Is it possible to achieve something without really doing anything? What if resolving a problem didn’t involve coming to any sort of resolution? We’re conditioned to believe effort is the answer, but what if we’re only making the problem worse? Letting go is the absence of struggle. It happens each time you stop fighting yourself.
These moments of release are micro-awakenings—minuscule gaps where seeking ceases. Not because you’ve solved a problem, but because, for just an instant, you’ve stopped looking for solutions. Without resistance-tinted glasses, weightless clarity becomes the view.
Micro-awakenings happen in a glance—a brief awareness of tension, followed by its effortless release. The quicker we notice, the less they take hold of us. Over time, a new habit forms. We slip into a new rhythm. We master a technique that, paradoxically, we need less and less.
Inner work is less about work and more about recognition. Notice the tension. Let go. In that moment, your work is done. Tension may arise again. Stay aware. Stay present. It takes more work to hang on than to let go.
Real freedom can only emerge when you are willing to let go of everything. True commitment includes noticing your mental comfort zones. This is not about rejecting joy or closing yourself off to life. It’s about opening to something deeper.
There is a state of peace that arises when you stop obsessing about what happens and stop riding the highs and lows. A micro-awakening is just a glimpse of awakening—a glance toward inner tension and then a refreshing splash of release. Within that glance lies a glimpse of absolute freedom. Each glimpse leaves its mark.
There is an art to letting go. Practice the inner glance until you find the rhythm.
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