Thinking about the Safeties, letting go

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Thinking about the Safeties

 

Letting go

 

I have been thinking/feeling that much of the safeties have to do

with " letting go " . Forgiveness is about letting go of anger. The

safeties about diet have to do with letting go of preconceived ideas

about how the diet should be…rules about how you should eat. Many of

our issues will be resolved if we let go of our needs, expectations

and desirers. Often in a social situation I notice that I have some

desire/need for the situation to go a certain way. Usually I can

notice this and " let it go " . This brings freedom.

 

We cause most of our own issues by holding on too tightly to our

needs, ideas and wanting things to be the way we want them to be.

This is very difficult to let go of because we think/know that we are

right. Wow, can we let go of wanting things to be good and right,

the way we know they should be? Can we let go of doing the right

thing if we see that it is just our need? (yes, some of this is

about me. I am in a situation where if I do the right thing I must

fight the whole system at work and I will lose my job having made no

change in the system. I will not be able to pay my mortgage, I will

lose my retirement package, medical benefits and not be in a

situation where I can get another job at all…basically if I lose my

job I am in deep trouble) So can I let go of my need to do the right

thing and keep my job which I really really need?

 

Anyway, enough about me,

 

We must be aware of our desires and needs in all situations and be

willing to let them go. Much much easier to say than to do!

 

rich