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What it Means to be Living in the Now … Just for Today – Step 5

“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah

“Eckhart Tolle believes we create and maintain problems because they give us a sense of identity. Perhaps this explains why we often hold onto our pain far beyond its ability to serve us.” (excerpt from 40 Ways to Letting Go and Feel Less Pain)

 

Let It Go – Keisha Cole (4:22)

Eckhart Tolle on Drama vs. The Now (1:23)

Letting Go Guided Meditation (14:44)

 

Provide an example of how successful you were at letting go, lately?

 

 

Letting Go Of Frustration with Yourself/Your Life

1. Learn a new skill instead of dwelling on the skills you never mastered.

2. Change your perception—see the root cause as a blessing in disguise.

3. Cry it out. According to Dr. William Frey II, PH.D., biochemist at the Ramsey Medical Center in Minneapolis, crying away your negative feelings releases harmful chemicals that build up in your body due to stress.

4. Channel your discontent into an immediate positive action—make some calls about new job opportunities, or walk to the community center to volunteer.

5. Use meditation or yoga to bring you into the present moment (instead of dwelling on the past or worrying about the future).  (for all 40 tips – https://tinybuddha.com/blog/40-ways-to-let-go-and-feel-less-pain/)

 

 

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This Post Has 3 Comments

  1. brita

    Good to have a reminder to be “willing” – that’s the best I can do. Recently diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a pain disease – I am freaked out and striving to live in the now, and know my Higher Power will take care of my needs. Thank you SFZ. ONE DAY AT A TIME

    1. Slim Jim

      Gee, I”m sorry to hear that. I sounds like you into action though. And keep us posted, I find sharing helps to let go of the fears we create in our heads.

      1. brita

        Thank you so much, I appreciate it. Looking to read a Lance Armstrong biography – or people who overcame huge obstacles.

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