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Nonduality Highlights: Issue #3430, Sunday, February 1, 2009, Editor: Mark
A Sufi teaching tells of the man who visited a great mystic to
find out how to let go of his chains of attachment and his
prejudices. Instead of answering him directly, the mystic jumped
to his feet and bolted to a nearby pillar, flung his arms around
it, grasping the marble surface as he screamed, "Save me
from this pillar! Save me from this pillar!"
The man who had asked the question could not believe what he saw.
He thought the mystic was mad. The shouting soon brought a crowd
of people. "Why are you doing that?" the man asked.
"I came to you to ask a spiritual question because I thought
you were wise, but obviously you're crazy. You are holding the
pillar, the pillar is not holding you. You can simply let
go."
The mystic let go of the pillar and said to the man, "If you
can understand that, you have your answer. Your chains of
attachment are not holding you, you are holding them. You can
simply let go."
- Dick Sutphen, posted to The_Now2
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a
fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
Q: You are telling us to `let go', but it is very difficult.
P: That's because you have the idea that `letting go' is
something that you have to do. To move from one place to another
may be difficult if the journey is long and hard. But if you
don't have to move at all, how can you say that it is difficult?
Just give up the idea that you have to do something or reach
somewhere. That's all you have to do.
from Dialogues with the Master Sri H.W.L. Poonja
Gangaji video:
http://www.counsellor.nu/blog/?p=101
and finally, some comedy from Julia Sweeney (excerpt from
"Letting Go of God,")