Letting go is not an easy matter in this life. It's really hard to let go while holding on to everything so much. I've been thinking a lot since last week, the satsang I made on it, then the practices etc...
The desire to reach the essence under the leaves really takes courage. It requires not only courage , but also perseverance and stability , so in essence EFFORT ( abhyasa ) . But is it something that can only be achieved with effort? Do you think it's something that can be achieved by making a book of accounts? Surrender (vairagya) is required as well as effort. Maybe we can call it a state of effort in expectation. It makes it a little easier to understand. After that, it gradually becomes simpler. It's good to slowly peel off the labels you want to hide yourself from and start letting go.... It's actually a journey to the deeper self. No matter how much you think you have let go , it is good to stop at the length of the road and look at yourself from time to time by noticing other clings . To see what you have not seen and to be just yourself in this nakedness....
Most of the time we dread the state of being NUDE. We forget that when we came to this world, we were naked and plain. The departure ceremony is not much different, though. Maybe we are ashamed of our existence , our body and many other things . And we try to hide it , cover it up and cover it up.... Our distance from the nature of seeing oneself as plain in all its forms is actually our distance from our own essence. When you have the courage to strip off the things you are trying to cover, you meet your own beauty, in a simpler, plain and NUDE way...
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