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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:49 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: What does letting go mean?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1830
Re: What does letting go mean?
Hi All, I wanted to post how I think about letting go here but had a few mood swings and I couldn't organize myself to do so. However these mood swings encouraged me to pursue meditation more seriously. Now this is how I generally think about "what letting go is", but may be I see it diffe...
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 3:22 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Registered on this forum because I really want to learn mindfulness
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6133
Re: Registered on this forum because I really want to learn mindfulness
Hi Spikeycloud This part of your post rang a bell with me: The worst things of this is, that I’m aware that the most things the mind projects negative are not true. But even though I know this – the mind takes me for a ride anyway for a big portion of the day. I am struggling with my problems and I ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:59 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: What does letting go mean?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1830
Re: What does letting go mean?
Hi Jon, Thanks for your reply. I specially liked the last line of your response: It's very much about realising that, in the moment, there is a space which allows us a choice in the way we respond. I'll wait to see if I can get more views from others and then I'll share my own view to learn from you...
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:20 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: What does letting go mean?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1830
What does letting go mean?
In mindfulness meditation we are told to "let go" of thoughts, intentions, etc. But what is letting go exactly? How does it happen? When we are letting go, what are we exactly doing? What is the change that is happening in a person who is letting go? During meditation there are times that ...