Learning to Let Go

sshenry · #1 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008, 07:31 PM

It's like waking from a dream.

One day you open your eyes and you begin to see everything around you from a new perspective. People, places, things that you've accumulated in your life no longer fit.

It's like when you were a child and you would go through a growth spurt - and suddenly nothing in your closet fit right anymore and your mum would sigh because it meant a trip to the department store.

Sometimes we grow out of things.

And sometimes we deny that we have grown out of those things.

We try desperately to squeeze into that too-small shirt, or those size 2 jeans, and when we can't, when we finally admit to ourselves that there is no possible way that we can ever wear them again many times we still hang onto them out of sentimentality or nolstagia until we find ourselves with basements full of things that "just don't fit".

So too does the soul grow, or rather, our awareness of it. As our awareness of it increases, we gain a clarity of sight and we begin to see the things around us with new eyes.

And sometimes what we see with our new eyes shakes us to the very core of our beings, for our new eyes tell us that in order to make any sort of progress there are things we are going to have to give up. Sometimes they are things that we never could have imagined ourselves giving up; jobs, dreams, locations, relationships.

And sometimes we try to squeeze ourselves back into them because we can't bear to give them up.

And sometimes....we don't.

Namaste.

indigoglow4u · #2 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008, 10:03 PM

Thanks for the reminder..
......learning to let go, a day at a time...

Annette · #3 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008, 11:36 PM

Are you ok, sshenry? I've been feeling that you are on the verge of giving up something big and important in your life. I've been feeling this for a while (since the rabbit hole thread). This thread brings that out loud and clear.

Change always has an element of fear because we really never know if it's the right decision until we are well on the other side of it.

When I left my husband...I thought it was the right decision at the time but I didn't KNOW....I mean really KNOW it was the right decision until a couple years later.

Sometimes we just have to dive into it...trusting our intuition...and hoping for the best for all. Then it will become clear later on.

Hindsight really is the best perspective.

We are here for you, henry, weather you decide to give up that old skirt or not.

Much love,

Annette

Quote:

Originally Posted by sshenry

It's like waking from a dream.

One day you open your eyes and you begin to see everything around you from a new perspective. People, places, things that you've accumulated in your life no longer fit.

It's like when you were a child and you would go through a growth spurt - and suddenly nothing in your closet fit right anymore and your mum would sigh because it meant a trip to the department store.

Sometimes we grow out of things.

And sometimes we deny that we have grown out of those things.

We try desperately to squeeze into that too-small shirt, or those size 2 jeans, and when we can't, when we finally admit to ourselves that there is no possible way that we can ever wear them again many times we still hang onto them out of sentimentality or nolstagia until we find ourselves with basements full of things that "just don't fit".

So too does the soul grow, or rather, our awareness of it. As our awareness of it increases, we gain a clarity of sight and we begin to see the things around us with new eyes.

And sometimes what we see with our new eyes shakes us to the very core of our beings, for our new eyes tell us that in order to make any sort of progress there are things we are going to have to give up. Sometimes they are things that we never could have imagined ourselves giving up; jobs, dreams, locations, relationships.

And sometimes we try to squeeze ourselves back into them because we can't bear to give them up.

And sometimes....we don't.

Namaste.

sshenry · #4 (**permalink**) 04-25-2008, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Annette

Are you ok, sshenry? I've been feeling that you are on the verge of giving up something big and important in your life. I've been feeling this for a while (since the rabbit hole thread). This thread brings that out loud and clear.

Change always has an element of fear because we really never know if it's the right decision until we are well on the other side of it.

When I left my husband...I thought it was the right decision at the time but I didn't KNOW....I mean really KNOW it was the right decision until a couple years later.

Sometimes we just have to dive into it...trusting our intuition...and hoping for the best for all. Then it will become clear later on.

Hindsight really is the best perspective.

We are here for you, henry, weather you decide to give up that old skirt or not.

Much love,

Annette

Yes luv, I'm fine - better than fine actually - I'm seeing clearly for the first time in 39 years (does the first year count really? I mean, babies eyesight isn't all that great until they're about a year old - can I dock a year?

- come to think of it, maybe its the babies that see themost clearly after all!)

This energy surge I've been on has really sharpened my "vision" and I see now that I've been holding onto a lot of things that were never my size to begin with

It's as if I had been standing on the edge of a precipice - scared to death of falling - and the wind came along, gave me a nudge...

And now I can fly!

Annette · #5 (**permalink**) 04-25-2008, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sshenry

Yes luv, I'm fine - better than fine actually - I'm seeing clearly for the first time in 39 years (does the first year count really? I mean, babies eyesight isn't all that great until they're about a year old - can I dock a year?

