Learn how to navigate challenges with grace and emerge as a stronger, more resilient version of yourself. By incorporating the principles of surrender, "Letting Go" provides practical tools for personal growth and transformation. The Gnostic Gospels and A Course in Miracles are both referenced in this work. Gray uses a variety of examples to make his views clearer. Every time you feel miserable, there is present an excellent opportunity to make a big step forward.” – Lester Levenson

Let go of stuff. We acquire so many things because we believe that this thing, this experience, etc., will make us happy. By continuing to search outside of ourselves for pleasure without a strong inner practice to tether ourselves to, we will always be hungry and our hearts and bellies will never feel full. What if you could come from a place of enough—how much stuff would you actually need? What do you really need to feel full? but our self with a small “s” actually enjoys an impoverished life and all the negativity that goes with it: feeling unworthy, being invalidated, judging others and ourselves, being inflated, always “winning” and being “right,” grieving the past, fearing the future, nursing our wounds, craving assurance, and seeking love instead of giving it.” If we suddenly become successful almost effortlessly, then people are envious. It really annoys them that we didn’t have to go through all kinds of anguish, pain, and suffering to get there. Their mind believes that such anguish is the cost that must be paid for success.” The only thing that becomes obvious to me here is that the “obvious conclusions” are simply the author’s very own thoughts. 3. Psychic, Lies &“Scientific Proof” At first glance, this book seems less “spiritual” than the other books on the list, but this is just to make it more accessible. Even to the “non-spiritual” folks.When we experience emotional pain, we tend to tense up, contract and close, and try to avoid it. Instead, we should consciously relax and stay open and receptive while facing the pain. Think of a topic that is weighing you down. Now in your mind tell yourself: “I am letting this go.” Notice what it feels like. Healing from an unpleasant event or loss will be a lot easier if we focus on finding the lesson in the experience. In my case, figuring out what I could learn from the breakdown of my marriage allowed me to heal and even to help others heal by writing “Magnificent…Married or Not.” As Dr. Hawkins says, “In some cases, it seems in retrospect that there was actually this unconscious purpose behind the event, as though our unconscious knew that something important had to be learned and, painful as it was, it was the only way it could be brought into experience.”

The Dalai Lama is always smiling or laughing when you see him. Because of his cheerfulness, everyone around him is likely to be smiling as well.I want to tell you exactly how you’re expected to behave, and you’d better behave as I have decided or I shall punish myself by having negative feelings.” Forgiveness and moving on are at the heart of this book's message. Judgement Detox by Gabby Bernstein The mechanism of surrender that Dr. Hawkins describes can be done in the midst of everyday life. The book is equally useful for all dimensions of human life- physical health, creativity, financial success, emotional healing, vocational fulfillment, relationships, sexuality and spiritual growth. Your decision-making abilities are also impaired because you base your decisions on negative feelings and distorted reality.

We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.” If you want an interesting concept about different levels of consciousness, know, how letting go positively influences your life in each area, and how to let go, Letting Go is a good start. Chronic, unrecognized anger and resentment reemerge in our life as depression, which is anger directed against oneself. If pushed further into the unconscious, it can re-emerge as psychosomatic illnesses. Migraine headaches, arthritis, and hypertension are frequently cited examples of chronic suppressed anger.”The author nicely writes about how repression of negative emotions creates problems, however the "letting go" process in this book is actually a repression strategy! The whole book is based on cognitive reframes, belief changes and positive empowerment, which are processes trying to regulate negative emotions. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they do not. Now in this state of deep and undisturbed peace, he spent two years sitting around on park benches before becoming a spiritual teacher.

Written by a medical doctor. Sad. How can an MD completely miss the logic and purpose of negative emotions, ignore their foundation in our childhood and treat them as the cause of all disasters and problems? At first, there is the identification, “I am the body.” As the mechanism of surrender continues, it becomes quite obvious that, “I am the mind that experiences the body, not the body.” As more feelings and belief systems are surrendered, there eventually comes the awareness, “I am not the mind either, but that which witnesses and experiences the mind, emotions, and body.” Through inner observation, there is the realization of something that remains constant and the same, no matter what goes on in the external world or with the body, emotions, or mind. With this awareness comes a state of total freedom. The inner Self has been discovered. The silent state of Awareness that underlies all movement, activity, sound, feeling, and thought is discovered to be a timeless dimension of peace. Once identified with this Awareness, we are no longer at the effect of the world, the body, or the mind, and with this Awareness come an inner calmness, stillness, and a profound sense of inner peace. We had mistakenly equated ourselves with the outer phenomena of our hectic life—the body and its experiences, the obligations, the jobs, the titles, the activities, the problems, and the feelings. But now we realize that we are the timeless space in which the phenomena are happening. Looking at the feelings on the level of interpersonal relationships, we now discover another law of consciousness. Our feelings and thoughts always have an effect on other persons and affect our relationships, whether these thoughts or feelings are verbalized, expressed, or not. People’s subconscious know what you are feeling and thinking – meaning, what you are thinking/feeling when you go somewhere effects how people perceive you.Then, letting go happens on its own because when you no longer judge your thoughts, you no longer keep them in mind for evaluation. If you want to have great relationships, you need to FEEL and be grateful for the relationships you have now. If you want to be healthy, you need to FEEL like the person you want to be first. The state of infinite peace radiates forth unconditionally of its own from the energy field of the teacher or saint." No matter what you think about the book or the author, letting go can be a great tool for improving your emotional and mental health.