{"id":5417,"date":"2019-11-19T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monastere.ca\/non-classifiee\/letting-go-to-achieve-inner-peace\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T22:15:01","slug":"letting-go-to-achieve-inner-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monastere.ca\/en\/holistic-health\/letting-go-to-achieve-inner-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting Go to Achieve Inner Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you have\ntrouble coping with your emotions, or do you simply wish to work on achieving\ninner peace? Letting go, a concept that often seems abstract, may help. In\nfact, it is one of the paths that leads to inner peace, an essential part of a\nwell-balanced existence. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Accept That You Can\u2019t Control Everything<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The first step toward learning to let go is realizing that life is unpredictable, and that you often don\u2019t have control over it. Regardless of your current situation, try to identify which aspects are possible to control, and which you have no power over. Letting go means stopping to resist elements that are out of your control. Jon Kabat-Zinn defines letting go in his book Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life<\/a><\/em>: \u201cTo let go means to give up coercing, resisting, or struggling, in exchange for something more powerful and wholesome which comes out of allowing things to be as they are without getting caught up in your attraction to or rejection of them, in the intrinsic stickiness of wanting, of liking and disliking.\u201d[1]<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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If you cannot\nchange your current situation, there is no point in resisting it. Rather, you\nshould welcome and learn to live with it, as it is part of your reality. It is counterproductive\nto accumulate frustration and stress due to elements which are out of your\ncontrol. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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With this in mind, it\u2019s important to first identify and accept your emotions<\/a>. Then, try filling out Beck\u2019s self-evaluation form<\/a>, whose aim is to help you identify any automatic thoughts. As you become conscious of these thoughts and start to respond to them in a more rational way, you\u2019ll slowly start eliminating emotions that drain your energy, all the while getting closer to achieving inner peace.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Strive for Peace in Your Daily Life<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Letting go can also be applied in many situations of daily life. For\nexample: do you find yourself regularly stuck in traffic? If so, do you often experience\nimpatience and anger?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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This is a good\nopportunity to try tweaking your attitude in these types of situations. Take\nthe time to stop and think about things in a rational way. No matter what you\ndo, the situation will unfortunately stay the same: you\u2019ll still be stuck in\ntraffic. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Here are a few\nsolutions which might help:<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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