On Letting Go

“Just get over it!”  “Let it go.”

How many times have those words reached our ears?  How many times have we sought to follow those instructions . . . and have had no idea how?

It seems simple enough in concept.  If you don’t like the way something tastes, stop eating it.  If you don’t like the way something feels, stop touching it.  And yet when emotions are involved, everything seems much more complex.  We often find it deeply challenging to walk away from abusive relationships, to let go of the attachment we feel to someone else’s pain, or to that of our own.

The mind understands concepts, rationalizing and finding peace in its intellect or finding struggle with its confusion around emotions.  The heart seeks peace through deep connection, emotional balance and flowing energy, defying the mind’s attempts to make sense of things.

Letting go of an emotional attachment is a physical and energetic process that must find balance within both the heart and mind.

We may never understand someone else’s choices to think, say or do what they do.  Dissecting someone to find their core of truth or to see the world clearly through their eyes is quite probably an impossibility!  We are too complex.

Healing, letting go, must happen within the self.  We cannot depend upon someone else to participate in or orchestrate our process.  Self-love, self-respect, self-acceptance, forgiveness, patience and compassion are the keys to letting go.  If we exist and choose to live within those energies, there is no room left for self-pity, self-loathing, self-hatred, anger, grudges or “holding on.”

As empowered beings, we accept and allow ourselves to be in our current time and space and summon the strength to move forward, making the choice to establish healthy boundaries and pursue healing.  Here, we can also allow others the space to be what they choose to be.

Everyone grows.  This is a reassuring fact that allows our deepest wounds to heal.  Living outside of judgment and in the space of “allowing,” gives us permission to see another person’s growth, as well as our own.  This knowledge helps us to set strong and healthy goals and boundaries as we develop healthy patterns and relationships.

There are tremendous avenues of support and healing in the process of letting go.  As you begin your journey, here are a few simple things to investigate which will jumpstart your journey!

The Physical Body

• Emotional Cord Cutting
• Honoring the body as a Living Temple

The Mind

• Etheric Surgery
• Practicing Healthy Boundaries

The Spirit

• Reiki
• Meditation, Yoga . . .

For more information on these techniques, please visit our website at:  www.TheSpiralJourney.com