“Your Daily Dose” is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the great teachers. But you could also choose to turn it into something more… a powerful daily practice for personal growth. Give it a try!
A message from today’s meditation:
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.
Is this what we need to do in order to let go? Pretend that it doesn’t exist? Or pretend that it never happened?
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
It’s so poetically described and also 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 it 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.
Today’s LIVE meditation
https://youtu.be/NJ-HHQ–pAI 2025
https://youtu.be/MF1ACZhDqA0 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7BssvdQ24 2020
Practice the “Daily Dose”
Let’s put it into practice! Choose what works for you – daily, once a week or whenever inspiration strikes. Putting pen to paper wires the neural pathways that will create your new habits.
1 – Affirmation
Write down your favourite affirmation on a sticky note and place it somewhere that you’ll be able to see it the whole day.
- “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.”
2 – A moment of reflection
Use today’s question as a journal prompt. If you don’t have the time to sit down and write, just take a moment to reflect on your response.
Exploring Your Resistance: Reflect on a difficult emotion you’ve been experiencing recently. In what ways have you been trying to push it away, fix it, or pretend it doesn’t exist? What might change if you welcomed this emotion as “a child of the One Life” and allowed it to simply be present without judgment?
3 – Quotes to share
Send a quote to someone who needs it, or share them all on social media to spread the good vibes!
4 – Q&A for deeper learning
Read through the questions and answers and write down at least one “aha moment” that clicked for you.
Q1: Isn’t letting go the same as giving up or being passive?
No, letting go is not about passivity or resignation. It’s about releasing resistance to your internal experience while remaining active in your responses to life. You can fully feel your emotions and still take purposeful action. In fact, when you’re not expending energy resisting what you feel, you often have more clarity and strength to respond effectively to life’s challenges.
Q2: If I allow myself to fully feel painful emotions, won’t they overwhelm me?
This is a common fear, but the opposite tends to be true. Emotions become overwhelming when we resist them because resistance creates internal pressure. When you allow emotions to be present with compassion, they flow through naturally like waves. The key is allowing rather than indulging—you’re not amplifying the emotion or creating stories around it, just letting it exist and pass.
Q3: How is this different from suppressing or ignoring my feelings?
Suppression involves pushing emotions down and pretending they don’t exist, which keeps them trapped inside. Letting go through acceptance means fully acknowledging what you feel, giving it space to be present, and trusting it will move through you. It’s the difference between locking a guest in your basement versus welcoming them through your front door and out the back.
Q4: What if certain emotions or memories keep coming back? Doesn’t that mean I’m not letting go properly?
Emotions returning doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. Some feelings need to be honored multiple times before they fully release, especially those connected to significant experiences. Each time you welcome them with acceptance rather than resistance, you’re deepening your capacity for letting be. Think of it as waves revisiting the shore—each wave is honored and allowed to recede.
Q5: How do I practice this in everyday moments when emotions arise suddenly?
Start by pausing and taking a breath. Notice what you’re feeling and name it without judgment: “This is anger,” “This is sadness,” “This is anxiety.” Then consciously relax any physical tension and imagine creating internal space for the feeling. Remind yourself: “I can let this be here.” You’re not trying to change it or make it leave, just acknowledging its presence without resistance.
Q6: Can this practice of letting go help with past traumas or deep wounds?
Yes, though with significant trauma, it’s often helpful to work with a therapist or counselor who can provide support. The practice of compassionate acceptance can be healing for past wounds because it allows you to finally feel what you may have been protecting yourself from. However, trauma work requires patience and often professional guidance to ensure you’re processing at a pace that feels safe.
Q7: How will I know when I’ve truly “let go” of something?
You’ll notice you can think about the situation or feel the emotion without it hijacking your entire system. There’s a sense of spaciousness around it rather than constriction. You might still feel sadness about a loss or anger about an injustice, but these feelings move through you rather than defining you. True letting go feels like freedom and peace, not emptiness or disconnection.