Letting go does not mean abandoning external attachments.
Your past actions have created situations in your
life that are real and must therefore be honored. Running
away from your reality is an act of cowardice,
violence and denial. Examples of such behavior would
include drug addiction, teenage runaways and infidelity.
By accepting the reality of your situation, you are
free to explore your options. You can find places within
that reality to explore infinite possibilities.
Infinite choices. Infinite freedom. A challenging
yoga pose is undoubtedly difficult. That is a reality.
The pose is the pose. And yet, when you commit to
the work necessary to master the pose, and can finally
let go, the pose grants a euphoric sense (Asanajaya).
The pose is still the pose. And it is still difficult.
And yet within that difficulty, tremendous satisfaction
and success are awarded. The situation is what it
is. The change you make is inside yourself.
Through conscious living. By way of the work.
When you free yourself to relish in the depths of
your experience, the experience itself becomes more
profound as a result of your action. A yoga pose is
not perfected overnight, but eventually it assumes
its truth within you.
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Not
because you willed it to do so, but because you worked.
Each time you practiced, you became conscious of the
places in you that offered a little more freedom, a
little more strength, a little more tolerance—returning
again and again, allowing the pose to metamorphasize.
Still, it's the same pose that it always was. You have
not forced it or willed it to change. You have allowed it
to change by letting go—one bit at a time. Never
have you let go of your responsibility. Never
have you let go of your integrity.
Regardless of how you arrived at your present situation,
you must acknowledge that you are indeed there.
That is your reality. Understand however, that
your present circumstances are a culmination of your
past actions—conditions that have festered as a
result of unconscious deeds. Over time, regrets, guilt
and denial over past actions (Samscara) encourage careless
habits that govern your actions. Imbalanced people work
out their imbalances on others. If you are unhappy, unsatisfied
and living falsely, you will commit unkind, unconscious,
insensitive acts. You'll scream and curse at the driver
of a car you can't even see, who inadvertently cuts you
off. That is not a natural action. It is a violent and
unjust reaction.
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