Another powerful way to let go of a physical symptom is to alternate between feeling it fully and then feeling the emptiness or space that surrounds and interpenetrates it. I have seen people let go of even the most intense and long-standing symptom just by practicing this simple technique.

You can recognize wanting approval, because it feels soft and exposed and also like: “Gimme,” or, “Do-it-for-me.” When we want approval, we feel like we don’t have love and that we need to do something to get it back. Synonyms for wanting approval include wanting love, acceptance, admiration, caring, to be noticed, to be understood, to be stroked,

So, when you give, make sure you’re giving something that is wanted as well as something that you also enjoy giving.

Making the use of releasing constant is not a rule about a lot of doingness—although it might seem that way in the beginning—because you’re forming a new habit. It’s about becoming more aware of the unlimited potential that’s just behind whatever you’re experiencing. Making its use constant doesn’t mean that you’re asking the releasing questions

1. Think of something that you resist doing. Now ask yourself: Could I allow myself to let go of resisting doing _____? Would I? When? 2. Then ask yourself the opposite: Could I let go of resisting not doing _____? Would I? When? 3. Keep going back and forth between both sets of questions until you feel the resistance dissolve. Then notice how much

There are two keys for truly being supportive to others and the world: 1. Give without wanting anything in return, not even recognition or acknowledgement. 2. Allow yourself to see those whom you’re supporting as already being whole and perfect as they are, and completely equal to you. Allow them to be who they are—grant them their Beingness—as

an ability to be happy, calm, and focused, no matter what is going on around us.

“Feelings only lie. They tell us we are going to get from letting go of them what we already have from holding on to them.”

Simply ask yourself: Could I give myself permission to hold on for a moment?