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"There is not a moment when I do
not feel the presence of a witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune" - Mahatma Ghandi
5 Principles of Inner
Freedom - Conscious Contact
- Attention
- Relationship
- Self-self
Enquiry
- Play (Practice and Expansion)
Each merging with each other amidst our triumphs, greatest challenges, devastating emotions
and changing lives! 
Conscious
Contact In conscious contact we recognise
the subtle and gross differences between Awareness and thought, so we can begin to consciously choose how
frequently we live in each. Although Awareness isn't something that we can completely lose, we become so dominated by our thoughts, beliefs,
and conditioned personalities that often we fail to notice it
is there. In conscious contact we learn: - How we slip-out of the Now and become lost in limiting thoughts and feelings.
- How to return to our free centre, our vibrant and authentic
essence.
- How
conscious contact stimulates natural levels of fulfilment, unconditional love and whole relationship.
Attention While
the thought-led mind pays close attention to pain and pleasure, we develop an aware attention from a deeper source which in
turn connects us to a deeper and enriching experience of life. This deeper source, is the witness to which Ghandi
refers. When we stand in the clear space of aware-attention we have one of the greatest gifts that we can give to
ourselves and others - We remain genuinely open to all aspects of life; an openness that is not tainted by the
inner fears that hold us back. Through the skills of attention we realise: - Who
we are in our totality is whole and more expansive than any experience - So we can face and dissolve, even the most uncomfortable
emotions
- That we can let go of the past that haunts, our future fears,
our projections of others and the self perceptions that suggest we are inadequate, incomplete or insufficient.
- That who we are, at our centre, is some thing other than personality
Relationship We
are always in relationship; we cannot not be. Even if we are in a closet on our own, we are in relationship
- Between our self and the available space, light and air and of course the relationship that we have to your thoughts
and feelings, in that moment. In relationship we learn: - About
our current relationship to thoughts, beliefs and feelings and how often our happiness is determined by
them.
- About the four places to which the mind moves that cause unhappiness
and how to return to Now so once again we become the best expression of our Self.
- That
relationship (with our Self or with other people) is one of our greatest teachers and one of
our mighty fears because it acts as our mirror. A mirror that provides a reflection in which we can see either
our authenticity or our ego at play.
- How we remain unconsciously
closed to life and yet claim we are operating from our authenticity.
Self-self Enquiry Perhaps the most important relationship we will have is the Self-self dynamic within us. The small self
(ego) that is often the loudest and most dominant, that we hear so much of in our internal dialogue; that appears in
our unhealthy thoughts, beliefs and emotions. The imposter of our authenticity. In contrast, we find the Self that lies hidden in Awareness; this is the Self that we have
always been - Undiminished, unchained and free. Implicitly knowing no limitation (but without arrogance); secure that who
we are is sufficient for all life's demands, challenges and adventures. How
do we come to live consistently from our Self, our authenticity? - We work
with tools of enquiry, to help us live more easily as Self; naturally open, loving, confident, compassionate
and whole.
- Tools that help us see how we move from small ego self,
to Self.
- Allowing us to consciously choose and determine the quality of our
life experience, regardless of our outer circumstance.
Play (Practice and Expansion) Life is a play and the discovery of our potential requires an adventurous journey
in which we remain truly open to everything that comes our way. Not open to just positive experiences - Not closed because
our thoughts, feelings and personalities frighten us - Not manipulating who we want to be, as a replacement for
who we naturally and already are. - Play is both fun
and serious, known and unknown, challenging and rewarding and it arrives in different fashions.
- Through enquiry, creative expression, reflection, movement and meditation
- We stretch ourselves, through the body, via the mind, through feeling and
in Awareness
- And so we expand as
Self naturally, in realisation, fun and laughter
- We
dive deeper into our natural reservoir of freedom, compassion, love and forgiveness
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