What do you need to let go of?

In embodied living we are moving to a new connection with ourselves and the world. And to make a new connection with something there is often a need to let go of something else. This sense of letting go can be an important and profound part of self development.

On a day to day level think about the batchelor come newly-wed. He has to let go of the drinking nights down the bar with his mates, if he is to make a success of his new marital state. The runner training for a marathon needs to let go of Friday night partying if she is to train successfully every Saturday. By doing this she is committing to a new relationship with the running.

If you want to create a new connection or a new relationship then, you may need to think about what it is that you need to let go of. Sometimes that letting go is difficult. I am finding this at the moment. In moving to a new relationship with embodied living, I need to let go of (or losen my grip on) another key aspect of my life. And this letting go is painful, is challenging; but I know for sure that means that it is all the more worthwhile.

Once I have moved through letting go; I can move towards the new relationship. And the most beautiful thing about this is that relationship, that connection with the new, will change me. When we are in relationship with something meaningful, that we are committed to, it works on us. Rather like the astral bodies, the 'gravitas' of this 'other' influences us and changes our stellar orbit, transforms our being.

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