“The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you the courage you need to let go of the controls. In doing so, you might discover that each time you let go, it becomes easier and easier to re-enter the atmosphere of your own aliveness. Gradually you’ll come home to the flow of your own living presence, the warmth and space of your awakening heart.” WayNeedsGivingTryingHeartHomeMightNextSpaceCompassionLandEasierLetting GoFlowAwakeningAtmosphereFinding YourselfComing HomeWarmthNext Time Author:Tara Brach
“The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of letting go. Being able to let go, to give up, to renounce, and to give generously all spring from the same source, and when we practice generosity ... we open up these qualities within ourselves.” GivingAbleSpiritualForceQualityPracticeSourceLetting GoGiving UpSpringAwakeningAriseGenerositySpiritual AwakeningRenounceCultivationSelf Giving Author:Sharon Salzberg
“In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while relinquishing things that do not matter to us. A lukewarm yearning for awakening is not enough to sustain us through the difficulties involved in letting go. It is important to understand that anything that can be lost was never truly ours, anything that we deeply cling to only imprisons us.” ImportantMatterEnoughSpiritualLostRoomsInvolvedPleaseLetting GoDifficultyAwakeningCompromiseSpiritual LifeYearningBargainsLukewarmRelinquishing Author:Jack Kornfield
“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be” PurposeImagineLetting GoEgoWake UpWho You AreAwakeningWaking Author:Alan Watts
“Somewhere along the journey of remembering who we really are, we may find ourselves in a very uncomfortable space, a void in which we realize that we haven't totally let go of our old beliefs, and on the other hand we have yet to fully plug into the new truths we have discovered. This awkward "place of mind" can bring on an internal crisis of uncertainty, instability, confusion, frustration, and a most unspeakable despair as the "dark night" sets in and makes its presence felt.” MindMayHandsRememberNightBeliefFeltRealizingDarkSpaceJourneyHavensLetting GoDespairCrisisAwakeningConfusionUncertaintyUncomfortableFrustrationInternalsVoidAwkwardUnspeakablePlugsInstabilityDark Night Author:Nicholas Schmidt
“The offering up or cleaning up ego stuff is called purification. Purification is the act of letting go. This is done out of discriminative awareness. That is, you understand that you are an entity passing through a life in which the entire drama is an offering for your awakening.” DoneStuffAwarenessDramaLetting GoEgoAwakeningPassingPassingsOfferingEntityCleaningPassing ThroughPurificationCleaning Up Author:Ram Dass
“Stop all physical activity and sit naturally at ease. Remain silent and let sound be like an echo. Do not think about anything look at experience beyond thought; open minded like space. Let go of control and stop and rest at ease in that state. Awareness without projection is the greatest meditation. Train and develop like this and you will come to the deepest awakening.” ThinkingLooksStatesSoundSpaceMeditationAwarenessActivityLetting GoTrainSilentAwakeningEaseEchoesProjectionOpen MindOpen MindedPhysical Activity Author:Tilopa