Letting Go

How is your day today? How was your last week? Are you living a peaceful life with a special purpose? I know sometimes you are filled with anxiety and frustration to meet your goals in life.

If you prefer a peaceful life, then have you noticed the factors that disturb your peace in this world? If you prefer a life with a purpose, then have you examined the factors that block your purpose?

The art of letting go can help you to live a calm life with a purpose. I know letting go can be simple but it is definitely not an easy thing to do in reality as we have many attachments. Normally we cling into our attachments very tightly. Letting go of even one of them is often views as a big challenge.

Hence, this month I would like to talk about letting go.

There is nothing wrong about letting go idea. This does not imply that you should withdraw from the society and live on your own way. I will give a simple example. Imagine that you feel bad about yourself due to a reaction of a person or a situation. Now be conscious about letting go of that negative idea. That means you leave the experience of the present moment by setting healthy boundaries respecting your needs and desires. Notice your change in perception about yourself. Letting go is simply freeing you from the attachment of negative idea that caused feeling bad in this case.

In short, we free ourselves by letting go of the particular idea that we are clinging into at the moment. You need to keep in mind is that an idea is just an idea. It can be either right or wrong. It acts as a mental conception far away from the reality. You need to free yourself by realizing that there is a mental conception that we have created in our own head and we simply do not need that particular idea when we think to move forward in our life journey.

Once you start practicing with your own feelings, it is easy to get rid of the ideas of procession to material things, people and ideas of outsiders.

Initially notice that there is inner resistance from you. Stay in a calm and quiet place and observe how your thinking pattern flows. If you tend to notice your inner resistance, then you can mindfully practice the letting go technique.

Please keep in mind that it is ok to feel what you are feeling. Trying to fix the idea via an immediate action is not expected. You need to feel the emotion here when you are in the letting go mindset. It is like you are now playing around that feeling and letting it to evaporate making you free from the mental conception that initially troubled your mind. Once you set the idea free, you need to feel the wonder of living in the present moment.

Once you are free, you can take the necessary actions for yourself. If the particular task has been regarded as a difficult task by your own thoughts, then let go of that feeling and start doing that you are resisting right now. Because once you are free from the initial idea, the task itself feels differently to us. Being free does not mean that you do not take action. You need to take action with a different attitude and mindset. That is all.

During many hardships that I have faced as a human, I always used this let it go method. It has helped me to have the clarity of my life with a focus. Sometimes, it aided to heal myself. As a result, I am mindful with my “Yes” and I am not scared to say “No” when it is not in alignment with my vibes.

(This article originally appeared in Probe - November 2024)