I’ve been thinking a lot this week about surrender. The theme got “triggered” because I woke up one morning much too attached to something that wasn’t going the way I thought it should. I could feel how deeply painful it is to be attached and needed to do something to free myself from the pain.
I decided the only solution was to spend the day (the whole day) letting go of my attachments. For me this meant affirming: I let go. I let go. I let go. Every time this subject entered my mind.
This could be mistaken for passivity, but actually when we let go of our tight grip on people and situations in our life what is meant to be can come to us and what is not meant can leave. Also when we let go of our attachments we can more easily hear the whispers of spirit within us and all around us.
All in all, letting go of attachments can be an incredible tool for accessing clarity and releasing blockages that are holding us back in our lives and allowing the hand of spirit to more easily guide us.
In terms of my situation, I was letting go of an attachment to healing a relationship with a friend. Interestingly (and surprisingly), at the end of my long day of letting go of attachments this friend emailed me and asked if i want to get together and talk. (something we haven’t done in over a year.)
I didn’t let go with the purpose of getting what I wanted. I let go because I was in pain and I knew that my tight grip blocks energy and clarity. In my situation, letting go of my attachments released the blockages so that my friend and I could talk. In another case, it may have freed me to move on to a more appropriate relationship.
The attunement varies, but again when you let go of your attachments it opens you to the miraculous. What your miracle will be will vary. In one case you may get what you actually wanted, in another, a deep acceptance of what is may occur. We can’t be attached when we are letting go. We must let go and be open to what transpires next.
On a side note, I also stumbled upon a book this week called The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer which i’m really enjoying so far, and is reinforcing the theme about the power of letting go.
Being attached and holding on too tight is painful and blocks our clarity and our ability to read the energy and know what is right for us.
Practice letting go of your attachments this week (this does not mean to get rid of all of your belongings!) and surrendering to a force of life greater than yourself.
See it as your experiment, and be aware of how this affects the quality of your week.
Here is a little something I wrote on the topic to assist all of us in letting go:
I let go.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go and I trust the process of life.
I let go and I trust that spirit is working with me to manifest what I need.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go and I give spirit the control.
I let go
I let go.
When I let go and I give spirit the control the miraculous can occur.
When I let go and I give spirit the control the miraculous can occur.
And so,
I let go.
I let go.
I surrender.
I surrender.
I trust.
I trust.
I allow.
I allow.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go and then
I let go some more.
I spend my day letting go of my attachments.
This does not make me passive for when I let go of my attachments, when I let go of the places that I am holding too tight, when I truly surrender, I become very clear.
When I let go, I can hear the whispers of spirit within me and all around me.
When I let go of my fears and blockages, I can do that which is mine to do.
But the first step is always to surrender.
My first step is to let go of my fear, to let go of my tight grip, and to let go of my tension.
My first step is to let go of the voices in my head that try to dictate how it should be.
My first step is to surrender my attachments completely.
My first step is to let go and spend my days in a state of surrender.
I surrender frequently through out the day.
I affirm many times:
I let go.
I let go.
I let go and I trust the process of life.
I let go and I surrender to spirit.
I let go and I surrender to a force of life greater than myself.
I let go and I surrender to a force of life that knows what is needed next.
I let go of my personal will.
I surrender.
I surrender.
When I let go, I can hear the whispers of spirit within me and all around me.
When I let go, I align with a force of life that has everyone’s best interest at heart.
When I let go, I become powerful.
I let go.
I let go.
I surrender.
I surrender.
I allow.
I allow.
I trust.
I trust.
I let go in the morning.
I let go in the evening.
I let go through out my day.
And this is my experiment, to live a surrendered life .
I let go, and I open to the miraculous.
I let go, and I open to a force of life grater than myself.
I let go of my personal will and I merge with the will of spirit.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go, and when I let go I can more easily hear the whispers of spirit all around me.
When I let go, I will know what to do
But for now I focus on letting go.
I let go of my own personal will.
I let go of how I think it should be.
I let go
I let go.
I let go and I live a guided life.
I let go and allow the people in my life to be who they are.
I let go and I know when to intervene and
I let go and I know when to step back.
But when in doubt,
I let go of my attachments some more.
I let go of my fear.
I let go of my tight grip.
I let go of my thoughts about how it is supposed to be.
I surrender.
I surrender.
I allow.
I allow.
I let go.
I let go.
I trust.
I trust.
I open to the miraculous.
I open to the miraculous.
When I let go and allow spirit to have the control the miraculous can occur, and so:
I let go and I open to the miraculous.
I let go and I open to the miraculous.
I let go and I sit in silence now.
I let go and I sit in my wholeness.
I let go and I sit in my power.
I let go and I sit in strength.
I let go and I remember who I really am.
I let go and I open to the miraculous.
I let go and I open to the miraculous.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go.
I let go.
~Hayley Mermelstein
c.2015