Learning to “Let Go”

The only instruction - ever - for a breath session is to: “Breathe and Let Go”.

After creating an intention for our breath session, the first thing we let go of is that intention - giving it over to our “inner healer” or God or …whomever.

But what else needs to be let go of?

This quote provides a perspective you can learn to bring to your own “letting go”…

LEARNING TO “OBSERVE AND LET GO"

One of the most important skills we must acquire as we embark on the inward journey is the ability to “observe and let go” of the habits and mechanisms of our personality that have trapped us.

Our maxim is deceptively simple. What it means is...that we must learn to observe ourselves, seeing what arises in us from moment to moment, as well as seeing what calls us away from the here and now.

Whatever we find, whether pleasant or unpleasant, we simply observe it.

We do not try to change it, nor do we criticize ourselves for what we uncover.

To the extent that we are fully present to whatever we find in ourselves, the constrictions of our personality begin to relax, and our Essence begins to manifest more fully.

Unlike what our ego may believe, it is not our role to repair or transform ourselves.

Indeed, one of the major obstacles to transformation is the idea that we can “fix” ourselves.

This notion, of course, raises some interesting questions...
~~ What in us do we believe needs fixing?
~~ And what part of us is claiming the authority to be able to fix another part?
~~ What parts are the judge, the jury, and the defendant in the dock?
~~ What are the tools of punishment or rehabilitation?
~~ And what parts of us will wield them on what other parts?

"The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types"
by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson