In this book, How to Relax, Thay described several practices on letting go, including how to let go of ideas, feelings, worrying and stress. In this and the next few Deepen Your Practice articles, we will share them.
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DonateTo "let go" means to let go of something. That something may be an object of our mind or something we've created, like an idea, feeling, desire, or belief. Getting stuck on that idea could bring a lot of unhappiness and anxiety.
We'd like to let it go, but how? It's not enough just to want to let it go.
Mindfulness and concentration bring about insight, and insight can help us release the object in our mind.
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