Cultivating this ability to “let go” is an important aspect of learning to live a happy life. I have a lot of students who have told me how hard they find it to let go. I think the problem lies within their response. It goes back to concretizing.
Now I know I am focusing on linguistics but in 15 years of teaching, you begin to pick up on some commonalities when people experience a challenge. They say it is hard and they freeze up instead of rising to the challenge. The challenge lies in seeing a thought for what it is—just a thought. It weighs nothing, means nothing, and in an essence, has no power unless, and this is a big unless, we give our attention to it.
This is what happens when we freeze up around the thought. We have given our attention and power to the thought. We begin to mentally invest in this thought, emotions begin to arise, and finally, the concretizing happens. Given enough attention the thought gives birth to a belief. We begin believing the thought is real—in many ways, we become the thought. This is how thoughts can begin to shape our lives.
For these students facing particularly difficult challenges, I believe they are engaging the verb, letting go a little too strenuously. I encourage a shift to “letting be”. This is something that has worked greatly for me. It reduces pushing or being aggressive. It’s productive when we stop trying so hard to push away or rid ourselves of something and instead, apply a willingness to understand. Understanding is not analyzing or judging, as much as it is seeing the thoughts for what they are – just thoughts. As you apply awareness to your thoughts, your awareness shines light onto the very nature of thought which is empty space. This realization and understanding can bring a sense of peace and freedom into that moment.
Before you know it, the thought will be back. This is why you practice this technique. The ability to “letting be” strengthens with increased frequency of application. Your awareness will grow as will your ability to see that you are more then just thoughts.
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Hello dear ladies and gentlemen!
I would like inform you that Scarlett Johansson (actress) actually is a clone from original person, who has nothing with acting career. That clone was created illegally by using stolen biological material. Original person is very nice (not damn sexy), most important - CHRISTIAN young lady!
I'll tell you guys more, that clones (it's not only one) made in GERMANY - world leader manufacturer of humans clones, it is in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, North Bavaria, Mr. Helmut Kohl home town. You can not even imaging the scale of the cloning activity. But warning! Helmut Kohl clone staff 100% controlling all their clones spreading around the world, they are very accurate with that, some of them are still NAZI type disciplined and mind controlled clones, so be careful get close with clones you will be controlled as well. Think wise..
Apparently those clones are very actively shown on your website. This is just a warning, because original person is not happy about those images and video, rumors and etc., in that way it would be really nice if you try slow down that ''actress'' career development on your website, original Scarlett's parents will really appreciated that. Please do that, do not wait until FBI agent give you a call with questions. Please remember that original family did not authorize any activity with stolen biological materials, no matter what form it was created, it all need to be return back to original family control to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Original Scarlett is not engage!
Her close friend Serg G.
P.S.
H.R. 534, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on February 5, 2003. After discussion, it was passed on February 27 by a vote of 241-155. It now moves on to the Senate for consideration. This bill makes it unlawful for any person or entity to perform or participate in human cloning, or to ship or receive embryos produced by human cloning. The penalties are imprisonment of up to 10 years and fines of $1 million or more.
These now join other nations as diverse as Norway, Australia, and Germany, which had already added cloning for any purpose to their criminal code. And in Germany where it carries a penalty of five years imprisonment they know a thing or two about unethical science.
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