- come to think of it, maybe its the babies that see themost clearly after all!)

This energy surge I've been on has really sharpened my "vision" and I see now that I've been holding onto a lot of things that were never my size to begin with

It's as if I had been standing on the edge of a precipice - scared to death of falling - and the wind came along, gave me a nudge...

And now I can fly!

Fly, sshenry, fly

Love ya!

Annette

sshenry · #6 (**permalink**) 04-25-2008, 07:08 AM

Thanks luv -the wings feel good

indigoglow4u · #7 (**permalink**) 04-25-2008, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sshenry

It's like waking from a dream.

One day you open your eyes and you begin to see everything around you from a new perspective. People, places, things that you've accumulated in your life no longer fit.

It's like when you were a child and you would go through a growth spurt - and suddenly nothing in your closet fit right anymore and your mum would sigh because it meant a trip to the department store.

Sometimes we grow out of things.

And sometimes we deny that we have grown out of those things.

We try desperately to squeeze into that too-small shirt, or those size 2 jeans, and when we can't, when we finally admit to ourselves that there is no possible way that we can ever wear them again many times we still hang onto them out of sentimentality or nolstagia until we find ourselves with basements full of things that "just don't fit".

So too does the soul grow, or rather, our awareness of it. As our awareness of it increases, we gain a clarity of sight and we begin to see the things around us with new eyes.

And sometimes what we see with our new eyes shakes us to the very core of our beings, for our new eyes tell us that in order to make any sort of progress there are things we are going to have to give up. Sometimes they are things that we never could have imagined ourselves giving up; jobs, dreams, locations, relationships.

And sometimes we try to squeeze ourselves back into them because we can't bear to give them up.

And sometimes....we don't.

Namaste.

this is so profound..
Thanks for making it so simply sounding...

When in the thick of the fog it's hard to imagine it's so simple...
but I know it is.

This is my daily reality these days.
Identifying those things I believe I 'need' and really looking at them.
..a need or want?????

I can give it all up..it's just stuff....
BUT the thing I have a hard time with is that long nagging forever dream of my life..my purpose if you want to call it that. The sequencing and seredipitous (sp?) events that have occurred while learning to let go as my awareness and reality have grown.
To release this is a huge trust issue that the last 10 years of growth and discovery has either been a dillusion that my strange mind has imagined making me question if any of this has been real.
I'm forced to believe that i'm not insane and the course of events that have occured (large and small) are the unfolding of a greater purpose that has opened before me... I've just learned to walk through those doors as they open and trust the results..
Once again... here I am laying it all out at the foot of the creator...letting go and walking onward...
trusting.....
intending...
and praying....

somedays it feels so real that my dreams aren't really mine at all. I'm just the doer of a bigger plan...
So. I know that if any of this is even close to reality I'm on the right course..but hey sure would be nice to pull of at a Rest Stop now and then...
I guess that is where all the rest fits in..
taking care of the 'ship' as it voyages through this maze...

hind sight IS the best...
that's the only hint I have that this is way beyond me.
I can't count the endless blessings and miracle that have been occured in the past many years to bring me/us here today...
It's so faith affirming that i have no chose but to forge forward on this path...with eyes and heart wide open to not miss the next door or even a window...

I like the clothing metaphor.. I do need to thin out that bottom drawer.. something I'm never gonna squish back into...
so I'll just pass them on..

Anyways....

thanks for the encouraging insight...

sshenry · #8 (**permalink**) 04-25-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by indigoglow4u

I can give it all up..it's just stuff....

That really is the key - stepping back from what it is that you are attached to - THEN LETTING IT GO. If it comes back to you in a form that you can use in your newness, then take it back - but don't let yourself become attached to it, for it - or you - could change again at any moment.

I think this is particularly hard for parents. We put SO MUCH effort and energy into raising our children, we care for them, feed them, hug them, love them, clean up the bruised knees and dry the tears, but when it is time for them to step out on their own, so many of us have a problem JUST LETTING GO. (No, this wasn't the main purpose for my post, but one of several issues that has been staring at me.)

Quote:

BUT the thing I have a hard time with is that long nagging forever dream of my life..my purpose if you want to call it that. The sequencing and seredipitous (sp?) events that have occurred while learning to let go as my awareness and reality have grown.
To release this is a huge trust issue that the last 10 years of growth and discovery has either been a dillusion that my strange mind has imagined making me question if any of this has been real.
I'm forced to believe that i'm not insane and the course of events that have occured (large and small) are the unfolding of a greater purpose that has opened before me... I've just learned to walk through those doors as they open and trust the results..

