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How to Learn to Let Go of What You Can’t Control

By Charles A. Francis — 2020

A friend of mine once told me, “Almost everything in my life that I’ve had to let go of has scratch marks on it.” His point was that he found it very difficult to let go of things he couldn’t control.

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The Myth of 'Letting Go' - Jeff Foster

LETTING GO Let go of 'letting go'. (And let go of not being able to 'let go'.) Simply let the moment go the way the moment goes. Or not. And what is left to 'let go' of? - Jeff Foster

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Jeff Foster
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Letting Go

A clip from Ruth Denison's teachings during 2010 Women's Fall Retreat at Dhamma Dena Desert Vipassana Center. Ruth Denison studied in Burma in the early 1960's with the meditation master Sayagi U Ba Khin.

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Ruth Denison
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