Why do you think this is?
Do you identify with this description?
We are taught; by parents and role-models, society, media and government to conform to a set of rules with which to live by. Now, although these rules are important for a democratic, free society to live by because they protect the innocent and stop bad people being bad, they are based on fear and their very presence in our lives teaches us to be afraid (of the consequences of not following the rules and the repercussions for mixing with those who would break the rules).
These rules are very restrictive and often we can feel trapped by them.
There are deeper concepts too that trap us:
- I must marry and have children
- I must aspire to gain material wealth
- I must plan for my retirement
- I must work and pay bills
- I must aspire to be like people I admire
The truth is that you "MUST" do nothing. People have a habit of finding their own way in life without having to follow strict rules. Our minds are not set on self destruct, they are set for survival and so we can relax and allow our instincts to guide us rather than "having" to follow societies rules. Obviously I am not encouraging breaking the law but people who are relaxed and centred tend not to do this anyway.
The main problem with living with these rules is the restriction they create in our lives based on the fear they produce in us. Fear is an emotion. Fear produces other emotions too, usually negative such as anger, sadness and worry which contribute to us developing phobias, developing addictions and becoming more stressed and depressed.
Fear generates a huge range of emotions which are stimulated to protect us from the consequences we know about and the unknown outcome of events if we break the rules. These emotions are ever present in us as long as we accept societies rules and so we live continually in a state of "Emotional Constraint".
The trick to escaping the bonds of the "Emotional Constraint" is learning to let go of our inner worries and fears by learning how to set our own "Life Rules" which we write for ourselves based on our desires and needs.
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