As I’ve become more open about my interest in consciousness and spirituality, people have increasingly asked me about what my go-to practice is.
If there’s one thing I could recommend, it’s what I call the Freedom Log.
This is a core tool in my book Conscious Accomplishment and because readers seem to be finding a lot of value in it, I wanted to do a break-down here.
How I Discovered The Freedom Log
When I met my teacher nearly 7 years ago, I wondered whether I needed to meditate 8 hours a day or pull a dramatic move like moving to India if I wanted to rapidly evolve my consciousness.
“You can do that, but it’s unnecessary,” she said. “All you need to do is start to notice every time you’re resisting reality as it is. When you do this, you’ll discover who you are.”
I didn’t know what she meant by this at first, but I was excited that I apparently didn’t need to drop out of life if I was going to take this whole consciousness thing seriously.
In the coming months, I began to understand what she meant by the pointing.
Our natural state is calm, relaxed, and open hearted to life as it is. This is how we are before life dumps a bunch of imprinting and conditioning on us as children.
It’s why little kids are so free and often joyful.
To restore and embody this natural essence, we must unlayer all the aspects of our consciousness that are unlike our true nature.
This is more of an excavation of what’s already there, than adding anything.
A lot of people do this by constantly going on meditation or plant medicine retreats. What my teacher was advocating for was that I could use every moment of my everyday life to work on this. That appealed to me.
To do this I was instructed to notice when I was reacting to life unlike my true nature. Practically speaking, this means observing when you’re disturbed, triggered, resisting, or perceiving life with a closed heart.
These moments serve as entry points for you to go inward and examine the unconscious to determine what aspects of your consciousness are causing you to react this way. As you bring these into awareness, you can heal them to move forward in a way that is more aligned to our true nature.
This understanding and practice helps you transform your entire life into a spiritual practice.
Running late and notice yourself getting stressed…opportunity.
Someone irritates you on social media…opportunity.
You judge something your partner is doing…opportunity.
Your family does something that annoys you…opportunity.
Viewing life this way turns all of life into a rich arena for the evolution of your consciousness.