The Art of Letting Go Pt 1

Hello reader my name Jesus Guzman and this is The Art Of letting Go Pt 1 in the my blog series where i will share what i've experienced, how i've applied letting go into my life, how i still do to this day and what i've learned so it could potentially help you. To begin with Letting Go is simple but not easy whether you are overthinking or going through a tough time in your life such as a break up, loss of job, divorce, lost something or someone or even financial issues. Through those times our emotions or even thoughts take a toll of us and we lose our sense of peace and self in the physical world and forget we are greater than our circumstances or the way i like to see it is were spiritual beings or a sprit experiencing life through a physical body. Our bodies are like a vehicle in this life and we get to experience it differently that's the biggest blessing about being alive and as humans we are feeling creatures we feel on a day to day basis and i feel like no one really teaches us how to deal with our emotions in today's age especially since were always distracted with our ever growing technology.

Intro

What is Letting Go?

Letting Go is essentially Letting Be. So for example if im feeling angry, sad, fearful, jealous anything you let it be you let the emotion or feeling take its course within you. Instead of trying to cope with it such as listening to music, drinking, drugs, scrolling on social media or even entertainment you put all those things aside and sit with what your feeling in that moment relax and ease into the feeling or emotion its okay its a temporary storm. A lot of people think expressing is the biggest way to help ease an emotion or feeling in the body it can help but feeling surpasses expression. Sometimes in life there are things that trigger our emotions easily because of how much suppressed emotion we have for example a person who gets furious and losing themselves for being caught in traffic it's just traffic its out of your control and there's no need to be mad but if something's getting triggered within easily with the littlest thing that means one needs to release or feel that emotion that arises like a pressure cook pot little by little.

Where Does Letting Go Come From?

The concept of Letting Go comes from ancient spiritual and philosophical traditions like Buddhism, Taoism, and Stoicism, which emphasize releasing attachments and surrendering control to find peace. It’s also rooted in modern psychology, teaching us to accept thoughts and emotions without clinging, fostering freedom and inner harmony.

How Do I Let Go?

All you have to do in order to let go is Let Go! Easier said than done you might say but the truth is it really is simple, but as humans we often resist our emotions especially when they’re unpleasant or evoke fear. Instead of facing these feelings, we suppress them or distract ourselves with entertainment and busyness. To truly let go of an emotion, you need to allow yourself to feel it fully. You could do it while you are doing your usual daily activities but depending on what your feeling i seen it tends to work more for me when you stop what you're doing, take a seat and reflect within, also taking a walk in nature helps as well! When Letting Go you want to shift your focus away from the story your mind is ruminating about or the cause of the emotion, and instead, gently ease into the feeling itself. Relax into it, let it flow through you, and trust the process. Remember, it’s just a temporary storm, and every storm eventually gives way to light.

How Letting Go Has Worked for Me

If the concept Letting Go didn't work i wouldn't be sharing this but it truly does. I've been applying it to my daily life since 2021 after i picked up the book by David Hawkins and really studied the concept from him, spiritual teachers, and different speakers on youtube. At first it wasn't easy i remember i was in a state of fear internally because of my inner mental dialogue and since i kept resisting internally what i was thinking and feeling it kept perpetuating even the smallest conversations of certain topics or as to even listening to certain music, watching horror movies would cause this huge state of fear and anxiety mentally. These triggers were causing the fear to rise but because i kept resisting it kept getting stronger my internal dialogue was coming from what i was feeling on a consistent basis and the energy just wanted to be released but my mind was fearful of allowing it because the minds job is to keep you safe and i thought whatever you think manifested because of metaphysical teachings or the subconscious mind teachings but that's not necessarily true. That's a topic for another day but as i write this i'm in a more peaceful state don't get me wrong i still have moments where im overthinking, over analyzing, feel fear or other emotions but that's normal because at the end of the day we are human we will feel differently at different periods of our life or just days in general. You can let go of what your feeling and choose what you want to feel instead at any given moment but not coming from a place of resisting but from a place of acceptance.