The Lord is “The Highway of the Free” – but what is freedom?
Commenting on that name of Vishnu in this week’s reading from The Constant Companion, pages 319–330,* Easwaran helps us understand our yearning for freedom:
“This is the freedom we are really looking for: not the freedom to do as we please whenever we please, but freedom from the limitations of self-centered conditioning that tie us down.”
Of course meditation is key to overcoming these limitations and travelling the Lord’s highway. “In meditation we work at loosening these knots and finally untying them altogether, and each one undone means a release of vital energy.”
Read this article as if you and Easwaran are having a conversation. What advice does he give you, and how can you apply it this week?
As we read The Constant Companion, we are working to strengthen our practice of Spiritual Reading. This week consider how these stories are speaking to a difficult situation in your life.
We’ll end with another spiritual treat: we hope you enjoy this recording of Christine Easwaran reading the passage “O Infinite Being!” from Swami Paramananda.
* For those using electronic versions of The Constant Companion with different page numbering: this week’s reading is Easwaran’s commentary on the names Destroyer of Evil through The Son of Man. (Please note that the latest edition of our ebook is titled Names of the Lord.)