Allow

So much of our moments are spent striving — to be better, to do more faster, to be somewhere else. Meditation offers the opportunity to simply allow what is here to be here.

To allow the breath to come and go.
To allow thoughts to rise and fall without chasing or fighting them.
To allow the heart to feel whatever it feels, be it sadness or happiness — without judgment or rush.

Allowing doesn’t mean giving up. It means softening our grip on how things should be, and meeting life as it is. We don’t have to force our thoughts, our feelings and sensations.

Allowing is about letting go what grips us, and letting go unhealthy wants.

Allow, Danna Faulds

There is no controlling life.
Try corralling a lightning bolt,
containing a tornado. Dam a
stream and it will create a new
channel. Resist, and the tide
will sweep you off your feet.
Allow, and grace will carry
you to higher ground. The only
safety lies in letting it all in –
the wild and the weak; fear,
fantasies, failures and success.
When loss rips off the doors of
the heart, or sadness veils your
vision with despair, practice
becomes simply bearing the truth.
In the choice to let go of your
known way of being, the whole
world is revealed to your new eyes.

Guide: Noelle Lim

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