Video - Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Power Of Letting Go

Don't be a monkey!

Sometimes living with intention can feel a bit materialistic. We intend the big house or the new car, or a lot of money.  Obviously you can intend spiritual things as well, but how can living with intention not conflict with this idea of letting go?  In other words, how do we just 'let go' or just 'let be' and still achieve the things we want?

Letting go doesn't mean just sitting back and not doing anything.  It doesn't mean quitting your job and meditating all day. It means letting go of the need to control everything and the desire to dictate how your goals are achieved. The Universe might have ways and means for you to achieve your best life that you would never have even thought of.

Always focus on the end result - how your hopes and dreams make you feel. And then release it to the Universe to deliver that end result, that feeling.  It might not look exactly how you think it will, but if the intended feeling is the same, you won't be complaining.