How To Let Go?

Sometimes the mind doesn't serve to gain peace. Our 'problem' or 'situation' is too complicated or overwhelming - like trying to understand death when someone close to you dies.

At those times, changing our thoughts and trying to focus on the positive may just not work. But where the mind doesn't cut it, letting go always works to regain our peace.

So what exactly is letting go?

Letting go means to accept that you cannot sort your problem or situation. It is somehow equal to relinquish all thoughts and wants to change anything, or to surrender.

For some letting go means 'to put it in the hands of God', or 'to give it over to the Higher Power in our lives'.

Most of us only really learn to letting go fully when we have gone through some sort of situation which feels overwhelming, and we have come to understand that no action or thought from our side will change how we feel.

How do you let go?

All that it takes for letting go is a simple decision, which is sometimes forced by the circumstances when these are too painful to bear.

Even though you don't need anything in particular for letting go, you can perform a ritual if that helps you to fully let go. For instance, I wrote the following piece once, when I had gone through a painful experience:

I surrender, because I’m hurting

I surrender, because I don’t know better

I surrender, because I don’t know what else to do

I surrender, because I don’t know how any more

I surrender, because my way is not working

I surrender, because my way is killing me

I surrender, because I need guidance

I surrender, because I need help

I surrender, because I want love

I surrender, because I want to live in accordance with my highest purpose

I surrender, because I want peace

I surrender, because I’ve tried it all and nothing brought me permanent peace

I surrender, because it’s my last resource

Why is letting go so powerful?

Letting go is powerful to regain our peace because it feels freeing and liberating, as if you don't have to strain to 'sort' things out or to even find a mental construct that makes you feel at ease.

It is interesting that when you have fully let go, the problematic circumstances start to sort themselves out. However, you cannot want to surrender just so that the circumstances change - you've got to surrender out of simply wanting to experience letting go.

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