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Ajahn Brahm's Four Ways Of Letting Go

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In Ajahn Brahm YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USC5MJVZLy8), he explains the 4 ways of letting go as well as the reason for needing letting go and just enjoy the simple present day things. By hanging onto unnecessary objects, emotions and events not only is it painful and making yourself suffers but also making others suffer with you (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go). An example for the importance of letting things go that Ajahn Brahm gave was to not let a person continue to hurt you. That by not letting go after the initial hurt you are giving them more power to continue to hurt you (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go). If you are rethinking about the incident and pain than you are just continuing to hurt yourself, which then you are just continuing to hurt yourself. Another advice Ajahn Brahm gave was that “your future peace, health and …show more content…

The first one was to eliminate unnecessary things from your life and to focus on one thing at a time (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go). An example Ajahn gave was carrying too many things in the backpack of your mind, that by doing this it exhausts you and weighs you down. Look through the backpack and see what can be thrown away. Focus on one thing at a time and be present in the moment, if unable to do so it could lead to a mental break down (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go).
The second way of letting go described by Ajahn was contentment. An example Ajahn gave was the differences between prisons and monasteries. Prisons may be more comfortable whereas monasteries may be harder but the difference is that monastery people want to be there (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go). He describes that any place you do not want to be is a prison and the only way to get out of your prison is to change your attitude about being there (YouTube, 4 ways of letting go). This goes with physical and mental situations, “as long as you want to be there, you are free” (YouTube, 4 ways of letting

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