Vedanta - Let Go of the Future

ANDREW COHEN





While most of us want to be free, there is a part of us that is terrified at the prospect. Is there anything that we can do to make the part of us that wants to be free stronger than the part that is afraid? You have to be willing to make a choice. So many seekers are only waiting for all of their fear and resistance to go away . So many say they want to be one with the truth, one with god.But at the same time, they have a long list of demands, “I never want to experience fear, experience doubt, confusion or frustration. Then I'll be yours forever.“ But the demons of fear, doubt, confusion and frustration are not God's prob lem. They are your problem.
To become confident, you have to be wil ling to make sacrifices and you have to be willing to suffer. You have to be ready to abandon the future.
Then there is no more waiting. We are always waiting for the perfect moment to let go.When we ultimately find the depth of courage and the strength of conviction to abandon the future once and for all, we will discover a context, a vast and infinite context, where we will know beyond any doubt that we are free. And in that freedom, we will be detached.
But that doesn't mean that we won't care. It means that we will care even more, because we are not worried about ourselves any more. Then we discover the freedom to care far more than most people ever do. As long as we are waiting, we will never be able to truly love.