Have you been successful in controlling even one person in this world, let alone the countless personalities that pose risks to our fragile psyches each day? Can you control the weather, traffic, government actions, mechanical breakdowns, the economy, or any of it? We can't but we have it set up in our minds that we must have these things under control and to our liking if we are to be content! It's an insane expectation yet we hardly ever question it!
So let's take a collective breather from this insane demand upon life for our wellbeing and learn the master's way of achieving the same state with far less stress and greater success. Can you guess? If you are a student of wisdom, you have already heard time and again the answer is always some form of a reversal of the problem. So if control (need for) is the problem, then the answer is letting go! That's it, let go!!
We let go of the need to control because it is completely untenable and causes us endless suffering. Some fear that if they let go their life would fall apart. But the truth is that when we let go of our need to control our lives, our lives begin to work better. We come into alignment with "what is" and more easily adopt a yes attitude to life. We spend less time protecting and defending our preferences and more time expanding our awareness of the Self that is already whole and content. From this place, life is no longer a battlefield, but a field of opportunity with growth and expansion at every turn. This is freedom. This is liberation. This is what the author of The Untethered Soul describes as "untethering yourself from the bondage of your psyche...to steal freedom for your soul."
Join us Sunday live* as we delve deeper into this topic and look at ways to unbind ourselves for greater freedom and contentment.
Peace and blessings,
Rev. Larry
* via Zoom live - use this link