What if letting go isn't something you have to do?
So much spiritual teaching encourages us to let go of the ego, release negative thoughts, surrender control, become more present, and stop identifying with the mind.
But hidden inside all that effort is another assumption: There is a separate "me" here who needs to accomplish the letting go.
In this gentle guided meditation for letting go and surrender, Jody Agard explores a different possibility. Rather than trying to get rid of the ego, stop your thoughts, release difficult emotions, or force yourself into the present moment, you're invited to recognize what is already here before any effort begins.
Through spacious silence, non-dual meditation and self-inquiry, you'll allow thoughts, emotions, sounds, and sensations to be exactly as they are, and gently shift attention from everything appearing to the vast Pure Being in which it all appears.
You don't need to destroy the ego, or stop thinking.
You don't even need to become more present.
Pure Presence is already here.
Whether you call it I AM, awareness, Pure Being, Divine Mind, Presence, or your true nature, the label doesn't matter. Before every description, every thought, every story about yourself...
You are.
And perhaps true letting go happens not when you finally succeed at releasing everything, but when you recognize that what you are was never bound by any of it.
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In her new four-part live series — True Meditation: The Recognition of the Infinite I AM, Jody Agard offers a radically different approach: meditation isn’t about controlling your experience, but discovering the pure presence that’s already here. Through self-inquiry, guided meditation, and practical exploration, you’ll discover how to relate to your thoughts with less struggle, experience greater ease and clarity, and carry that grounded awareness into relationships, decisions, and daily challenges.
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