LETTING BE, LETTING GO, LETTING IN
Developing a greater sense of fullness, wholeness, and other aspects of
awakening involves three kinds of practice. First, you can simply be with
whatever you’re experiencing: accepting it, feeling it, perhaps exploring it.
As you be with it, your experience may change, but you’re not trying to
nudge it one way or another. Second, you can release what is painful or
harmful, such as by easing tension in the body, venting feelings,
challenging thoughts that aren’t true or helpful, or disengaging from desires
that hurt you or others. Third, you can grow what is enjoyable or useful:
developing virtues and skills, becoming more resilient, grateful, and
compassionate. In a nutshell: let be, let go, let in. If your mind is like a
garden, you can observe it, pull weeds, and plant flowers.
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