Letting go doesn’t mean that you deliberately set about to change or manipulate your state of mind: it means that you don’t hold on to it. When you’re feeling anxious, you can practice wishing to be free of anxiety, fear, and anger. Sometimes when you do this, you feel more relaxed and less anxious. But it also might intensify your anxiety and bring you closer to seeing its roots. If you wish yourself well while you’re feeling anxious, then that naturally leads you to the source of the anxiety. If you try to get rid of your anxiety, then you’re distracting yourself from facing it. You’re not
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