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Hey, happy Wednesday, and welcome to Radioheadspace.
It's Dora here. So I was rereading bell hooks all about love, and I landed on this line, Living simply makes love simple.
It stopped me, because it reminded me of how complicated our minds can make things, especially when it comes to our worth and our past. We carry around old definitions of who we're supposed to be, and sometimes the most liberating thing we can do is let go of those stories and let ourselves begin again.
Simple, yet not always easy.
One way to define liberation is it's the conscious act of releasing outdated beliefs and stories that hinder us from living a life filled with joy, peace and love.
When I first began studying Buddhism, there's a parable I love that, to me, explains liberation so clearly.
There was a man that was traveling along a path who arrived at a big body of water.
As he stood on the shore, he took a moment to look at all the potential dangers around him.
Across from him was another shore that looked safe and inviting.
So he began to build himself a raft with grass, twigs, and branches.
As he swam across the water with his raft, paddling with his hands in the water, he eventually reached the safety of the other shore.
Now, what will I do with this raft, the man wondered.
The Buddha instructed him to leave it, and reminded him that the raft was useful for crossing, but not for holding on to.
And this parable of the raft has stuck with me ever since, because I think a lot of us are carrying rafts of our own.
Old beliefs, expectations, roles we've outgrown, own.
And maybe they were meaningful once.
Maybe they taught us something important.
But now they're just heavy and aren't needed anymore.
Liberation isn't a loud act.
It's a quiet one. It's the moments you say, I don't need to carry this anymore.
It's the choice to stop living in a reaction to your past and start creating from the present.
You might still love who you used to be and you might still honor where you've come from, but you're not obligated to carry every version of yourself forever.
So take a moment today to notice what feels heavy.
Maybe it's an identity you've outgrown.
Maybe it's a belief that you have to be perfect to be loved.
Or maybe it's a voice in your head that isn't even yours.
But what it feel like to set that down, not all at once, but gently and thoughtfully.
Our liberation lies in the moment to moment.
And each time we do, we make more room for joy, for presence and for peace and here's the beautiful part when you start to live more freely it ripples outward others feel it too they notice your ease your lightness and sometimes that gives them permission to release what's weighing them down liberation isn't just personal it's collective when we free ourselves we help free each other you don't have to become someone new to be be free.
You just have to stop pretending to be someone you're not.
And that kind of honesty, that's the beginning of real peace.
So notice what you're carrying.
Give yourself permission to take off the raft. Freedom might be closer than you think.
Thank you for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.
Thank you.