“It's important to realize that inquiry is about noticing, not about dropping the thought... Inquiry is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about realizing what's true for you, through awareness and unconditional self-love. Once you see the truth, the thought lets go of you, not the other way around.” WayLoveImportantSelfTruthRealizingAwarenessSelf LoveLetting GoInquiryUnconditionalDroppingNoticingTruth Love Author:Byron Katie
“Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments, when they let go of the awareness of what they are doing, they still, somewhere deep inside their body, know what they're doing. There is a craft.” KnowsArtStillsMomentsBodyActingSuccessfulAwarenessLetting GoCraftsDeep Inside Author:Meryl Streep
“Start meditating with your eyes open, focusing as a warm-up, then focus on a chakra, then just let go and merge. Don't sit there and think or move into sleepy states of awareness, but move into high-powered states of attention.” ThinkingStatesEyeMovingAttentionFocusMeditationAwarenessBuddhismLetting GoWarmMeditatingSleepyChakraJust Let GoChakra Meditation Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are a limited number of things we can be personal with. This understanding can bring us to pare down to what we really need, and to let go of that which we cannot hold in caring awareness. We may learn that having too much can be another form of poverty.” NeedsMayBookFormUnderstandingNumbersPovertyLearningToo MuchAwarenessLetting GoCaring Author:Gunilla Brodde Norris
“Dying is all about letting go and letting be, as is the awareness of God. People who have traveled far along the contemplative path are often aware that the sense of separation from God is itself pasted up out of a mass of thoughts and feelings. When the mind comes into its own stillness and enters the silent land, the sense of separation goes. Union is seen to be the fundamental reality and separateness a highly filtered mental perception.” PeopleMindFeelingsRealityPathLandDyingAwarenessLetting GoPerceptionMassFundamentalsUnionsSilentSeparationStillnessTraveledThoughts And FeelingsContemplativeSeparateness Book:Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation Source: Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
“The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.” WorldWayMindSelfActionPassionResultsEffortQualityMeditationSeeingMagicAwarenessHumilityBuddhismLetting GoGoodnessAchievementConcernedMedicineSeekingAppearancePeacefulGenerosityEmptinessAttachmentMasteryConformSelflessnessSelf MasteryGreatest AchievementPeaceful MindSpiritual BuddhistGreatest Wisdom Author:Atisa
“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.” LifeNeedsMatterOrderMistakeStepsAwarenessEventsLetting GoErrorsChosenMaking MistakesLife And LoveLearning From MistakesMade A MistakeMy MistakesLive And LearnI Make MistakesLife LearningI Have Made MistakesLearn From The PastI Made A MistakeWe Make MistakesLearn From My MistakesMistakes And LearningMaking Mistakes And Learning From ThemLearning From Our MistakesLearned From MistakesMistakes Were MadeI've Made MistakesMistakes You've MadeLearning Life Author:Richard Bach
“Unbinding the Heart really means to bring awareness to those areas we have restricted in our hearts and start to let go, open up, and practice staying open no matter what happens or doesn't happen.” HeartMeanMatterHappensPracticeAwarenessLetting GoAreasNo Matter WhatStayingReally Mean Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Yoga teaches us both to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment. We remember our essential spiritual nature and life becomes more joyful, meaningful, and carefree.” MomentsRememberSpiritualTeachAwarenessLetting GoEssentialsYogaMeaningfulJoyfulExquisiteCarefreeSpiritual NatureNature And Life Author:Deepak Chopra
“We can begin to let go of the complications that cause us to suffer by cultivating a simple state of awareness. In this process, tiny steps yield big results, in part because simplicity is nature's default position. Suffering and the complications that fuel it are unnatural; it wastes energy to maintain complexity.” StatesBigsSufferingEnergyCausesProcessSimpleResultsStepsAwarenessPositionLetting GoWasteSimplicityTinyComplexityFuelYieldUnnaturalDefaultComplicationCultivating Author:Deepak Chopra
“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.” InspirationalMayMotivationalSpiritualBeliefHealingAwarenessBecomingLetting GoMindfulnessSelf ImprovementExpectationsYogaTransformationWho You AreImprovementHealGet BetterBeing YourselfFinding YourselfHealedEnergy HealingSpiritual HealingSelf TransformationSpiritual TransformationSelf HealingI Am Who I AmSoul HealingHealing The BodyInspirational HealingPersonal HealingBecoming Who You Are Author:Rachel Naomi Remen
“Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind. By letting go of even the thought 'I,' and 'me' what is left? There is nowhere to stand and no one to stand there. No separation anywhere. Pure awareness. Neither this, nor that. Just clarity and being.” MindMeanLeftMeditationAwarenessPureLetting GoSeparationClarityBeing MeClinging Author:Ram Dass
“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. It will be a permanent Self, rooted in awareness and creativity. Once you have captured this, you have captured the world.” WorldSelfPastProcessLosesCreativityAwarenessLetting GoPermanentFinding YourselfRootedCaptured Author:Deepak Chopra
“Asking ourselves, 'Where am I right now?' gives us a chance to step outside the internal dialogue for a moment of peace. Look around you, take a deep breath and notice what you see, hear and feel. Present moment awareness is the point of power and choice. It frees us from our compulsive thoughts.” GivingFeelsLooksMomentsPastChoicesChanceStepsAwarenessRight NowLetting GoBreathsAskingDialogueInternalsPresent MomentDeep BreathTake A Deep BreathGive Us A Chance Author:Laura Harvey
“In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.” MeanCausesPowerVirtueAwarenessFieldsLetting GoClingingTibetanYour Presence Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.” WayIdeasGoalStepsMorningPathAwarenessEasierTruth IsLetting GoRepeatsEvery Morning Author:Paulo Coelho
“In meditation take care not to impose anything on the mind, or to tax it. When you meditate there should be no effort to control, and no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is, your breath as you find it, and remain in your natural condition of unchanging pure awareness.” FeelsShouldMindIdeasBodyCareNaturalEffortMeditationSpecialConditionsAwarenessPureLetting GoTaxesBreathsTake CareYour BodyPeacefulRitualSolemnMeditatingUnchanging Author:Sogyal Rinpoche