Letting Go: How to Ease Suffering with the Detachment Technique

When we hear or read the word “detachment”, many times, we already associate it with a more minimalist life, detached from material goods and luxuries and even titles or positions. However, the bookLet go” and the path taught by Dr. David R. Hawkins go beyond appearances.

True detachment is the search for freedom in its essence: a sense of emotional, mental and spiritual peace. It has to do with overcoming negativity and overcoming obstacles to full happiness.

In the book “Letting Go – The Path of Letting Go”, renowned psychiatrist, professor and consciousness researcher Dr. David R. Hawkins describes a simple and effective way to ease your own suffering and turn your life over to a Higher Power.

O internal surrender mechanism it has been found to be of great practical benefit by numerous people who have tested it and is described both in the book and henceforth in this article.

Practical tool to alleviate suffering

The surrender mechanism or technique of letting go it is a practical tool for emotional release and expansion of consciousness.

In short, the technique is to fully feel whatever emotions arise and accept them fully without resistance.

In “Letting Go,” Hawkins explains that all suffering comes from resistance. Every time reality is not exactly as we would like, we resist.

This resistance is a wish that something were other than what it is. It causes negative emotions to build up inside us, making us feel fear, anxiety, sadness, guilt, shame, arrogance, anger, greed, apathy, laziness, hatred, and so on.

Unconsciously, we resist not only what is happening now, but also the past and the future. We deny or resent the past rather than fully accepting reality.

We also try to mentally control the future, feeding the illusion that we will have the power to avoid possible unpleasant events.

All these control attempts they stop the flow of emotions within us, causing them to become trapped inside us. If we simply allowed ourselves to fully experience each feeling, they would go away sooner or later.

“Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it surface, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it.” – Dr. David R. Hawkins

Contrary to what we think, they are not the negative emotions that make us suffer, but the fact that we resist and try to escape these feelings.

On the other hand, full acceptance of what we label as “negative” makes room for these emotions to dissolve.

Practicing the technique of letting go

According to Dr. David Hawkins, the biggest obstacle to the practice of letting go is precisely the absurd simplicity of the technique.

To let go, it is not necessary to do anything but feel. This poses a great challenge to the human brain, as we tend to make everything complex.

O surrender mechanism it’s about being aware of what you’re feeling and allowing those emotions to remain as long as they have to. It is not necessary to label emotions. You don’t need to give them names like “anger” or “fear” or “guilt.”

Just feel. Just that. Just it.

When we do this—that is, when we are doing nothing but being aware—the blocks of “negative” emotions begin to dissolve.

With that, there comes a time when the emotion behind an event or subject runs its course and goes away, leaving only a deep sense of relief and happiness.

Application examples

Think of a situation where you simply forgave someone for something that happened in the past. Or when you decided to forgive yourself for a previous failure. Or again, when you’ve totally turned a situation over to a higher power, saying “let it be what God wants.”

These are examples that show the intrinsic wisdom that every human being has about the mechanism of surrender. Letting go is this: letting go of control or resentment, admitting there is nothing to be done.

It’s putting everything in God’s hands, because only He truly has control over what happens in our lives. It’s letting go of the arrogance that “I” control my life.

This does not mean being apathetic or neglectful. We can give our best and do everything in our power, however, knowing that we do not control the outcome.

After all, results depend on infinite factors and infinite intentions. The sum of all these factors is what we call God or All.

Let go of the day to day

A technique of let go it can be used during everyday life, letting go of control and making room for happiness, love, joy, success, health and communion with the Greater Power.

Letting go is really a silent, internal practice of simply letting go of any expectations about any situation.

It is a movement of delivery and observation, of allowing oneself to feel what exists to be felt. It’s observing any situation without judgement, without putting labels, without trying to escape the pain or get rid of what bothers you.

The implications of the practice of surrender include increased physical health, expanded creativity, financial success, emotional healing, professional fulfillment, harmonious relationships, improved sexuality, and spiritual growth.

Consequently, Letting Go is an excellent resource for all professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, self-help, psychology, rehabilitation clinics, and spiritual development.

The Let Go Book

Now that you know a little about the Letting Go technique, the best way to go deeper into the subject is to read the book of the same name, written by Dr. David Hawkins and with over 1 million copies sold around the world.

Pandora Editora was responsible for translating and officially launching the Portuguese version of the book “Letting go: the path of letting go”.

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