15 Jun 2009 Erkelenz, Germany
Category: Freedom
Today’s food was sponsored by Marion Mühlin from Erkelenz in Germany. Today she inaugurated a room in her house, her new massage room and she invited us for the next days to be here with her. This is how we came from Sonja’s house today to Marion. But we will see Sonja in the next days, too, because she lives very close and so it did not really feel like saying goodbye. Tonight she also stayed for Darshan.
It was a nice atmosphere and I talked a little bit about how many rules we have in our life. We have rules about what we can and what we cannot do at this moment, rules about what we should do and what we should not do…we get these rules from our parents, our teachers and different other persons in our life. I have written before that I only follow one rule: Break one rule daily. And I believe that we need to get rid of all these rules if we want to live free and with open heart.
If you have all these rules you always have to think before you express any feeling. You can often see hesitation in people before they start laughing, because they know that it is not always allowed. Break these rules and live your feelings and emotions freely.
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Tags:: Emotions, Freedom, Feelings, Expression, Life, Rules
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I agree that rules often hinder our freedom and self-expression by limiting our behavior. When you create a rule, you create something to be broken, something to go against, something to disagree with. It's like creating an extreme, in which the opposite extreme has to oppose it. I believe that if we were allowed total freedom without rules, people would follow their hearts and live according to their deeper truth within. There wouldn't be right or wrong, there would just be what is. And people wouldn't have to break anything just to do what they want. It would change the psychology toward freedom and behavior.
Reply By Emily on October 16, 2011 12:15
There are many rules in various religious texts; texts that are profound and point to truth and many people follow these rules, never understanding their intention. Rules just like other words have been a way to point to god...maybe a practice to help you become close with god. But thinking of these "rules" as rules will keep you from this closeness. When I read religious texts I interpret them through my own inward guidance and if I do not understand something I may come back to it another day, but I make no attempt to follow it blindly. This is not what that text is meant for. This is not its purpose.
Reply By Larry Rogers on November 11, 2010 05:12
Thank you Swami Ji for your beautiful words! They are inspiring and uplifting. Some people that recognize that there is something off or odd about the rules that they comply with respond to this by making a rule for themselves to have no rules. This can be valuable, especially if it is recognized that one rule has been replaced with another. The mind can live bound by rules and these rules can be very misleading. The body can follow a rule in action (out of respect perhaps) while the mind is not bound by the rule as an old man can follow an "order" from a child without feeling insulted.
Reply By Chuck from Texas on October 21, 2010 07:17
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Don’t be afraid to act differently. It won’t make you an outsider if those around you really love you. You have to be honest in order to feel good about yourself.
SourceSwami means master or owner and I believe that I did not give any religion or guru the ownership of myself. I am my own master and owner and in this way I believe there is nothing wrong if I keep the ‘Swami’ in front of my name. And if you are free from any foreign master, I would not object if you did the same.
SourceDetachment is when you get happy by giving.
SourceReligious belief and superstition can hurt the feelings of your friends.
SourceDevotees are told to be humble, surrender, finish their ego and do what their guru says - he will take care of your Karma account so you have to give him all rights to it. Easy but so dangerous!
SourceSharing money in family makes life much easier!
SourceIt is a problem that religion tells in scriptures and culture shows practically that girls should be treated differently than boys. Girls are not as wanted as boys, you get congratulations when you gave birth to a boy while you get looks and words of pity when it is a girl.
SourceWe often live for others, trying to make them happy by being how they want us to be. We want to wear a mask of what we are not. But you cannot make everyone happy! We have had this experience hundreds of times but still we do the same again and again. Be original and who you are.
SourceVideo games taught children that violence and rioting is fun! They learned how it should look like when you break into a store and when they see that it works, they get greedy and steal mobile phones, game consoles, electronics and more. I think violent video games have encouraged teenagers to see this all as fun!
SourceApproaching a future friend does not work with expectations.
SourceInsecurity in life makes you need assurance by others!
SourceAfter Import in the West, Tantra became red, white, black and sexy!
SourceDon't buy in shops where you see children working. Ask the shop owner, get him to think about it and let him know you don’t buy there because of the child he has employed.
SourceThere are no Siddhis or supernatural powers. I challenge anybody to show me those powers and their effect, good or bad. Can you tell me the lottery numbers or can you kill me only by the force of your mind? Try it.
SourceSects go to extremes - Either lots of sex or no sex at all!
SourceNobody is perfect. But in the eyes of someone who loves you, you are. You don’t stop loving someone because of his faults.
SourceHope is always good and it is part of having a positive attitude. Believing that the impossible will happen is either closing the eyes in front of reality or just stupid.
SourceDon't eat while walking. Can't you take ten minutes to sit down and eat consciously? You are not just filling a garbage box, it is your body!
SourceBe honest, even if you know the other one won't be happy about your answer!
SourceForgiveness is the jewel of life. If we are able to forgive, we are rich. If you can forgive someone, he can also realize his mistake. When you realize a mistake you will take care not to repeat it.
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