Meeting share from July 14th, 2020. 

Chasing freedom sounds like a noble conquest.  But what if we are trying to achieve freedom from uncomfortable life feelings?  The freedom we get is likely to be just a prison of our own making.  What we think is freedom is actually a limitation on our lives.  

We believe death takes from our life.  Death gives to our life.  It gives us purpose and meaning, because it makes our life valuable through making it finite.  Live like you know you are going to die. 

I was asked to share on step 7 and here it is.

Do you want things?  Do you buy them after you want them?  Does your want go away?  For how long?  Then what happens? Do you want to not want?  I'm not sure that's possible, but there is a way to attempt to handle want. 

Life can be good even when we aren't living "good" and life can be bad when we are doing everything "right."  It's okay.  Be kind.  Sit still.  This too shall pass. 

We all need a guide in life.  If you don't have a guide, who is teaching you?  Yourself?  Do you hear the insanity of that statement?  How can you teach you what you don't already know?

Are you backed up?  Not with poop, with emotions?  Are you still living in that past moment, instead of allowing the present moments to be able to freely pass through you?  Flush it!

You get that thumbs up as a response in FB messenger?  It feels so dismissive. 

To condition yourself for strength, you workout in sets.  You don't just do 40 reps.  You do 4 sets of 10.  Same with running.  You do a number of minutes running and then a number walking.  So why aren't we meditating and conditioning our mindfulness in the same way?