Post 2307
- 8 years and 204 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I once took a course (the Sedona Method, if you must) which explained the importance of letting go, and gave a bunch of techniques for doing that.
Although I don't rate the course too highly (if all the material was presented concisely, it would have been two or three pages, tops), there were some good ideas and I did learn something.
One thing I learned is that the premise is true: It is important to be able to let go of things that aren't helping you, or, worse (and more often), holding you back.
That isn't the same as forgetting. The facts don't require any letting go. The emotions, though, do. We don't need to forget facts or the way we felt, though.
It's kind of a Buddhist thing: Non-attachment. Also, it knows no judgment. We get attached to our emotions, that's kind of a way of trying to make things that happen to us, our story, permanent.
It always trips us up because our emotional responses are not meant to be permanent. They are incited by transitory phenomena, and, good or bad, they are meant to be just as transitory. A feeling of fear is a response to danger, it is a survival instinct. But once the danger is past, we can remember our fear, but there's no reason to still be afraid.
The same is true for positive feelings. We don't need to forget how we feel when we see somebody we love, or someone assists us. In fact, the way we feel about things is often all we remember about them.
Another thing I learned from the Sedona Method was that letting go is a skill to be learned. Once learned, practice makes it easier.
So, these days, I routinely let go of the small shit, and most of the not-too-small shit.
Sometimes, though, it isn't quick or easy. Sometimes, you have to go through the process more than once before it takes. On stuff that has you really thrown, it may take a lot of work and time to let go.
But putting in the time and work helps, even without a known end-date. You're doing something - something constructive.
The other thing about letting go, is sometimes it takes the form of self-forgiveness, and that's a good thing.
I needed to learn to forgive myself from stuff, and I'm grateful I learned how to let go.
Food and Diet
Although I don't rate the course too highly (if all the material was presented concisely, it would have been two or three pages, tops), there were some good ideas and I did learn something.
One thing I learned is that the premise is true: It is important to be able to let go of things that aren't helping you, or, worse (and more often), holding you back.
That isn't the same as forgetting. The facts don't require any letting go. The emotions, though, do. We don't need to forget facts or the way we felt, though.
It's kind of a Buddhist thing: Non-attachment. Also, it knows no judgment. We get attached to our emotions, that's kind of a way of trying to make things that happen to us, our story, permanent.
It always trips us up because our emotional responses are not meant to be permanent. They are incited by transitory phenomena, and, good or bad, they are meant to be just as transitory. A feeling of fear is a response to danger, it is a survival instinct. But once the danger is past, we can remember our fear, but there's no reason to still be afraid.
The same is true for positive feelings. We don't need to forget how we feel when we see somebody we love, or someone assists us. In fact, the way we feel about things is often all we remember about them.
Another thing I learned from the Sedona Method was that letting go is a skill to be learned. Once learned, practice makes it easier.
So, these days, I routinely let go of the small shit, and most of the not-too-small shit.
Sometimes, though, it isn't quick or easy. Sometimes, you have to go through the process more than once before it takes. On stuff that has you really thrown, it may take a lot of work and time to let go.
But putting in the time and work helps, even without a known end-date. You're doing something - something constructive.
The other thing about letting go, is sometimes it takes the form of self-forgiveness, and that's a good thing.
I needed to learn to forgive myself from stuff, and I'm grateful I learned how to let go.
Today's Weight: 200.6 lbs.
Previous Weight (7/22/19): 200.6 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 0.0 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
6:10pm, at the Listening Room:
Lunch
Skipped.
Dinner
12:45am: Manchego cheese and walnuts, a hamburger with salsa, riced cauliflower with olive oil and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
6:10pm, at the Listening Room:
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| Southwest Chicken Wrap: Grilled chicken, black bean and corn relish, bacon, chipotle mayo, crispy tortilla strips, fresh greens and sharp cheddar on a soft spinach wrap. |
Skipped.
Dinner
12:45am: Manchego cheese and walnuts, a hamburger with salsa, riced cauliflower with olive oil and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 20 oz.; Water: 68+ oz.; and a Jameson Irish whiskey, neat.
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