I mentioned earlier that meaningful life for me involves non-attachment to particular forms of my inner and outer expression at any given moment. Non-attachment is a hidden ingredient of meaningful life which most people don't realize - yet it makes all the difference in the long run.

"Let go, and let God". This well-known phrase summarizes the essence of non-attachment. "Let go, and let God". I don't know exactly who said it first, but that person was a genius.

Letting go has to do with recognition of the transient nature of life. I repeat it often, because this truth cannot be overemphasized: life always moves. It cannot stand still. Energy is never lost, but it is always translated into other forms and goes to another planes. No our possession, no our relation, no our achievement is permanent.

What does it mean to let go? Don't cling - even to things and to people you love with all your heart. Don't grasp. These attempts are vain and fruitless, and they lead to sufferings.

People often pray to God, asking to approve their clinging and grasping. They wish to keep something or someone with them - and when it doesn't happen, they blame God, as if the Divinity has to fulfill their whims. This is why I have to agree with Emerson that most of prayers are foolish. According to him, "prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view". One of these facts is that we cannot keep anything as our private possession forever. We will have to let it go.

In many cases we cling and grasp because of our insecurity, which is rooted in an illusion of separate existence. If we have a notion that we are separate beings, estranged from the world and alienated from God, we desperately look for something or someone which will make us complete, whole, and fulfilled. Once we decided that we have found it, we guard and protect it. And by doing so, we misuse things which are potentially good.

It might be a shocking realization for some individuals, but by clinging to other people they abuse them. True relationships imply freedom from attachments and willingness to let go when the time comes.

Do not fear, because fear turns to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Don't be afraid to be left alone, lacking, or unfulfilled. You are an integral part of the rich and generous universe; and all of its resources will be freely given to you when you will align to the universal laws.

Letting go reduces stress which we experience because of our compulsive attempts to hold on to something or someone, to "fix" other persons or seemingly troublesome situations. Letting go makes us inwardly poised, and it becomes easier for us to stay opened to the divine inspiration. When we follow this intuitive guidance, our actions are more effective. We steadily move to even greater achievements and relationships.

Let go, and let no good thing ever keep you from greatness.

As we let go, we let God to bless us in a new and exiting way. People who complain that there is no advancement in their life should carefully consider whether they cling to something, therefore making their progressive movement impossible.

(to be continued)