놓아주기
놓아주는 행위가 이다지도 중요하다면
우리는 어째서 그렇게 하지 않는 것일까?
고통스러운 상실의 기억은
내 의도와는 다르게 가슴에 깊은 타격을 입힌다.
놓아주기 위해서는 붙잡는 행위를 멈춰야 한다.
그런데 이것은 상당히 다른 접근법이 필요하다.
작은 돌멩이를 손에 쥐고 들어 올리는 상황을 상상해 보자
돌멩이를 그 자리에 붙들어 두기 위해서는
애를 써야 하며 이는 손근육을 긴장시킨다.
돌멩이를 놓아주려면 근육을 이완시키고
손의 힘을 풀어야 한다.
붙잡는 행위를 중단함으로써
비로소 놓아주는 행위가 일어나는 것이다.
마음에도 비슷한 원칙이 일어난다
다만 이경우 힘을 풀어야 하는 꽉 쥔손은
정신적인 손에 해당하리라.
정신적 긴장을 풀고 말 그대로
마음이 느슨해지도록 해야 한다.
사물 그 자체를 놓아주기보다는
사물에 대한 나 자신의 시선을 놓아줄 필요가 있는것이다.
-- 사소한 것을 놓아주기 .중에서--
https://youtube.com/shorts/j53QUex--pk?si=L8bRICr8YIL1slwP
Letting go
If letting go is so important, why do we struggle to do it?
The painful memories of loss leave a deep impact on our hearts,
often beyond our control.
To let go, we must first stop holding on.
However, this requires a completely different approach.
Imagine holding a small stone in your hand and lifting it.
Keeping the stone in place takes effort,
tensing the muscles in your hand.
To release it, you must relax your muscles and loosen your grip.
Letting go happens not through force but by ceasing the act of holding on.
The same principle applies to the mind. In this case,
the tightly clenched hand represents mental tension.
To truly let go, we need to relax our minds and loosen our grip
—both emotionally and mentally.
Rather than letting go of an object itself,
we must release our attachment to it,
shifting our perspective instead.
--From Letting go of nothing. --
Peter Russell is a leading thinker, writer, and speaker in the fields of modern spirituality and human consciousness. He studied meditation and Eastern philosophy in India. In the 1980s, he was the first to use the term global brain, predicting the impact the internet would have on humanity.
One of his books, Letting Go of Nothing, was personally selected for an edition by Eckhart Tolle and guides readers to discover the inner freedom and peace that already exist within them. In this book, Russell emphasizes that true happiness comes from releasing fixed beliefs, perspectives, expectations about the past or future, and attachments to possessions or relationships.
He also points out that the functioning of the physical world alone cannot explain the immaterial phenomenon of consciousness. He defines consciousness as the ability to have inner experiences.
