Surface Bondage

The senses are directly linked to the bondage of self as is the surface view. If you really want to understand your life from the spiritual realm, you’ll have to get very quiet and become aware of how subtle the bondage of self is…

Through the senses life is labeled, and those labels are constantly being applied. Everything is judged, even labeling a pencil on the desk is a judgment. Not a harmful one, but a judgment just the same. When you learn not to label you can become aware of the distractions that keep you from going beyond surface living. With this new awareness your mind finally settles enough to notice the deeper view. This is the initial awareness, but it will require much more practice to go deeper yet. The deeper you go, the more you will have to let go of the material world, which is the sensory world. And the more the material world is let go of, the more you will understand the deeper view and the freer you will be.

The only reason life is viewed on the surface (materially) by so many people is because the quietness that’s necessary to view it differently isn't practiced. This isn't something that is wrong, but it is limiting. Without the discipline to understand the difference between surface living and the deeper view, there will be no difference and the surface view will be the only view that you will have. Not wrong, but limiting, and what is limited is your view…