What Letting Go Really Means

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by Chessie Roberts

Letting go is one of the most important aspects of our spiritual growth. The feeling or thought that this person is mine or this thing is mine as well as I must hold on as tight as I can will inhibit our growth. If we keep hanging on to what we consciously know that we need to let go of, these thoughts will become an anchor and restrict our spiritual growth.

If you have children or close family members, this concept of mine is probably one you truly can recognize and understand. The feeling of being connected to family, friends and/or community is very comforting and healthy to a certain degree. Becoming close to others is a lesson we all have to grow into as well as out of. These experiences are where we learn to care for others and to step out of our selfish phase of survival, which is associated with the energy center of the first chakra, also known as the root or base chakra. Ultimately, our growth must not stop here.

As we move into the higher level of the heart or fourth chakra, we learn to look outward and beyond our immediate sphere of influence to the larger, more universal picture. This is where the unconditional love begins to grow away from just what we feel is ours as we move into caring and protection to encompass the farther reaches of the environment, people in other countries, global issues and the list goes on.

Here is the challenging part. Before, we learned to care about others, including parents, spouse, children and grandchildren. As we raise our spiritual awareness, the realization that nothing and no one belongs to us or to anyone else should come into the picture. We are all created from the same source, which means that everyone and everything is us, but it does not belong to us. This is a fine line when we begin to look at it, but as we continue to consider the idea and get our minds around it, we see that the significance is huge.