our lies or banish it. We can make the choice to follow the master or not. We have to be honest about the choices we make.

A great truth supercedes all our choices. We need to recognize that truth. Of course, the truth does not care whether we believe in it or not. It simply exists.

The great truth is that we are all connected. We are connected at the physical, mental, and spiritual levels. We are each not individuals or islands as we think we are. We cannot be. We are all interconnected with each other like the pieces of a puzzle.

Another great truth is the experience of enlightenment.

How much of this great truth are we willing to allow to operate on our lives? That is a matter for each one of us to internalize and examine. Are you game? Ask yourself. Answer consciously. Work towards it.