November 4 – Plainly a Choice

Being aware, seeing myself plainly, I direct change (and we do change, directed or not). The greater I direct change, so greater the feeling of relief, like carrying a heavy load and at once dropping it.

Where there is great hatred, are the fetters of hell.
Where there is great avarice, are the fetters of tortured spirits.
Where there is great ignorance, are the fetters of beasts.
Where there is great lust, are the fetters of man.
Where there is great envy, are the fetters of malevolence.
Where there is great pride, are the fetters of the gods.
To stop fettering, is to be liberated, to know joy.

I immediately choose to not be fettered.

fet·ter (ftr) n.
1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet.
2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint.
tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters
1. To put fetters on; shackle.
2. To restrict the freedom of. See Synonyms at hamper1.
[Middle English feter, from Old English; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

av·a·rice (v-rs)
n.
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avritia, from avrus, greedy, from avre, to desire.]

ma·lev·o·lence (m-lv-lns)
n.
1. The quality or state of being malevolent.
2. Malicious behavior.
[Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots + volns, present participle of velle, to want; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

~ by kennybeal on November 4, 2009.