Since my last Untethered Soul post I have probably read chapter fourteen three times. There is so much in it that I am enjoying, and each time I read it there seems to be yet another level of clarity for me. However, for this moment in time here are some of the highlights for me.
On page 132 Michael talks about peace. It reminds me of a realization I came upon a couple years back when people in my life saw me dancing around singing,"I'm a loser" (I think it is from an old Beatles tune). Now that may not sound like a great break through, but it was. It was representative of the freedom and peace I felt when I shed all cares about what others thought and said about me. It was a complete embrace of exactly who I am without editing, pretending or justifying. It was complete appreciation of myself with all blemishes, mistakes, and 'un-normal' aspects of me -- total peace . . . complete freedom.
What I heard on page 133 is that our power in life does not come from outer-directed control (trying to control everyone and everything), our place of power is inner-directed control (remembering Who I Really Am in every moment). It may seem like a scary thing to do, to let go of controlling our outer world, but that is where my peace and freedom reside.
There is the saying, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." In this chapter what I got is, "Insanity is resisting what is."
And lastly, on page 135, what I heard is that the walls we build around ourselves, to protect us, are the very walls that become the prisons that we resist, resent, and for which we blame others.
The peace and freedom I hear Michael referring to in this chapter far surpasses that for which any other person may hold a key. This peace and freedom is a gift from me to me and comes with wings un-clippable by anyone else.
When I LOP I know I am free -- that's what allows me to fly.