Dear Spiritual Family,
Greetings precious Beings. In the video message this week, we begin a series that focuses on Letting Go. It is based on the work of Dr. David Hawkins, an author, lecturer, physician, scientist, and clinician who many of you are familiar with.
In particular, this series will be informed by his classic work, Letting Go – The Pathway of Surrender and The Letting Go – Guided Journal. (Virtually all of Dr. Hawkins prodigious work is available through hayhouse.com.)
Though we have touched on this subject before, we want to go in greater depth because we now see it as an even greater process to bring true freedom and a richer, more consistent experience of God in our lives.
In the video, we discuss the analogy of “the empty bowl.” It represents the allegorical “space” that makes room for God and all that God represents – Love, Peace, Light, etc. We can’t “fill” the bowl if we are too wrapped up in thoughts and feelings that are ego-driven. So how do we empty the bowl, release the negative and debilitating energy and grow our spiritual consciousness to reveal the inner splendor that is the Self?
We do so by letting go. And what is letting go? In the words of Dr. Hawkins: “Letting go is the sudden cessation of an inner pressure or the dropping of a weight. It is accompanied by a sudden feeling of relief and lightness. With an increased happiness and freedom. It is an actual mechanism of the mind, and everyone has experienced it on occasion.”
We have been practicing this “mechanism of letting go” more consistently recently and have been deeply helped by it – greater peace of mind, less conflict, more joy. We encourage you to try it. It is simple yet effective. “How do I begin?” you may ask.
From the Letting Go Journal – “Letting go means simply to let a feeling be there, and then to focus on surrendering the energy behind it. The first step is to allow yourself to have the feeling without resisting it, venting it, fearing it, condemning it, or moralizing about it. It means to drop judgment and to see it is just a feeling. The technique is to be with the feeling and surrender all efforts to modify it in any way.”
In the written and video messages over the next several weeks, we will continue to offer insights and specifics to assist your efforts in the letting go pathway. We welcome your feedback. Let us know how you are doing with this gift from Spirit as expressed through the great teacher that is Dr. Hawkins.
We see you and hold you in the Peace of God and we love you dearly,
Rev. Steve and Mary