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Attachments And Pity
Letting Go In Meditation
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This week's newsletter contains the articles, Attachments and Pity and Letting Go In Meditation.  The first article, Attachments and Pity is intended to create awareness about the attachments we develop with a loved one's pain, and what the true meaning is behind those attachments.  Letting Go In Meditation gives you insight into how to start building a foundation of letting go in meditation and build upon that safely and effectively.

 
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Attachments and Pity
When a friend or family member we love and care for is having challenges in their life, it is natural for us to want to help them in any way we can.  If we are particularly sensitive and empathic we may even feel their emotional state.  But when we feel it so strongly that it effects us deeply, we can become enmeshed in an unhealthy manner.  We can feel so bad for our loved one that we end up developing a strong attachment to the pain our loved one is experiencing. This attachment has been formed out of the pity we feel.  

In life, it is normal to identify with a loved one's painful experience when we, too, have experienced something similar at one time.  However, whenever we feel pity, we have not yet healed from our own painful experience.  So, we unconsciously develop an attachment to our loved one's painful experience in order for us to heal that wound within ourselves. 

These attachments are indicators that we must heal ourselves first.  The pity we feel for our loved one is our own cry for forgiveness, understanding, and love towards ourselves for the painful experience we once had.  If we do not give ourselves those things, we cannot heal and we cannot help our loved one heal either. 

I remember when my son was having a difficult time with being cast out in school.  He's such a wonderful boy and I couldn't imagine why this was happening to him.  I was emotionally distraught at the idea my boy was being hurt this way.  I then realized how I was identifying with his pain from my own painful past experiences of being cast out and realized I could not help him while I was emotionally attached in this way.  I since healed that wound and was able to support him through compassion, not pity.  Happily, my son's situation changed to his benefit over a short period of time and he is now enjoying his new school and new friends.  

The best way to help a loved one heal from their painful experience is to ensure you are healed first.  Ask yourself what is it in your loved one's painful experience that brings up pain for you?  If it hurts so much within you, then you need to heal what it is that you identify so strongly with.  Feeling bad for a loved one in this way is the same as pity and is not true compassion.  You simply can't help them from the emotional space of pity.  When pity is present, there is a need to heal yourself.  Choose to heal yourself first and this will assist you in detaching from your loved one's pain, which will then enable you to support them compassionately in their healing journey.  
 
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Letting Go In Meditation
The benefits of letting go of worries and burdens during meditation are so very healing.  Many who are just starting out with meditation, find it difficult to let go, because of the fear of being out of control. 

In order to let go in meditation successfully, you must first start with the idea that letting go is only temporary.  This only lasts as long as the meditation, or for as long as you want.  It is simply for that moment only.  A helpful thought would be, "I surrender in this moment".  Imagine you are surrendering to a higher power you trust.  This will help you establish a pattern where you feel safe in letting go.

Once you have established that pattern, you can then begin to address the fear of you or your life being out of control.  Know that this is only a belief that something "bad" will happen if you let go.  A belief can be changed anytime you want.  Beliefs represent what you create for your life and if you begin to experience inner-conflict between excessive worry and letting go, then it is time to create new beliefs that serve you. 

So create the belief that something "good" will happen when you let go! Soon your meditation practice will prove you can not only trust in a higher power, but in yourself!  Enjoy! 
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Pamela Dussault