dailydatewithgod

The freedom of our inheritance with God is expressed in our lives in ways we cannot imagine. When we are not bound by the rules of the world, we can live freely from our hearts without concern of what the world thinks. Our liberation is how God invites us to grow and expand and be the presence of love in the world.  The great irony of our time is that many of the rules of political and religious institutions created with our supposed safety and morality in mind are the very rules that keep us bound in our hearts.  It may not have been their intention but without freely and clearly stating the intention from which they were moving, they left us to interpret on our own.  We misconstrue things in our minds all the time.  We like to make up stories and rationalizations for things we do not understand instead of asking questions.  Especially when the institutions carry the attitude of expecting us to know why without asking.  Historically many institutions made it criminal to ask questions. Some still do. I often think that if Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, or Siddhartha, were around today we would not find them in a church, mosque, synagogue, or temple.  They would probably be in the streets living in liberation from an institution.  All the great spiritual teachers have tried to convey to us that God is not bound by human intellectual constructs like rules and buildings.  They can provide a guiding post but they are not the end goal.  We are invited in our breath with each new moments to discover what it means for us to be a liberated expression of God.