Emotional Freedom - 6/13/2009

A few years ago, when I was at the Chopra Center for a week I read part of one of Deepak Chopra’s books that really resonated with me – and I thought I would share that with you now.

“At the heart of the human experience is the quest for love.  The driving force of human evolution is the need for more fulfilling, more nourishing and more expansive relationships.  In every stage of life we seek deeper connections between those with whom we surround ourselves and our own Spirit.”

                                                                          - Deepak Chopra

The word Moksha (Moke–sha) means Freedom. As this sutra resonates within you, it expresses “I am emotionally free.” My soul is disengaged from melodrama.  I am free from resentment, grievances, hostility and guilt.  I am free of self-importance.  I am free of self-concern. I am free of self-pity.  I can laugh at myself. I see the humor in life.

These are all contained in that freedom; if I am not emotionally free, then I overshadow and cloud the experience of the spirit with the ego, and my best intentions cannot be fulfilled.

Each of us is on a heroic quest seeking to find that aspect of ourselves that expresses our highest value.  On some level you probably think of yourself as a spiritual seeker, striving to expand your capacity for inner peace, harmony, laughter, love and compassion. For many people on a spiritual path, it is their accumulated emotional toxicity that inhibits their ability to be fully present in the moment.  Learning to manage this emotional turbulence and create loving nourishing relationships is essential to our physical, psychological and spiritual well being.

What does it mean to be emotionally free?  There is a Sanskrit expression, Tat Tvam Ase which translated means “I see the others in myself and myself in others.”

Understanding how human relationships work is one of the most magnificent aspects in life. In this process, we will often discover that the most nourishing and foundational relationship we can possibly have is the one we have with ourselves.

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