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ence with letting go. It was during a meditation session. I went in very deep and felt myself on the edge of an abyss-like dark hole. I did not know if there was a bottom or even if I would be able to climb back out.</p><p id="2727"><b><i>Sadhguru</i></b><i>, the Indian author and yogi, once said that the best hole is one without a bottom but that was easy for him to say when the seeker, like me was unsure, nervous, and fearful.</i></p><p id="f6ba">Well, I did not let go, I carefully backed away from the edge and retreated quietly into myself. Not that day.</p><p id="f1b2">As time passed, I continued meditating and sometime after found myself in the very same position, on the edge of the abyss. I was still nervous but less fearful since I had taken the time to grow in my practice. I went

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from a simple two-minute torture session to a thirty, sometimes forty minutes of beautiful expansive awareness through my connection with Universal Consciousness and all that is. So this time I was ready, I said a prayer, took a deep breath, and let go.</p><p id="dd4b" type="7">I jumped but I did not fall, I flew.</p><blockquote id="d869"><p>Let go,</p></blockquote><blockquote id="a092"><p>You can do it,</p></blockquote><blockquote id="f45d"><p>It won’t hurt one bit.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="479c"><p>Take it from one who flew.</p></blockquote><figure id="f75e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ts6SEQPi6LyDy3X7gSc6fg.jpeg"><figcaption>Artwork by Author, <a href="https://ilis-palmer.pixels.com/">see more here</a></figcaption></figure></article></body>

Learn How to Fly

“I cry just a little when I think of letting go” Brenda Russell, 1988 (American Singer/Songwriter)

Photo by Luciani K. on Unsplash

Let go.

You can do it.

It won’t hurt one bit.

Stop thinking and do it.

Easy words. Letting go is hard. I recall my experience with letting go. It was during a meditation session. I went in very deep and felt myself on the edge of an abyss-like dark hole. I did not know if there was a bottom or even if I would be able to climb back out.

Sadhguru, the Indian author and yogi, once said that the best hole is one without a bottom but that was easy for him to say when the seeker, like me was unsure, nervous, and fearful.

Well, I did not let go, I carefully backed away from the edge and retreated quietly into myself. Not that day.

As time passed, I continued meditating and sometime after found myself in the very same position, on the edge of the abyss. I was still nervous but less fearful since I had taken the time to grow in my practice. I went from a simple two-minute torture session to a thirty, sometimes forty minutes of beautiful expansive awareness through my connection with Universal Consciousness and all that is. So this time I was ready, I said a prayer, took a deep breath, and let go.

I jumped but I did not fall, I flew.

Let go,

You can do it,

It won’t hurt one bit.

Take it from one who flew.

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Meditation
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