11. Drop Guilt to become Enlightened
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Society runs on rules. It has laws of do's and don'ts. Spirituality thrives and blossoms in freedom.
When we live in society we follow its laws to help society to function smoothly. It is not human nature to follow laws. Even when we live in the society we are always breaking laws. We are looking for ways to break free.
Freedom is our true nature. We are totally and completely free from everything that binds us. Understand this, when we express this freedom, with the choices we make, we enter the spiritual path.
Society however has a way to control us. It lays out many laws. We follow some of them when we were young. We were trained to do that. There is a danger in this. When we internalize the laws of the society in our mind we create a deep wound in our being. We destroy our intelligence. We have begun to destroy what we are born with, our gift, our birthright.
Rules and regulations are only superficial. Our concepts of morality, at the best, are narrow and shallow. Look at it deeper. Our logic, our rules, our morality and society are only skin deep. It is just skin deep! Look deeper, farther beyond everything changing and superficial.
Our morality, like our concepts, keeps changing. Consider the idea called sin. In some religions, people believe that they are born sinners. They live their life- their entire life- in fear of committing another sin and guilt. The truth is the only good the system serves is to the religious leaders. They can now control populations through the idea of sin and guilt.
Understand this! There is only one sin. Be clear about the original sin any human being can commit. The original and the only sin is ignorance. The ignorance of not realizing the truth that we too are divine is the original sin. The depth of this ignorance guides every act in our life.
Awake from the ignorance! Be aware of this ignorance. Divinity is present within each being. Divinity is eternally present in each one of us. Our true nature is to be blissful.
To convert into a belief that we are sinners and need to live in eternal guilt and sin is the primary sin of all times. This process wounds our being. We do not and cannot honor and cherish the belief that we each are divine beings. We cannot experience the gifts that existence showers upon us.
Drop the guilt, sin. Express the divinity within.