Freedom Within

Siddhananda: All right, let's see what we have here. We'll just start with this little thing.

G: Aha.

Siddhananda: (Showing a very small round transparent stone) There it is. (long pause with closed eyes) Okay, they're lonely, they haven't slept at all, they don't feel settled. (light laughter) That's what we’re starting out with.

G: Okay. (light laughter).

Spirit: I had a dream last night that I was free.

G: Aha.

Spirit: Please bless me with freedom.

G: Well, the freedom has to be found within yourself. Nobody can hand it to you. It's not like a magic pill. You actually have to stop and do the work and go within your own being, and see what's there and what's not. You have to take the journey.

Siddhananda: (long pause) They're saying it would be nice if it came in an instance, but, that's not true.

G: Yeah, no, no instant.

Siddhananda: Aha.

G: I think people have this mistaken notion that sometimes they can go to a Guru and it can just be handed to them. 

Siddhananda: Right, they just want that without that work and that doesn't [happen].

G: Yeah, i don't want to work.

Siddhananda: Yeah.

G: i want carte blanche and i want to get out of jail free card. We're not Santa Claus with a goodie bag that we can just hand it out. It doesn't work that way. All we can do is give you practices and give you guidance, but, you have to make the journey yourself.

Siddhananda: Yeah, if you bypass those lessons, it's not going to be a true thing.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: It wouldn't happen that way. (pause) Okay, are there some mantras they can have?

G: Yes, the can go ahead and do the "Om that I am" and the "I am that I am" and the "COS". That will give them a really good [foundation]. (nodding head).

Siddhananda: Yeah (hand on heart center) Thank you.

G: (hand on heart center) They're ready to go. Thank you.

Siddhananda: (gesturing a flying motion) On your way.

G: On their journey.