Do you think you are free? Think twice!

Today, I'm inspired to share something that might be a little bit deep. But it will be essential to understand. When I learned this, a positive shift occurred within me. I felt empowered and started to take action!?

... and?I invite you to have an open mind as you read and reflect on it.

To share the message that I feel called to express to you today, there is?a little story that I came across that will be helpful. Here it goes:

Once upon a time, one man was holding a rope tied to a cow and was trying to take her home, but the cow didn't want to go, and it was not moving even an inch.?

The man tried many times to move the cow towards his home, but the cow resisted it. A lot of time passes like this.

A wise man was watching this whole thing. He suddenly started laughing.?

The man was already furious, and the laughter of the wise man struck him like an arrow. He said to the wise, "why are you laughing so much?"

The wise man replied, "Brother, I am not laughing at you. I was laughing at myself."

The wise man was holding a bag by his side. Taking his bag in his hand, he said, "I?am thinking, am I the owner of this bag? or this bag is my owner?"

The man says, "what's the point of thinking this? If this bag is yours, then you own it. Just like this cow is mine because I own it"

The wise man replied, "no brother, this bag is my master. I am its slave. It doesn't need me; I need it. You leave the rope of this cow, and then you see who owns whom? Whoever goes behind the other one is the slave."

Saying this, the wise man dropped his bag and, laughing, went on his way.

Sometimes, we identify ourselves with the things we have and?unconsciously, we become slaves of them?because if we don't possess them, we don't have a sense of self, or we lose our sense of value and worth.

As we identify ourselves with the external world and derive our worth and value from?material things or what others think,?we become slaves to those things because we don't want to lose them.?

As we don't want to lose our external sense of value, worth or sense of self, we will be doing anything to keep what we have, and we can lose ourselves on it?and react in fear to?anything that threatens what we have or believe we are.

Unconsciously, we create the?rope which makes us slaves to things we have and whom we believe we are. And this rope?is not allowing us to experience greater enjoyment, mental peace and fulfillment. This metaphorical rope is holding us back from our greatest potential and living our best lives!

Sometimes, we become slaves of our job, what people think about us,?our things, cultural expectations and even our personality.

One more thing, things are not what keeps us slaves, it's the meaning we attach to them, what they give us, perhaps is the sense of worth, value or being "someone." We can remove the things from our lives, but new ones will show up with different faces, situations but with the same flavour.

This is what I have for you today; in this article, some food for thought, and I invite you to reflect on how it applies in your life.

Liberating ourselves is a journey. It isn't one done deal, and it's a constant peeling of the onion to free ourselves from our conditioning and the grip of the negative aspects of our ego.

We will know true freedom as we remove layer by layer, and each layer is like?a weight has been lifted from our shoulders, and we start seeing our true light and living from our power!

I continue working on liberating myself :)

If you have any questions or feel that this resonated with you and you are ready to liberate yourself and not to stay a victim anymore, let's have a conversation, what do you have to lose?

Big hug to you!

Claudia Velandia.

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle

P.S. Giving some credit to the story that I share today, I got it from moralstories26.