Letting go
Out of the many conscious thoughts, or tasks if you will, the simple act of letting go can be one of the hardest. why is that. Letting go seems easy enough thing to do - just let go. Be it a past relationship, bad job, good job, anything you have been devouted to in some degree. It's like the mental equivalent of the "in the end things that we own end up owing us"- line of thought. Like we should be able to let go of the things we don't need we should be able to let go of the thoughts that consume us.
Who hasn't spend the early hours of the day awake in his or hers bed, thinking of serious consuming issues unable to sleep? Only the most luckiest, most stupid or most happiest. Or the most in control of their mind and anxieties. Things you haven't got to grips yet bother us subconsciously and the hour of the wolf, the moment before the dawn, is when we are perhaps at our weakest, mentally to resist these unpleasant things and thoughts.
It is easy go with the idea that it takes time to let go, to move forward. It could be true but at the same time it's a fallacy. In the end it all boils down to the decision. You do it, really do it, then it's done. The thing has been left behind, you no more carry it on your shoulders, you gait is stronger and posture more upright. The inner demons that consume us, make us weaker. People find different ways to cope with them, some can drink, some turn to fitness maniacs or into religion. But all this is vain, in a sense, compared to simply letting go of those demons. It can be argued that using these anxieties as fuel, as a driving force to be better, it's a good thing and by letting go we only reduce that fiery burn and achieve less. Sure, it can be argued but it's not necessarily right. These demons create suffering, and this suffering, the absolute suffering in the universe, can only be reduced by letting go of these. We are venturing to a very philosophical and religious grey area where nothing is certain. Before I start, this will be a topic later. One of my favorite points. A core belief if you will. But for later. By letting go we lose nothing but gain freedom. Everyone who has ever managed to process an issue and solved and decided to let go of it knows the instant relief it causes. It's quite frankly amazing.
The process. It can be tedious and long or quick and simple as one two three. There's no recipe or sure way to succeed. It's all up to yourself. Basically the thing that happens is you accept that you have absolutely no control over the issue and therefore you decide it's out of your pay grade and therefore you have no business mulling over it and losing your sanity. So you let go. In a nutshell that's how it could work out. Sometimes you might have control over it on some level but not direct influence or you control only part of it, like a team assignment. Then what. The same I'd say. Keep your own slot clean. Let go of the idea of control if you really have no power over things. We can do what if's for an eternity or two but what's the point.
The point being that letting go is a skill you can learn. Keep what works and ignore what doesn't. This is the core of many martial arts systems, such as Jeet Kune Do. Build on positive instead of fueling your fire with anger. We all know where that leads - to the dark side.
Who hasn't spend the early hours of the day awake in his or hers bed, thinking of serious consuming issues unable to sleep? Only the most luckiest, most stupid or most happiest. Or the most in control of their mind and anxieties. Things you haven't got to grips yet bother us subconsciously and the hour of the wolf, the moment before the dawn, is when we are perhaps at our weakest, mentally to resist these unpleasant things and thoughts.
It is easy go with the idea that it takes time to let go, to move forward. It could be true but at the same time it's a fallacy. In the end it all boils down to the decision. You do it, really do it, then it's done. The thing has been left behind, you no more carry it on your shoulders, you gait is stronger and posture more upright. The inner demons that consume us, make us weaker. People find different ways to cope with them, some can drink, some turn to fitness maniacs or into religion. But all this is vain, in a sense, compared to simply letting go of those demons. It can be argued that using these anxieties as fuel, as a driving force to be better, it's a good thing and by letting go we only reduce that fiery burn and achieve less. Sure, it can be argued but it's not necessarily right. These demons create suffering, and this suffering, the absolute suffering in the universe, can only be reduced by letting go of these. We are venturing to a very philosophical and religious grey area where nothing is certain. Before I start, this will be a topic later. One of my favorite points. A core belief if you will. But for later. By letting go we lose nothing but gain freedom. Everyone who has ever managed to process an issue and solved and decided to let go of it knows the instant relief it causes. It's quite frankly amazing.
The process. It can be tedious and long or quick and simple as one two three. There's no recipe or sure way to succeed. It's all up to yourself. Basically the thing that happens is you accept that you have absolutely no control over the issue and therefore you decide it's out of your pay grade and therefore you have no business mulling over it and losing your sanity. So you let go. In a nutshell that's how it could work out. Sometimes you might have control over it on some level but not direct influence or you control only part of it, like a team assignment. Then what. The same I'd say. Keep your own slot clean. Let go of the idea of control if you really have no power over things. We can do what if's for an eternity or two but what's the point.
The point being that letting go is a skill you can learn. Keep what works and ignore what doesn't. This is the core of many martial arts systems, such as Jeet Kune Do. Build on positive instead of fueling your fire with anger. We all know where that leads - to the dark side.
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