“I had this whole Slim Shady concept of being two different people, having two different sides of me. One of them I was trying to let go, and I looked at the mirror and smashed it. That was the whole intro of the Slim Shady EP. Slim Shady was coming to haunt me.” PeopleTryingTwoDifferentWholeSidesLetting GoConceptsMirrorsDifferent PeoplesSlimShadyDifferent SidesSlim ShadyTrying To Let Go Author:Eminem
“The approach to that movie wasn't, 'Lets make this movie about Amsterdam and maple syrup.' The concept was, 'Lets go to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is fun.' So we flew to Amsterdam with our cameras and we saw what happened and then we got back and we sat down and we said, 'What's the movie here.' That's when we realized that the movie was 'The Maple Syrup Saga'.” SaidFunSawsHappenedLetting GoApproachConceptsDown AndCamerasSatFlewSagaAmsterdamMapleSyrupMaple Syrup Author:Casey Neistat
“I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.” RealityUnderstandingLetting GoConceptsCleverKatieDon't Let Go Author:Byron Katie
“The only way you will ever awaken is through silence, not through analyzation of facts. Not by sorting out good and bad, but through simple silence, letting go. Letting go of all thoughts, all the hurts, all the dogmas and concepts. Letting go of these things daily.” WayFactsHurtSimpleSilenceLetting GoConceptsDogmaGood And BadSortingSorting Out Author:Robert Adams
“The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by not fixating. That's part of true maturity, and it's one of the hardest things for spiritual people who have had true and powerful revelations to go through - to accept the degree of surrender needed to literally let go of all experience and all self-reference. Even in great revelations, there is almost always something that wants to claim, "I am this." Every time you claim, "I am this", you just claimed another sense perception, thought, emotion, or feeling.” PeopleWayWantMindSelfFeelingsSpiritualPowerfulEmotionAcceptingMeditationLandNeededLetting GoDegreesPerceptionConceptsClaimsSurrenderHardestMaturityRevelationsHardest ThingSense Perception Author:Adyashanti
“We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle or just charming rituals for which we struggle to find equivalents in secular society.” ChoicesStruggleLetting GoConceptsSubtleRitualPeculiarHostSecularCharmingDeitiesConsolingSecular Society Author:Alain de Botton
“Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.” WorldTryingPlansLetting GoConceptsFixedTaoismStop TryingTao Te Ching LeadershipTao Ching Author:Laozi
“There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as we posit a 'thing' to let go of, we're in trouble. We need to change our view of reality, not attack a nonexistent entity.” NeedsIdeasRealityViewsTroubleLetting GoEgoConceptsBurdenEntityNeed A Change Author:Sharon Salzberg