Let go

WHEN FEELINGS 'LET GO'

Give up the struggle
to 'let go'
of fear, anger, sadness.

Instead, become exceedingly curious
about these 'unwanted' visitors.
Breathe into them, give them room,
let them stay, today;
bless them with non-judgemental attention.

When they feel loved enough,
when they feel safely held
in your non-resistant awareness,
when they are ready,
they will 'let go' of you.

For the more you resist your fear,
the more it controls you.

The more you try to be 'free from'
your sadness or your anger,
the more of a victim you feel.

Instead, know that you are Presence,
Life Itself, the great Field in which
fear, anger and sadness are allowed
to live, grow, and die.

You've let go of your attempts to 'let go'.
You've let feelings come,
and you've let feelings go, effortlessly,
in their own sweet time.

Feelings were only ever seeking sanctuary
in the vastness of your Heart.

Don't run; be love, instead.

- Jeff Foster

Life

"And so, instead of trying to ‘fix’ our lives, instead of trying to neatly resolve the unresolveable and quickly complete the epic story of a fictitious ‘me’, we simply relax into utter not knowing, unravelling in the warm embrace of mystery, sinking deeply into the moment, savouring it fully, in all its uniqueness and wonder.

And then, perhaps without any effort, without any struggle or stress, without ‘you’ being involved at all, the true answers will emerge in their own sweet time."

- Jeff Foster