Yesterday\u2019s reading said:<\/p>\n
Look within the mind at the thoughts that make you proud and make you happy at the thought of being you. Look at those thoughts, which you judge as good, which make you feel better or luckier than someone else you know. Look at those thoughts, and listen clearly to what I say:<\/p>\n
Those thoughts have no value.
\nThose thoughts are nothing but the dust of dreams.<\/p>\n
We have spent a lot of time letting go of negative self-judgment, but now, in our maturity, we are also asked to let go of positive self-judgment.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Because any judgment, negative or positive, says, \u201cI am the body-mind-personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s reading continues in the same vein. It asks us to look at everything we like about our life-experience in the world, and envision letting go of it.<\/p>\n
Again, this is significant, because if anything is important to \u201cme,\u201d it reemphasizes \u201cme.\u201d<\/p>\n
But how do we let go of things like our children? Our pets? Our spouses?<\/p>\n
In my experience, the easiest way to let go of them is to notice the fact that in every moment they are changing. The exact form of the one I love now is already changing and leaving. I can\u2019t hold onto it anyway, so why try to hold onto it?<\/p>\n
Let me give you an example. I used to have this really cute little 6-year old daughter. She was happy and easy to be with. Her toothless smile was so cute. We spent weekends doing arts and crafts together, playing games and cooking foods from different countries. But that is gone now. My daughter naturally grew out of being 6-years old. She will never be that cute little 6-year old again. She\u2019s in college now, but she isn\u2019t going to be the college kid forever either. She will mature and change, and then she will mature and change again.<\/p>\n
If you look at anyone (or anything) you love with clarity, you will see that it is here now, but it is already passing away. Everything in form is constantly being recreated by the creative principle. Nothing in manifestation lasts.<\/p>\n