To erase all concepts from the mind is to see life fresh, new, alive and unlimited. The great bliss, freedom, peace and love that arise naturally and effortlessly as soon as we do this shows that it was never more than these concepts that kept us from realizing the miracle of life as it is.
We may feel that we are prisoners of our conditioned minds. But this has never been so. We’ve been sitting in a cage of our own making, but the door has always been wide open. We could always step outside at any time. How about now?
We can use spiritual practices like Self-Inquiry to free ourselves from addiction to the limiting and distorting concepts that have ruled our lives. We may have build a foundation of these limiting concepts, but that doesn’t mean they are as solid as we think. Simply questioning them reveals their fragile and insubstantial nature. When looked at clearly, they crumble.
You’ll find many practices on this website that will help you step out of this limiting conceptual prison and realize the great freedom you already have.
I always felt prisioner of my conditioned mind. One day, without any effort I went out. I know what you are talking about. I enjoyed a lot the feeling of freedom. But, I went back by fear, and it has been difficult do go out again.
Fear is the mind’s way of keeping us trapped. The solution is to completely accept whatever fear the mind is offering as if it were real. In this way the illusion is always exposed. As long as we are afraid, we believe it. When we accept whatever this fearful thing is, the mind cannot deliver. No thought can stand up to clear and honest looking and questioning. Fear keeps us from doing this. We are only afraid because we believe it. As soon as we question it sincerely and open to it fully, it is exposed as nothing more than a thought. In this way we stop believing these fearful thoughts and eventually all thoughts. At that point we are free.