Letting Go II

We “Let Go” of the want and need to be having a different experience in this moment. We accept our experience as it is and see what wisdom we can perceive in what is arising.

So, now you ask, “What possible wisdom can we perceive when we are just present to our feelings, without encouraging or feeding them, and without rejecting them? Just accepting them as they are.”

I really can’t answer that question for you. However, you can experience that for yourself.

This is from the book, One Breath at a Time – Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, by Kevin Griffin.

So, renunciation, or letting go, is at the heart of the meditative process. Through this process we practice letting go in little ways — by sitting still for a few minutes a day — to start — and gradually build our ability to let go. As we see the joy and freedom that comes from this release, we may become inspired to find more and more creative ways to drop burdensome attitudes, belongings, relationships, or situations. Constantly playing with the edges of what we can manage, we learn more about our self-imposed limitations and the rewards that come from moving beyond them.

As you sit with each feeling that arises, you begin to learn the true nature of each feeling as it presents itself in your body, heart, and mind. You will find that each storyline or feeling tone needs your energy and attention to continue. Often, we find that, even with the difficult and negative feelings, we continue to feed them with our energy and attention.

Crazy, isn’t it? However, with time, you learn that you can let go of the clinging and grasping, allowing these feelings to arise and dissolve in their own way, while you rest in the spacious open awareness where all this occurs.