Comments on: Let Go! http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/ Commentaries on Meditation, Zen, Buddhism, and Mindfulness Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jerry http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13507 Jerry Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:34:39 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13507 Letting go in small ways is something that happens everyday but the most significant point in my life was letting go of a past relationship. The pain and suffering was more than I thought I could bear. Alcohol, drugs, and sex only made the suffering more extreme. That was my jumping off a wall. Then I started to meditate...AHHH...relief at last. Just about the time I reached a beautiful state of peace, I started another relationship and found chaos once more. Twenty years later, still in that relationship, I now know that there is more than one path to peace. You can jump or you can walk softly into the sunset. Letting go in small ways is something that happens everyday but the most significant point in my life was letting go of a past relationship. The pain and suffering was more than I thought I could bear. Alcohol, drugs, and sex only made the suffering more extreme. That was my jumping off a wall. Then I started to meditate…AHHH…relief at last. Just about the time I reached a beautiful state of peace, I started another relationship and found chaos once more. Twenty years later, still in that relationship, I now know that there is more than one path to peace. You can jump or you can walk softly into the sunset.

]]> By: Deb Estep http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13420 Deb Estep Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:52:42 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13420 Dear Wade, I'm thrilled and flattered that it was something VERY useful for you. That you did not recall where the ~inspiration~ came from is of NO consequence to me. IF the tables were turned, I have NO doubt that you would feel the VERY same way. :))))))) xo xo Deb Dear Wade,

I’m thrilled and flattered that it was something VERY useful for you.
That you did not recall where the inspiration came from is of NO consequence to me.
IF the tables were turned, I have NO doubt
that you would feel the VERY same way. :)))))))

xo xo
Deb

]]> By: Wade http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13419 Wade Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:35:29 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13419 @Greg, thanks for trying it out and getting back to me. Glad you were able to see :) Thanks for the kind words too. @Paul, Interesting situation. I heard the ex-Abbotess of San Francisco Zen Center speak of her issues of getting out of bed. She said one day she had enough deliberating about getting out of bed in the morning and decided that she'd for once and all decide to get out of bed whenever the alarm went off. In the 40 years since, she's never had to think of getting out of bed, and never had a problem getting out of bed. She made the decision, and now lives it....Perhaps something to try? @Deb, Thanks for posting the link, I was trying to find some other stories of people letting go when I was writing but couldn't find anything in line. What's funny is re-reading your entry now, I found I used your example, which I read a month or so ago, and turned it into my own. I totally got the idea for you after trying it and finding how amazed I was at the literal ability to see tension. I'll update my post to link to yours for that. Feel a bit guilty for internalising your content...At the same time it was well written, I internalised your content :) May all beings be happy. Gassho, Wade @Greg, thanks for trying it out and getting back to me. Glad you were able to see :) Thanks for the kind words too.

@Paul, Interesting situation. I heard the ex-Abbotess of San Francisco Zen Center speak of her issues of getting out of bed. She said one day she had enough deliberating about getting out of bed in the morning and decided that she’d for once and all decide to get out of bed whenever the alarm went off. In the 40 years since, she’s never had to think of getting out of bed, and never had a problem getting out of bed. She made the decision, and now lives it….Perhaps something to try?

@Deb, Thanks for posting the link, I was trying to find some other stories of people letting go when I was writing but couldn’t find anything in line. What’s funny is re-reading your entry now, I found I used your example, which I read a month or so ago, and turned it into my own. I totally got the idea for you after trying it and finding how amazed I was at the literal ability to see tension. I’ll update my post to link to yours for that. Feel a bit guilty for internalising your content…At the same time it was well written, I internalised your content :)

May all beings be happy.

Gassho,

Wade

]]> By: Deb Estep http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13413 Deb Estep Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:26:57 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13413 Hey Wade, I LOVE the post. How you were 're-remembered' the letting go by falling off the wall should provide you with quite a memory. I actually wrote my own 'Letting Go' message back in January. I was sharing a parenting experience from almost 5 years ago...... I hope you won't mind me sharing a link to my message... http://deb_inside.typepad.com/deb_inside/2008/01/letting-go.html Hey Wade,

I LOVE the post. How you were ‘re-remembered’
the letting go by falling off the wall should provide
you with quite a memory.

I actually wrote my own ‘Letting Go’ message back in
January. I was sharing a parenting experience from
almost 5 years ago…...
I hope you won’t mind me sharing a link to my message…

http://deb_inside.typepad.com/deb_inside/2008/01/letting-go.html

]]> By: Paul Maurice Martin http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13405 Paul Maurice Martin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:49:52 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13405 PS Obviously I didn't mean, "which I goes in." I try to avoid doing that. The self-extrication from a header into the kitchen basket is beyond my capabilities and likely to remain so. PS Obviously I didn’t mean, “which I goes in.” I try to avoid doing that. The self-extrication from a header into the kitchen basket is beyond my capabilities and likely to remain so.

]]> By: Paul Maurice Martin http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13404 Paul Maurice Martin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:48:16 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13404 Not being able to walk more than several yards is my biggest sticking point. Another major one is getting out of bed in the morning, which takes me about half an hour. My whole day is a kind of rock climbing or triathalon of getting out of bed, getting on my shoes and boxer shorts, which is as far as it goes, and getting my bed ready for the night. Actually, there are a number of equally exciting events like the chair mount/dismount, but those are the highlights - ooh - and I'm about 90% shooting for the kitchen basket with a stiff armed underhand throw with either prune juice bottle or parmelait container, which I goes in with a pretty finger roll for the finish. Not being able to walk more than several yards is my biggest sticking point. Another major one is getting out of bed in the morning, which takes me about half an hour. My whole day is a kind of rock climbing or triathalon of getting out of bed, getting on my shoes and boxer shorts, which is as far as it goes, and getting my bed ready for the night.

Actually, there are a number of equally exciting events like the chair mount/dismount, but those are the highlights – ooh – and I’m about 90% shooting for the kitchen basket with a stiff armed underhand throw with either prune juice bottle or parmelait container, which I goes in with a pretty finger roll for the finish.

]]> By: Greg http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13345 Greg Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:39:53 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2008/02/19/let-go/#comment-13345 Hey Wade, I tried it. Your right, letting go felt much better. Thanks I needed this one. Great message about fear being just a story we tell ourselves! We like our stories don't we? Thanks again, visiting The Middle Way is always a refreshing experience. gassho, Greg Hey Wade,

I tried it. Your right, letting go felt much better.

Thanks I needed this one. Great message about fear being just a story we tell ourselves! We like our stories don’t we?

Thanks again, visiting The Middle Way is always a refreshing experience.

gassho,

Greg

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