Free Your Spirit

One of the important teachers in my life was my 89 year old friend Reuben. Spending time with him was like being in a school of the Spirit---really learning the true meaning of our journey here. One of the things that Reuben would always do is point out when he saw that someone had a "free spirit" ---what he saw in this person was aliveness, vitality, warmth, openness, a twinkle in their eye---their energy open and accessible---you felt drawn to connect with them.

Can you think of people you know that you feel that their Spirit is free? They are open, they exude warmth and vitality, and they generally are laughing or smiling and are very relaxed, peaceful. Generally these people are memorable because unfortunately in our culture today there are few people who are experiencing this kind of freedom of the Spirit. So many people are locked in fear and attempts to control themselves, others and the outcome of events. One cannot feel this freedom of Spirit and be in a state of trying to control something at the same time. So the first guideline in Freeing Your Spirit is:

1. Let Go of Control
In this moment, are you attempting to control something---check in and see. If your body is feeling tense and your breathing is shallow you are probably trying to control something---you may not even be conscious of what you are trying to control but your body is giving you feedback that you indeed are trying to control. When we are in a state of Freedom of the Spirit our bodies feel light and relaxed. Are you worrying---than you are attempting to control by the worry---the belief is "If I worry enough about something I will be able to figure out a way to prevent something bad from happening."

As you may guess, Reuben was so in tune and aware of people who had a free spirit because he himself had a free spirit. I can’t recall anytime that I saw him worry about anything---even though he had health issues---things that we would normally "worry" about. Anytime that I brought up a concern of mine about my own life he would say "Honey, let’s pray about it" and he would hold my hands and he would say a brief prayer and we would quickly get back to visiting and laughing together. It was a true turning over the concern to the hands of the Divine---fully trusting that Spirit would handle the situation. I have a quotation in my kitchen that I had gotten from Reuben who had this posted in his home "Good Morning this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help. So, relax. Have a terrific day!" How do you feel when you read this? Does your body relax and you feel relief or are you like my electrician, Joe, who said when he read this "Yeah right, I’m just going to sit at home and not do anything and God will handle everything." Joe’s comment reflects an all or nothing attitude towards Spirit---either I need to do it all on my own or if I open to Divine assistance I can let go and not do anything. Remember the phrase "Spirit helps those who help themselves". In the case of Reuben, he took very good care of himself physically and did all that he could to address his health issues---and than from that point he let go to Spirit his health concerns---he did not allow himself to indulge in worry, fear and control over the situation (which by the way would have negatively affected his health). Whatever your concern, do what you can to address it and than let it go into the hands of Spirit. Trust that whatever the outcome it will be in your highest good.

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