Living each moment spontaneously

A few years ago I read a greeting card which said, "freedom is living each moment spontaneously". It has always stuck with me. I have explored what it means, and how to achieve it. I was eventually shown that the extent to which we live each moment spontaneously is determined by the extent to which we live without limit. Practically speaking, living without limit means living without putting any boundaries on our behaviour.

So the question is, is there anything that you have decided that you just would never do? Have you decided that you could never kill someone? But what about if you were given a choice between killing one man to save a thousand? Could you ever steal from someone? But what about if you had to feed your 4 starving children? Could you ever be unkind to break your child's pattern of fear? Could you ever be mean with the intent of empowering someone? Could you ever be uncompassionate to help someone to take responsibility for what they are creating?

Ultimately, we limit our behaviours and limit our freedom by deciding that we want to 'be' someone. We may decide that its wrong to be unkind, and in the process limit all behaviours which we see as reflecting unkindness. We may decide that we want to be loving, and in the process limit all behaviours which we see as reflecting unlovingness. The reason we do this is because we believe our fearful conditioned thoughts which say things like, "I will be rejected if I am unloving", "I will be alone if I am seen as unkind" "I cannot survive if I am alone" "Dying is bad" "God will punish me if I am unkind" We are scared of what we will be asked to do and how we will be asked to live if we fully surrender to God and the universe. So we continually judge our own behaviour thereby limiting our flexibility and spontaneity in the moment.

The good news is that all our fears are conditioned ones. And we have an amazing amount of tools and healing modalities available to us these days to help us release our fears on all levels of mind, body and spirit. In the process of releasing our fears, our behavioural potential opens wider, and our ability to live each moment spontaneously is increased. We judge ourselves less and are in joy of ourselves more. If in the flow of surrender we have a beer, or smoke a cigarette, then so be it. If in the flow of surrender we lash out to protect ourselves, then so be it. If in the flow of surrender we find ourselves acting in ways that others might see as unloving, unkind or mean, then so be it. We cannot know what is in our highest interest and the universe's highest interest. The best we can do is look at our fears, release them, and trust in God and the universe. It might mean dying, but if that is the way of it, then so be it. Or it might mean living a long and beautiful life of ease. Either way is perfect.

Yours in joy,
Andrew