Letting Go is the Way to Go

On the spiritual path you want to let go. Actually, if you want to live your life without so much suffering, you want to let go. So what does Let Go mean?

Here's what it doesn't mean:

• Not caring about someone else

• Pretending something doesn't bother you when it really does

• Dealing with a problem during your meditation instead of feeling the feelings that come up

An example of letting go would be this: You are mad at your friend but instead of confronting him when you're angry, you meditate first to release your anger before you talk to him about the matter. By the time you talk to him, you have already forgiven him and you are aware of your part in the situation. Maybe you still need to talk with him about something related to what you got mad about, but you aren't holding on to your anger and feeling like you're right and he's wrong, etc.

Letting go is such a relief.

Letting go is about forgiveness.

Letting go is moving from the material realm to the spiritual realm.

Letting go is sidestepping duality (right/wrong, happy/sad, smart/dumb).

Letting go is freedom.

I just read a powerful chapter in Kalindi's book, The Break-Free Message. The name of the chapter is "Don't Stop at the Most Crucial Time." Here's a quote from that chapter about what it feels like to let go:

If you get freaked out, get on the floor and scream. If you are sitting there and you think your head is going to burst open -- you can't take it -- then get on the floor and scream. Pray to Gourasana, because He is going to come and get you. This is what it feels like to let go.

I highly recommend letting go whenever you can. It does take some effort to really let go, but it is so worth it. If everyone let go, this world would be a completely different place. There couldn't be wars, because everyone would let go. There couldn't be nasty divorces, because everyone would let go. There couldn't be grudges, revenge, murders or detective novels. Wait, I like detective novels. Maybe there could still be some detective novels. We could read them and reminisce about when people used to murder people instead of letting go.

Well, I don't have to worry about it too much, because it's not very likely that everyone will start to let go in my lifetime, at least. But you can. And I can. And then the world can improve, one person at a time.

Good night.