I have walked away from an abusive relationship and pain medications as well as the subsequent physical and psychological withdrawal. Every morning when I wake up, I am met with dark voices that tell me life is meaningless. Panic sets in and the fear is wrecking my body. I cannot go back to the life I had but I seem unable to find faith and hope for a higher life. I know this old self must pas...
The Secret of Letting Go...
Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life. It is an accord on our part with what the present moment tells us about ourselves as it unfolds before us, asking of us what it does. And what is it that Life is asking of us moment to moment? It's simple, really...
Why is it we cannot learn these spiritual concepts from birth, instead of in the last chapter of life? As I look back, there are so many things I would rewrite. I know they are just pictures passing through my mind at present, but they still bring sorrow to my heart. Poor choices have consumed so many years ... it is hard to believe I could have spent so much time chasing my tail!...
What are we actually talking about when we speak of letting go? After all, no one wants to let go of something that has proven itself to be satisfying! Whatever it is that we wish to let go of must be something from which we wish to be free. This may be unpleasant or troubling relationships, a problem-filled past or fearful future, any form of addiction, recent painful events -- or any of thos...
Throughout time, the great sages and saints of the ages have taught that letting go is an inside job, a work of rigorous self-awakening that begins with self-honesty. The following quotations hint at the possibility of an unspeakable discovery that awaits all those who persist with their wish to be free.
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Our experience of life, our relationship to it, is directly, intimately connected to the way in which we see it -- meaning it is our understanding of life that determines how we "go" through it. This is why new, true self-knowledge is essential; the more we realize about who and what we are, and what is our true purpose in life, the less we resist what takes place around and within us. And as...
Sometimes the greatest truths are laid right before our eyes, in the simplest of things, and yet we just can't see them. Take for instance our own hands: what a miracle they are. If we consider for even a moment all they are capable of doing, it's evident that a great wisdom sits hidden behind their incomparable design. But, with this thought in mind, permit me to add one other to help us see...
We all know what it is like to be held captive of the little things in life -- those petty concerns and small desires that steal their way into how we look at our lives and pit us against anyone or anything seen as trying to take away our anticipated desire. Here is a short list of these little troublemakers that often make big trouble for us whenever we mistake them for being our friends: 1.
We must no longer allow ourselves to identify with any negative state, regardless of why that state tells us we must embrace its painful presence. That is to say, we must become as ruthless in detecting and rejecting these dark thoughts and feelings as they have been ruthless in wrecking our lives. Here is why this instruction is such a spiritual imperative if we wish to know the light life.