The Logic of Letting Go
by Bret S. Beall
 When we are children, and someone tells us to “let go,” it is usually in reference to something material, and when we let go, we can either feel empty, as if we are being deprived of something, or we can feel full, knowing that we have allowed someone to have that something, and s/he must really need it.
As adults, “letting go” can still leave us feeling empty or full. Both feelings may occur simultaneously. Ultimately, letting go will allow us to feel free, unburdened, healed, happy, even joyous. I intend to address how we can reach these ultimate feelings.
The concept of “letting go” is very complex (though ironically, the goal/result of “letting go” is simplification). When trying to understand a complex situation, the best first step is to break the problem into easily perceivable pieces. For the sake of this discussion, I will divide the various aspects of “letting go” into three categories: 1) physical, 2) psychological, and 3) spiritual. These three categories are so related that they are not mutually exclusive, but I believe that is logically impossible in this situation. I have suggested that when a soul occupies a body, their intersection is a mind; in other words, when the spiritual level interacts with the physical level, the psychological level occurs...
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Copyright Bret S. Beall, MS, PhD (Cand). This article was originally
published at our website, SoulfulLiving.com,
in October-December 2004, as part of our
"Letting
Go" Issue.
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