The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.
Jack KornfieldWhere we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
Jack KornfieldWe do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
Jack KornfieldLetting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist. What we resist and fear secretly follows us even as we push it away. To let go of fear or trauma, we need to acknowledge just how it is. We need to feel it fully and accept that it is so. It is as it is. Letting go begins with letting be.
Jack Kornfield