It's not a dream - you're not insane - the life you've been living THAT is the dream. One morning you'll wake up, rub the sleep out of your eyes, and laugh at ever having doubted what you felt all along to be real.

Namaste

sshenry · #9 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lavella

just remember to dance under the apple tree once in a while....grounding worls as well as flying

Yes, and he [my tree] is becoming quite good at the Samba. But he's also there for me to perch in when I fly, my grounding core if you will. A tree for all seasons

MiamiSound · #10 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 06:33 PM

SShenry you are raising in vibration. You are seeing things from a higher perspective. Your words say it all...

Letting go can be beautiful. You start seeing the present moment for what it really is. Just a moment. A single note in a symphony that is your life. How could you really enjoy just one note in the symphony without considering the entire song. Love

sshenry · #11 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiSound

SShenry you are raising in vibration. You are seeing things from a higher perspective. Your words say it all...

Letting go can be beautiful. You start seeing the present moment for what it really is. Just a moment. A single note in a symphony that is your life. How could you really enjoy just one note in the symphony without considering the entire song. Love

And the spaces in between the notes, sometimes the silences make for the most meaningful music of all...

MiamiSound · #12 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sshenry

And the spaces in between the notes, sometimes the silences make for the most meaningful music of all...

indigoglow4u · #13 (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sshenry

It's not a dream - you're not insane - the life you've been living THAT is the dream. One morning you'll wake up, rub the sleep out of your eyes, and laugh at ever having doubted what you felt all along to be real.

Namaste

Thanks so much...

when I read this a few days back it was so profound that i couldn't respond. This is truly an aaaahhhhaaaa moment...

You're so right... this isn't a dream ...
It's the life I'm living... I've been living my "dream" for years. And this is where it's at today.. I really like that...

I'm learning to 'ride the wave' on the crest of all these emotions that just want to toss me down into those turbulent seas around be.. Ever so often I'm thrown into the sea by an unexpected song or phone call..
I've learned how to get back up on top of that wave again but now much quicker.
This just allows for a more conscience awareness of the life/dream I'm living...
WOW!
Thanks so much for this tidbit...
small but so huge...

I can relish the reality that this is IT.....

Namaste

Tammy

sshenry · #14 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 02:09 AM

Ride the wave...hang ten...and don't get stuffed in any barrels

sshenry · #15 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiSound

Letting go can be beautiful. You start seeing the present moment for what it really is. Just a moment.

The Eternal Moment of Now.

WhiteEagles · #16 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by sshenry

Yes luv, I'm fine - better than fine actually - I'm seeing clearly for the first time in 39 years (does the first year count really? I mean, babies eyesight isn't all that great until they're about a year old - can I dock a year?

- come to think of it, maybe its the babies that see themost clearly after all!)

This energy surge I've been on has really sharpened my "vision" and I see now that I've been holding onto a lot of things that were never my size to begin with

It's as if I had been standing on the edge of a precipice - scared to death of falling - and the wind came along, gave me a nudge...

And now I can fly!

This is what its all about, Love is within, when we awaken to the present moment, that is all there is nothing else exists..and Love is everywhere, SShenry, Beautiful and Brilliant. Thanks for sharing your Brilliant Light. Love to all The WhiteEagles

indigoglow4u · #17 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sshenry

Ride the wave...hang ten...and don't get stuffed in any barrels

I'm learning to do just that.....

wee....

The now factor is all there really is.. poof! Thanks.

Getting much better at dodging those tentacles that keep trying to pull me back down and under.
They appear in so many shapes and forms .... but ultimately it's developing the habit/patterning to identifiy them and bring them into now.

Thanks for all the insight and affirmations...

Love riding that wave.....

the fresh sea air and mist is exilerating

namaste

Tammy

Patryc · #18 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 07:14 AM

heheh - letting go is very important - I went through all my stuff right after my first kundalini peak and got rid of it all. Everything I didn't need I got rid of, I removed labels, shirts that had labels on them, all material things that were weighing me down in this realm. Even certain photographs that trapped me in negative emotions. I got rid of them because I don't like to see my state set in such a negative energy. I built a big fire and burned a lot of stuff too. It was very satisfying and I felt so free afterwards. I was me, not my possessions or any photographs someone had taken of me. The only thing you really own in this world is your body, and that's not forever. Honor it. For the kingdom of heaven is within.

sshenry · #19 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008, 07:15 AM

Well spoken Patryc, thank you so much, for everything