Letting go is wisdom in
living. In this day and age, humans have a tendency to hold on to anything and everything
they can get hold of. Just take a look at your basement: it may be cluttered
with junks that you don’t have the time to sort out or to get rid of. It is
human nature to attach to anything that identifies them or they can identify
themselves with. Attachment can be material, such as the clothes you wear or
the car you drive; it can also be mental and emotional, such as the feeling of
being successful or the toxic emotion of regret and bitterness. Letting go is
the key to living a happy life as if everything is a miracle.
Letting go is like breathing
out, which has to be deep and complete. Learn how to breathe correctly;
many people don’t breathe right because they are not conscious of their
breathing. Breathe right to help you in your everyday life and
living. Remember, a healthy mind always has an easy breath, giving a relaxed
body. Humans tend to focus on
breathing in—which is akin to holding on or refusing to let go of any
attachment—to the extent that they may completely neglect what happens when they
breathe out, as if it were not that important. This discrepancy needs to be
corrected, in order to create a free-flowing breath. Concentrating on breathing
in may fill up the lungs with air all the time, such that the breathing becomes
quicker and shorter, and thus stressing both the body and the mind. This may,
ironically enough, lead to “feeling out of breath.” The wisdom of correct
breathing is, paradoxically, to empty the lungs of air so that it may be filled
completely with air.
Remember,
in optimal breathing, the breathing out should be longer than the breathing in;
without emptying first through breathing out, there will be no room for filling
in by way of breathing in. Likewise, you need to let go of any attachment
before you can receive new things in your life. After all, life is forever
changing, and nothing is permanent. So, just let go to let God
Stephen
Lau
Copyright© 2018 by Stephen Lau
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