WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF DETACHMENT
+ Peter Russell says:
Letting Go is a
mantra of our times. "Just let go," we're advised. "If only I
could let go," others complain.
The call to let go
lies at the core of humanity's many spiritual traditions. Non-attachment to
outcomes, surrendering desires, accepting the present, opening to the guidance
of a higher power, relinquishing the ego, forgiveness—they all entail a letting
go.
Why is letting go
so important? Holding on, these teachings repeatedly affirm, limits perception,
makes us tense, and obscures our true nature. Moreover, it lies at the root of
most our suffering. Letting go, on the other hand, brings relief, ease, joy,
and love.
But if letting go
is so valuable, why don't we just do it? The answer, as anyone who has tried
can testify, is that it is not as easy as it sounds.
To appreciate why
letting go can seem so difficult, we need to understand why we hold on, and
what we hold on to. To answer these questions we must delve into a more
fundamental question: What is it we really want?
+ I excerpted this from “Letting Go” a great
article by Peter Russell on his fantastic website, Spirit
of Now. I invite you to explore Spirit of Now. I first discovered this amazing teacher when I found The Church of I AM perhaps 15 years ago. It’s still there. It’s fun and it’s meaningful.
Paradoxically, letting go is the way to gain far more. As
we go deep into the mystery of greater reality, we find that we can have it
all. But it must be understood that this
is a heavenly realm of all and not a limited earthly realm of all. There is no adequate way to explain
this. It’s a mystery. It’s an adventure. It’s something we must all experience for
ourselves in our own way.
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