Prison of the Mind


by Ernie Fitzpatrick - Date: 2008-11-15 - Word Count: 338 Share This!

I've escaped for the moment and that's enough for now. The temperature is 48 degress, the humidity is less than 50%, the moon is full, and the fire box that I sit beside is just enough to keep my warm. And then there's the song on my iPhone, Spirit Lake. Whatever this afternoon no longer is because I have left my mind and journeyed within to the I AM that is- always.  


I used to think that my MIND was my strength and in many ways it was. "Whateve the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve" said Napoleon Hill. I was a multi-tasker and a proficient mind-mangler even before I knew of such concepts. But, in order to feel and sesne the presence one mut "Be still and know God". Therefore the mind must take a break. Nothing and no-thing can come into being as we become the true being that we ARE.


The mind has built all these BARS that make up our prison.


The BARS carry such labels as race, religion, age, socio-economic standing, education, and gender to name a few. As long as we allow them to stay in place, we remain imprisoned: self imprisonment. But in moments like NOW, for me, I have forgotten. Surely in time (too soon in fact) I will remember and go back. But I will return and I hope more often. It's hard to be STILL in America. Did you know that?


The dungeon of our hopelessness can be escaped. there is a way.


The Christ Spirit that is within us all just needs to be embraced, recognized and lived. Jesus simply said FOLLOW ME! We've not done a very good job of that. He came to set the captives free. And as I see it, the biggest hill that needs to be overcome and conquered is this. We need to LIVE the truths of Jesus and quit USING the truths of Jesus. Think about it and the Spirit will reveal what I just wrote.


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