Hello Fearless Souls, every so often I get asked this question…
How to let go?
This is a great question, because letting go sounds a lot like ignoring… pretending it doesn’t exist, or that it didn’t happen.
I understand that this can get confusing, especially when we encounter beautiful words like these:
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” – Ajahn Chah
Beautifully put and very true, but “how DO I let go a lot, do I need to pretend even harder that it didn’t happen?”
Jack Kornfield shines the light on this in a very simple way:
“To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.” – Jack Kornfield
Letting go happens naturally the more we become comfortable with allowing experience to come and also go.
But nothing ever drove this message home for me as deeply as the words of Amoda Maa:
“I am no longer scared by dark feelings, because nothing is dark when it is fully allowed. Sadness, regret, loss and despair … all these are children of the One Life, and all are welcome here. Each one of them comes home to my heart and kisses me gently before it is gone. Nothing is denied and nothing stays.” – Amoda Maa
The reason that nothing becomes stuck, is precisely because everything is allowed to be felt.
Today’s meditation is the very simple journey of experiencing our senses, and allowing the information from our physical senses to come… and also to go. The question during today’s meditation is: “Can you also apply that to your inner senses?”
Can you allow everything that is being felt to come, and then to experience that in your acceptance – in the absence of your resistance – everything that is felt will always move along like clouds in the sky…
Mantras for a lighter soul:
- “I allow all emotions to come and go, like clouds in the sky.”
- “Resistance creates tension; acceptance offers freedom.“
- “My heart is a welcoming home for all that I feel.”
- “In the spaciousness of letting go, true peace awaits.”
Let go. Breathe. Find peace in the vastness of being.
Have a beautiful weekend, beautiful people!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Come to your senses.