WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF DETACHMENT
+ … and, when the
time comes to let it go...let it go.
-- Mary Oliver
+ As the Buddhist
master Achaan Chah put it: 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. If you let go
completely, you will know complete peace and freedom.
– Joseph Naft in http://www.innerfrontier.org/Practices/StagesOfThePath.htm
+ Letting go is worth considering. You can let go of many things, many
attitudes, many assumptions, many opinions, some even cherished. Sooner or later, we have to let go of at
least a little and maybe a lot. Isn’t it
better to have a sense of what is worth hanging on to and what is not? I urge you to ponder and come up with a few
unnecessary items in your life. Every
detachment brings us into the glorious realm of heaven even here on earth.
Are you journaling?
Perhaps you could make a list of possible items you no longer want or
need. Pray and meditate about these
items and see if you are ready and willing and, yes, eager, to let go of
them. Give yourself plenty of time
before you act. Make sure you really are
ready, willing and eager.
More peace is available if and when you can let go.
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