Barbed wire – an invention of man to keep another in or out of a space. Its sharp edges cut when encountered, and so you keep away. Do you not know of certain people armed with their own barbed wire, as if wrapped in pointy thorns? They exude an energy that says, “Keep away. You will be cut by prickly edges if you come too close.” Have you not encircled yourself this way at times?
Does not barbed wire encircle a prison? Do you not see that when you become prickly on the outside you are only imprisoning yourself ? The key to unlocking the prison is love. Can you imagine a prison where all of the inmates suddenly saw the Light? If all had your so-called near death experience and suddenly knew that Light existed both outside of themselves and within, they would be transformed. Instant rehabilitation. No more need for barbed wire. No more cutting edges.
There is no need to have a near death experience. Sit in the silence and find that Light there. As you learn to turn up the Light, you make the greatest prison break in history.