LETTING GO
The act of letting go is perhaps one of the most challenging invitations we can receive in our lives. We tend to cast surrender as an indication of weakness; that surrender means to give up, bow out or allow the oppositional outcome to overthrow us. What if this act, of surrender and letting go, was actually the subtle art form that allows us to immerse ourselves in the flow? What if, by allowing ourselves to drop our conceptual frameworks and expectations, we instead call God/Source Energy to take the lead — to show us and surprise in infinite ways what lies beyond our mental, societal fixations? Letting go requires a practice of non-attachment; perhaps the highest spiritual attainment we can seek in a world that constantly requires our attention and obsession in order for it to be sustained.
Let this episode be a gentle nudge towards letting go — towards softening, resting and recalibrating your spirit — knowing that whatever is to come next is in perfect alignment with your deepest desires and learning.
“I work with the body as a dancer and teacher; and so, I am deeply aware of how much we carry in the body — so I wonder, what have I ever really let go?” Kopano muses, going on to share a beautifully erotic poem describing the unbridled surrender to union.
“We either don’t have the necessary skills to process letting go, or we are just not ready to do so. My experience of letting go does not feel linear; it often feels like grief and pain. I associate letting go with releasing; and find it is an act intimately tied to emotions and feelings. I see the importance of self-awareness when letting go; and the most important part is the acceptance, especially of the present moment.” Tammy recalls her own experience of the freedom found in letting go.
Nolitha offers gratitude, and says “What is a story I am telling myself? I ask myself this when I have doubt, or a sense of suffering. Is it the truth, or the only truth? How often are we willing to change our minds, and entertain all the varying realities and truths that exist? How willing am I to let go? I admit, I can be a control freak; it gets so intense, and personal. I recently learned it’s not the moment we choose to change a behaviour, but rather the moment we choose to change our thinking; it is more in sensing than in actually doing.
