Free Dominion; Releasing the Armor and Becoming Wide Open

There’s a child who runs the maze in search of the key, as if she must guess correctly to win her freedom.
It is she who expresses the rage, the boredom, the loneliness, the revenge., for she is trapped within the kingdom of no name. The walls too high to climb.  The days look all the same.
She longs to live, to laugh, to sing-to do most anything.  But there she waits, behind the wall, without a reason for it all.
She waits to bare the fruit she brings.  She waits to embrace her wings.

How long have you been in your self-imposed prison? Isn’t it time you set yourself free?


We are not knights in shining armor. Our armor is corrosive and constricting.  It fosters fear and constraint.  IT keeps us bound to the past and bound to the pain. Breaking wide open means absolutely being vulnerable- which is the thing we’ve protected ourselves from for so long.  We will be like a turtle without it’s shell, fragile and sensitive and exposed.  But we must remove the hardened surface in order to grow fully into the boundless wonder of our being.

This protective shell has restricted our growth and there comes a time when it is woo painful to remain in that sheltered state.  The purpose of our walls is to protect us from pain. But when the walls create more pain that they deflect, their purpose has expired.  We must find the strength within us to stand alone in our power, to shed the skin that is concealing the perfection of our souls. 

We must reach a point of opening to the sculpting potential of the Universe that wants to mold us into unconditionally-loving, free-flowing beings.  If you feel like you’re not moving forward it is time to shed your skin.  You cannot move within the confines, for the fear that permeates from our defenses stops us cold, keeps us ‘safely’ locked away from the world, away from our hearts, away form the hearts of others.  We loose in this situation.  We lose big, and have for a long while.  We miss out on all of the experiences we long for.  We dissolve our creative expression, our full beingness as we surrender to our self-imposed limitations and our fear-based fortress of protection.  And all the while, we are slowly dying to ourselves in an effort to defend our precious hearts, not knowing that it’s the walls themselves that are killing us.

Think of your armor.  What does it consist of?  What are your barriers to breaking wide open?  How long have those walls been in place?  How much time have you lost living through that lens? How much energy have you invested in maintaining your defenses?  Imagine where you could flow that energy instead.

We release the constraints when we forgive. Imagine a heart that’s been tied down and the chords being cut free.  When we forgive, when we release, when we relax into a relationship, when we give regardless of receiving, when we dance, sing, create, smile wide-when we love.

We support the walls and build them higher when we nurse our pain (different than embracing and healing); when we enter into the mind-maze of confusion that tells us we must find the key; when we resent, when we close up and close off; when we lock ourselves away for fear of being hurt or rejected.

Oh what a vital life it would be if the opinions of others did not define us.  If we could love without regard for what will be returned.  We don’t have to wait for permission to BE.  It is up to US to decide. It is no one else’s.  How much power do we give away when we are based on the other?  How much peace and joy do we dispel when we remain in the cage?  We are not our pain.  The longer you let it be your master, the longer you remain in chains.

What if it was ok to expand beyond the walls?  What if the greater life force was found on the other side of the confines?  What if we decided today, right now, that we open- just a little bit, or a lot-and let in some air, let ourselves stretch and move within the forbidden.  What if the walls began to crumble?

And in these walls are caged your demons.  They’ve been given dominion.  They’ve been given permission to roam feely within your will while traipsing on your heart.  We feel the need to be right, so we support the barricade of delusion.  Oh yes, there’s reason enough to protect and defend yourself, but only the reason you give.  What if you didn’t?  What if that time, those thoughts, your energy was directed elsewhere?

Let us exchange judgment for inner wisdom. Let us trade in im-presence for showing up and receiving. Let us see that distancing is self-sabotage and fear of failure, success, and happiness. Let us have faith in the abundance that wants to flow directly to our hearts as we break them wide open.  That us remember that numbing is a fear of life, of feelings, of love, and a resistance to healing. Let us embrace our capacity to be open and safe in those open spaces. Let us melt our resentment and replace it with compassion and unconditional love. Let us become empowered and self-reliant in our knowing that there is no need for outer judgment or approval. Let us realize that our insecurities are just the parts of us that are misidentified, confused and unaware of our ability to be in control.  Let us release our armor, and replace it with wisdom, strength, servitude, perseverance, radiance, and confidence.  May you give yourself permission to Live and to Love in complete free-range capacity as you stretch into your truth and let down your guard, knowing you are safe and whole, knowing that as you become boundless, you become a blessing to the world.

Be your being open wide. The love you long for will reach you as you open, release, and reveal the beauty of who you are, and who you have always been. There is nothing more in the way, but the self that seeks to defend. Know that the time has come, now, to step into the open wide and begin your journey of love.


In my heart of love, I see you in your greatness, stepping forward and releasing the chains.

Love and grace,
~Rhonda
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