Letting Go
As a child, I was taught to be afraid of ghosts, goblins, and the like. But what are our ghosts really? What is there to be afraid of really? I’ve come to realize that ghosts are really just figments. Just generations of disconnect sitting quietly in the subconscious waiting to hold us back. When we practice the art of letting go of the past it allows us to embrace the now, setting us up for a happier future.
Holding back from our true essence keeps us from realizing our true potential. When you dissect the reasons for self-deprecating behaviors and peel away the layers of conditioning that have been pushed upon you, you’ll find a lightness that leaves you floating above all the constraints of the everyday. Are you ready to explore the expansive brilliance of the universe, the energy and the vibration that holds us all together in this seemingly fragmented world?
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Are You Ready?
So let’s explore. Let’s get our hands dirty and dig in the dirt to unravel the knots that keep us stuck. Let’s generate freedom in such a way that the ordinary no longer keeps us sitting in the muck that’s been handed to us. That we never really wanted when we came here to explore. Letting go to again be like little children and be amazed at the beauty and wonder that the world holds.
You’ve Been Programmed
Truth be told we are programmed before we are old enough to understand much at all. We get messages from our parents and others who are oh so well-meaning. But they are passing along all the programming they received in their childhoods. We carry around our beliefs without question, our whole lives, without ever even asking if any of them are true. It must be true, right?
Why Do You Believe It?
A belief is just a thought we keep thinking. Due to our programming, we then parrot these stories to our own children. Our well-meaning parents would never steer us wrong. And of course, they don’t mean to. We know they have our best interests at heart. They just want us to understand that there are limitations in this life, to prepare us for keeping our expectations in a reasonable place, to not step out of the box. Is it any wonder there’s an epidemic of dissatisfaction? You’ve but to turn on the news to see the effect our belief systems are having.
Can You Reprogram Your Thoughts & Beliefs?
There’s a lot of hype right now about reprogramming your subconscious mind. Once you have an understanding of just how little you control in your everyday life it can be a bit disconcerting. Your conscious mind dictates about 5-10 percent of what goes on in your day. We’re going to explore the limiting beliefs that keep us stuck running on a hamster wheel that has become our lives. It all starts with feelings. Fear of feeling bad drives a large part of our lives.
Running from the monster in the dark keeps us hiding in the shadows of life. When all we really want is to relax and dance in the sun. I want to share with you several feelings we all are striving for and give you practical tools to help you drop into the yummy feelings you want.
Appreciation – The Easiest and Most Important Missing Link in Today’s World
Graciousness in uncertain times. The ultimate coping mechanism I’ve come across. Uncertain times will never go away. There will always be unrest in countries and neighborhoods having violent thinking habits. But do we really need to know about all of it? Do we need to watch the television to get the latest news on horrible things people do to one another? Can we try letting go of some of it? Could we be better served to concentrate our focus on goodness and laughter?
We need to be seeking out situations that fill us with joy and change our consciousness to a lighter state. I hear people saying that we need to be aware of the genocide and horrors in the world but I don’t agree. I believe that living in a state of gratitude and mentally sending love to everything and everyone in the world will soften the unease. In turn, this will ultimately create space and offer hope for a more peaceful planet.
Be Grateful
Practicing gratitude is a simple practice and one you should start immediately. It takes about 5 minutes. Simply write down 5-10 things you are grateful for each day. It is so life-transforming in such a short amount of time that you will be amazed. The simple practice of expressing gratitude can shift your life and the lives of all you come into contact with. If we truly want peace in our world starts here.
Acceptance – Harnessing Your Thoughts and Creating Softness in Your Mind
You know the story. You’re cruising along, minding your own business and something throws you off your game. It could be your grumpy boss, a jerk on the freeway, or any other thing. All of a sudden you feel your blood pressure rise and your heart beating out of your chest. Oh yeah, you react on a primal level. And next thing you know you’re the one who’s creating frustration for another. And on and on it goes.
Reacting to others is a natural thing. The problem comes in when you react to negativity with negativity. The feeling just grows. And it doesn’t matter to the original negative Nelly that they’ve wrecked your day. They’re too busy counting up all the wrongs others have done to them. Practice letting go of the injustice because you will benefit immensely by doing so.
The Shift
So, how about we shift on our axis. Because the way we look at things really does change the things we see and the way we feel. That lady that cut you off and took your parking place. You know the one. Perhaps your first reaction is one of anger and judgment. But did you know, of course you didn’t, that her husband is very ill and she needs to get him something in the store to ease his pain? She didn’t see you. She doesn’t see anything. In her mind, there is only the task of getting some relief for her suffering man.
I believe that if you’ll consider others’ possible dilemmas before judging situations you could practice letting go to create some space in your heart for compassion and let go of the thoughts that keep you bound in crippling judgments.
Judgments
Another dynamic that is pervasive and unnecessary is entertaining the sense others are judging you or thinking bad thoughts about you. Thinking perhaps they’re doing things just to get under your skin. Intending to make you mad and hurt you in some way. Most of the time when you’re thinking these thoughts, what you don’t understand is the people you think are judging you have no idea you’re even there. They’re too busy thinking about what another person is thinking of them and worrying about what another person may do to them. It’s time to let all of these thoughts go.
When you catch yourself going down that rabbit hole crawl back out, look at the sky, and consider for a moment that you’re the last thing on their mind. And seriously folks, what others think of you is none of your business. Indeed, they may be thinking nothing at all. Being accepting of others is a talent and a gift we give to ourselves. Once we’re able to stop the worry and paranoia and look at things objectively it is very freeing indeed.
Forgiveness – Freeing Yourself From the Bondage of Bitterness and Self-Righteousness
Someone has just hijacked your trust. Done you wrong. Overstepped their boundaries and downright hurt you. The first ego-driven monkey chatter in your mind is to get revenge, to punish them by being mad at them and holding a grudge. We’ve all been there. Letting the betrayal fester. But what we neglect to understand is the anger and vengeance we seek to hold on to isn’t hurting them at all. They’re clueless really. Even though they may know what they did or said was wrong, they’re going along their merry way. Oops, my bad, is all they own. And here you are, left with a behemoth of negative feelings eating away at you.
Learn to Forgive
When we choose to hang on to the idea that not forgiving them is somehow hurting them, which they deserve right?, we keep ourselves stuck in an ugly place where we cannot move on. But what if……what if we did decide to let it go? To forgive them? Then what? Do we lose? Are we required to continue to be the victim of their insensitivities? The answer is no, a big fat no.
Forgiveness is magical. For you. It is the ultimate form of letting go, of letting it be. It does not mean you must reconcile with your offender. In fact, it may be best to let the relationship go and move on completely from it. Even the silent forgiving of a wrong in your own mind suddenly frees you from chains that have bound you to that person or the hurtful event. And isn’t this the real goal? To free yourself from the pain?
When we choose to forgive we are giving ourselves the finest gift. We are taking back our power in the situation. We can make it our choice to be set free from the burdens of our past. To look upon our offender as a messenger shows us a lesson we need to learn. We are then able to look softly inside ourselves allowing ourselves to grow emotionally.
Set yourself free from the emotional prison. Set an intention to lay out all the injustices, send them love, forgive them and let them float away.
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