Malachor: Make a fist. Squeeze. Hold, and hold, and hold, and hold. How long shall we hold? Shall we hold for the rest of the afternoon? Shall we hold until next week? Shall we hold for the rest of our lives?
Louise: No!
Malachor: Then let it go. Let it go. That’s how you let go – by letting go.
Make a fist. Squeeze, and squeeze, and make another fist, and squeeze with both fists, and imagine that in your fists are guilt and squeeze, and hold, and hold. How long shall we hold?
Louise: Not any longer!
Malachor: Not even until tea time?
Louise: [Laughing] No! It hurts.
Malachor: Not even until the recording runs out of room?
Louise: Oh, no!
Malachor: Not even until the battery dies in this recorder?
Louise: No!
Malachor: Then let it go.
Louise: Ah! Feels good.
Malachor: Doesn’t it?
Louise: Yeah!
Malachor: That’s how you let go. That is the same exact thing that you humans spend 90% of your lives doing. But that is how you spend much of your time: holding on. Letting go feels good, does it not?
Louise: It does.
Malachor: So what do you think is the equivalent of the fist that squeezes, when it comes to guilt?
Louise: Could it be a physical sensation in my body? Or is it replaying something over and over in my mind?
Malachor: Ah! Which could be experienced as a physical feeling in your body. But yes, playing something over and over in your mind, and what is it that you would be playing over and over in your mind as you squeeze that guilt? Let it go. It is up to you to notice when you are holding. When you catch yourself, make a fist, squeeze, and squeeze, and squeeze, and say, “What am I holding on to, and how long do I choose to hold on to it?” Then let it go.
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