Summary: <p>'Letting go' can seem very scary. After all, if we let go, if we stop doing, then what will happen to us? Won't we starve or rot away on our couch? Or won't bad things happen to us? It turns out that letting go and stopping "doing" aren't what we might at first think. It is true that free will as we normally think about it is an illusion. Even though it feels like we are the authors of our existence, the reality is something quite different. Even though we think we perceive reality through our senses and make judgements about how to behave and what to do with our bodies and our lives, the great masters of old as well as the neuroscientists of our day tell us this is not true. So 'letting go' is really about acknowledging the world as it is. A world where we are the objects of things being done rather than their true author. So it doesn't have to be scary. The wisdom teachers of ancient times explained that, in fact, the realization of this fact that we are not the subjects of our life, that we are the objects of a greater flow, holds the secret to happiness. But we have to learn to let go for it to work. This guided meditation helps you practice this technique of letting go, of not thinking you are the doer in your life, of accepting what arises. </p><br><p>Note: This is a 15 minute version of the Be the Object Guided Meditation</p><br><hr><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
