If I’ve released one of my fingers (the pinkie in the original photo) from the pen, do we say that I’ve let go, or that I’m still holding on?
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If you’re the pinkie, then you say that you’ve let go.
If you’re anything beyond the pinkie, then you say that you’re still holding on.
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But to maintain the view of the pinkie is to retain a smaller view.
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Likewise, if I let go of an attachment to say a person, have I let go or am I still holding on?
If I don’t want to remain entrenched in a constricted view, it’s better to say that I’m still holding on.
The only way to truly let go is to let the *entire* thing go—not just the one person but *all* others, including oneself (especially oneself), family, friends, enemies, God, life, love, hate, one’s beliefs, hopes, fears, and so on. All of it.
It's all concepts that one releases anyhow.
And perhaps, most of us can allow for that for only the briefest of moments? I personally don’t know anyone who can do better than that. (It’s the best I can do also.)
What I do know is that everything— from the very bottomless bottom up, and from the utter coreless core out—begins shifting and transforming from that sliver of a moment. And not any time before.
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(This is a preview of my next book although that wasn’t the original intent. Instead, it was to distract myself from writing that book! And my dog appears curious about what’s happening. Just as I am.)