{"id":1149,"date":"2011-12-20T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2011-12-18T20:44:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:44:39","slug":"let-go-and-meditate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/12\/let-go-and-meditate.html","title":{"rendered":"Let Go and Meditate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> When I sit down to meditate, thoughts crowd in, and I can\u2019t seem to find a truly quiet moment. How am I ever going to change if I can\u2019t even do this simple exercise?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> When you\u2019re meditating, here\u2019s a way to invite those true inner changes your heart longs for: Repeatedly bring yourself back to yourself and then, from within this present self-awareness, realize that instead of being connected to the \u201cyou\u201d who is always struggling to get something hoping to become someone, trying to resolve things &#8212; surrender yourself to the understanding that the whole issue of who you are is <em>already<\/em> resolved. Let go and know that Life is complete, timeless, and so are you. Do not go into imagination. The self you imagine will be a secret extension of the self you wish to escape. Everything you need to pray, to wake up, to be new is right there with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When I sit down to meditate, thoughts crowd in, and I can\u2019t seem to find a truly quiet moment. 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