Freedom

 "Anything that binds you, takes away your freedom- your thoughts, your deeds."

Council of Light: "You came here for freedom. The freedom to have a Cherry Coke." They hear every thought. I agreed to walking away from my seasonal PB M&Ms. Days into it, I wanted a Cherry Coke. I said to myself, "I probably shouldn't have a Cherry Coke, but I really wanted the carbonation of a Cherry Coke. Bubble water is close, but every now and then I just want a few drinks of a Cherry Coke." They said, "That's why you had it and not a Bubbly. That's why you came here...to have experiences, but even the things that give you freedom can have you all tied up."

"Too much Coke and you are tied by the Coke. Too many M&Ms, and you are tied up by the M&Ms and so, therefore, there goes your freedom. Anything that binds you, takes away your freedom- your thoughts, your deeds. Substances, food, sex, preoccupations, harmful habits, gambling...it takes away your freedom."

"Then how do we get free," I asked. Council: "You exert your free will to get unbound. So as you choose to bind, you choose to unbind. Set yourself FREE! You are free. Feel the freedom. How do you get free? You feel free and then you take action."

I thought, "I want to remember this. Can I write it down?" Council, "Yes, please do. Then return to the meditation." I set down the journal and almost lifted candle next to my arm lighting the page while I journaled. They, too, noticed I almost lifted the candle to take a drink and snapped out of it quickly. "Like the Coke, drink in the light," they exclaimed. "Say this," they continued, "I fill myself with the light of creation of all that is. We are one."