Deeper Meanings

 All of us who seek to be conscious and aware regard our experiences as teachers, and we try to discern what lessons we are learning from the things that happen in our lives. Sometimes, the lesson is very clear from the get-go, and other times, we have to search to understand the deeper meaning behind an event. While this search often yields results, there also comes a point in the search when what we really need to do is move forward. It is possible that we are not meant to know the deeper meaning of certain occurrences. Answers may come later in our lives or as a result of letting go. Or maybe, they never come. 

We are all part of a complex system of being, and things work themselves out in the system as a whole. Sometimes, we are just playing a necessary part in that process and the result is larger than we can understand. It may have very little to do with us personally, and while that can be hard to understand, it can also free us from overthinking the matter. We can see it in terms of karma, a past debt we have been able to repay, or as the clearing of energy. We can simply thank the event for being part of our experience and let it go. This completes the process that the occurrence has made possible. 

To make this letting go official, we can perform a ritual, make a final journal entry on the subject, or sit in meditation with the intention of releasing the event from our consciousness. As we do so, we summon it one last time, honoring it with our attention, thanking it, and saying good-bye. We then let it go out the door, out the window, out the top of our heads, or into the Earth through the bottoms of our feet, liberating ourselves from any burden we have carried in association with it. (Daily OM)