'Letting Go' Explained With Interesting Examples

We have to dare to be free. Why? Because fear prevents us from taking the
decisions that lead us to live and feel our full freedom. We should dare to
let go because dependencies trap us. Let us look at a story that shows us
what happens.

It is the story of a bird that, after having flown for a long time, leans on
the branch of a tree to rest. While resting, it finds the wellbeing of
staying there until, little by little, it gets the idea that its life is on
the branch. When a day arrives on which it asks itself why it doesn't carry
on flying, it says "Oh, this branch is stuck to me and I can't fly!" The
bird blames the branch. In reality, the bird has got stuck to the branch. It
has the capacity and the wings to fly but its perception is clouded. It no
longer sees its purpose with clarity or its potential to reach it. The
freedom of the bird is in its wings but it has got stuck onto the branch.
That is the reality that it has created for itself.

The freedom of a human being is in his or her awareness. But when their
awareness has got stuck onto the branch (the object of their attachment) and
they begin to blame the branch for their impossibility to free themselves,
then they are trapped. When our awareness is clouded and we are clinging on,
we do not see with clarity and neither do we exercise our freedom and let
go.

(To be continued tomorrow ...)