Exploration of Moksha -> Goal | To Find True Joy

How do we achieve moksha? What is moksha? Moksha is liberation. Liberation from what? Well, since each of us are unique individuals with unique genealogical backgrounds, generations upon generations of mental programming, unique experiences, unique perspectives, that question -> "liberation from what?" is impossible to answer.

There is absolutely no one answer, except for your exploration to find true joy.

My thoughts in order to find true joy, I am to set a series of guidelines that can evolve as I evolve. I was thinking utilizing the don Miguel Ruiz's Four Agreements as my beginning guidelines. As matter of fact, I am currently developing a contract based from those Agreements for my Nia classes. Heck, I am thinking of making that contract for friends and family members too.

So, let's summarize those guidelines and explore the possibility of moksha through them.

Agreement #1 - Be impeccable with your word. Sounds easy, right? To tell the truth, to speak from the "I," to stop gossiping, it is quite the challenge. Some people find pleasure in hurting others, and gossiping is a great way to hurt people. Also, even if the gossip is true, it is in essence black magic. Even if it is about yourself, it is black magic.

Agreement #2 - Don't take anything personally. Whew, what a challenge but once you've achieved this challenge, life gets so much easier. I know this from experience as this is the one thing that as a fitness instructor, no matter what your modality is, they all say, "Do not take anything personal."

Really, if you think about it, it's true as we are all unique, we all have unique perspectives, and in America, we have a really bad tendency to make fun of others who are not like ourselves. Personally, I find this behavior to be a low level human behavior and find it tasteless. I know as I have partaken in this behavior and found it to be detrimental for my self as it is for others. Luckily, we all have the potential to evolve and the 2nd agreement is a great way to challenge yourself.

Agreement #3 - Do not make assumptions. Now this is by far the most challenging of all the agreements. Watch yourself, explore this and you will see how we have this tendency to make assumptions every day even in the mundane things.

Agreement #4 - Always do your best. Even go as far as to challenge yourself to do better and to challenge yourself to quit. Some people can't stop and make their self sick, some people are so lazy they do not want to pursue the challenge. Tweak and explore the possibilities to do better, feel better, find joy.

Ask yourself, what do I need to challenge myself in finding joy? What do I need to do to find happiness?

What is hindering my process? Why can I not get there? What do I need to get there? What is preventing me to get there?

The subject is moksha. Liberation can mean so much. Slavery comes in many forms, from food to emotions to real life circumstances. I do not know about you, but I am not interested in being a slave to any and all things.

Exploration is the key, so since you are so unique to your very core, how do you explore?