Voluntarily Vulnerable

Voluntarily vulnerable:

voluntarily vulnerable - and this is simply the recognition of the walls we've built between ourselves and the world, a one time protection believed to keep us safe from harm and now no longer serve their purpose. We surrender now to their fall, unafraid of where this leaves us, exposed only to our own fears, our every perceived weakness, and judgement of mistakes. These are all illusions, real in the sense of our belief, yet not of any substance, not worth the price of self constructed walls. 

this isn't a choice, being voluntarily vulnerable, not really, but a refusal to rebuild what's now already falling completely on its own. Life has brought us here, a continuous path of brokenness that leads always to a most vulnerable moment, the exact instant of falling walls and the realization that what appeared broken was really the freedom of own spaciousness peeking through these self constructed walls, glimpses of our real open nature. What's shown through brokenness is reality, that life always leaves us vulnerable to the harm of living, suffering loss, grief, and the countless things that make us fearful of their happening - and yet they all occurred, not a single wall served to keep us from harms way, life continued still, and with it too there was joy in balance to our loss, there was love immeasurable to any grief, and the courage to continue living while afraid. 

and seeing this, walls crumble on their own.

being voluntarily vulnerable is our surrender to their fall, abiding in the spaciousness now, and always present, our own openness that simply allows, allows, and continuously allows life in all its play and drama, unfolding as it will without any resentment to what follows. Walls are no longer needed, and perhaps they never were, it doesn't matter though, not really, it's this moment that truly counts, right now, and without a single wall existing. 

they were illusions all along. 

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Peace, Eric