Natures Idea, Letting GO

Good morning,

In your inability to let go, you soon discover that you LOSE more than you think you GAIN. This pattern appears more than once in nature. The truth of life can all be revealed to you by sitting quietly, (in mind) and simply observing what you see around you – or within you.
Man has searched the coldest mountains and deepest oceans and widest corners for truth or God – but the answers are but just a breath; a heart beat away…

1. It is impossible to grasp water with your hands. In fact the harder you try to keep the water in your hands, by closing your hand, you are left with nothing. It becomes very clear after a while that the water cannot be possessed by you, and you may only enjoy it if you allow it to fill your hands without any struggle on your part. You simply open your hand, and let the water fill that space. It is not yours to own, only yours to satisfy your thirst NOW.

2. The story about the butterfly is well known. Ill summarize it here for you. If you chase a butterfly, it will elude you. In fact the more you chase it the FURTHER away it gets from you. However, if you sit in that very garden, if you are patient and let go of ever catching a butterfly- it will soon fly over to you and sit on your hand. You still cannot own it, you can only enjoy its company by allowing it to be.

3. How many times have you been out, and suddenly the weather changed from sunny blue skies to dark clouds and before you know it, it was raining harder than you ever knew. When this happens most people try to run out of the rain, they resist it – and the more they do they more drenched they get. You see its either you feel the rain, or you just get wet. If its raining, just enjoy it. Why deny yourself this fun and enjoyable experience? Which child do you know runs out of the rain? Have we forgotten what it is like to be a child? To live without resistance? To be in flow? One of my favourite quote is “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is abt learning to dance in the rain.”

Just remember, anything you try to own, will eventually own you, as you becomes its slave, torturing yourself over when and how you shall have it, robbing you of peace and a good nights sleep. Freedom is total detachment.

I only teach what I need the most. Very few teachers of this art will readily admit that. For it admits faults, vulnerability and imperfection. I want the world to know, I am just human. That even though I have access to the words that pass through me to you, I am on the very same journey you are on. Life is a journey, not a race. There isn’t a prize for enlighten and if you race through, you will miss the beauty.

All my love,
H