As the Jewish holiday of Pesach (passover ) approaches the word "freedom" takes its place at center stage. To be honest, freedom is almost always center stage of my life. It's that Aries independent nature in me and it's that bird spirit longing to soar high.
I had a dream recently in which someone gave me the gift a freedom- it was something simple like a small glass jar and I didn't think of it much in dream-time but when I awoke , wow what a powerful dream.
Passover is the recounting of the story of the Israelites' journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom- alas yes that freedom is met with a 40 year wandering in the dessert. Mitzrayim (Egypt) is sometimes translated as "the narrow place" opening the channel to view the Israelites' journey to freedom as a parable for moving out of the narrow places in our lives towards , more movement, more choice, more freedom.
Is Janis right when she sings the words of Kris Kristofferson -is freedom just another word "for nothing left to lose?" I mean perhaps so in the case of our wandering ancestors in the desert - it may have well been their anthem at that point
As I evolve, grow, change I have come to explore my relationship with freedom in a deeper way. I used to think freedom meant no attachments- no responsibility. As I grow into my freedom, cultivating it like any daily practice, I feel more connected to all my relationships and filled with a greater sense of responsibility then ever before. So now I am no longer struggling with questions of what true freedom is, but free (hahaha) to learn how to live in a way that honors and expresses that freedom and myself as a free being.
May we each journey more into ourselves and our truest expression of freedom
With gratitude,
Chana Leah
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