Let It In Instead of Trying So Hard To Let It Go
An absolute game-changer on my healing journey
Around 2,500 years ago, a prince named Siddhartha Gautama was sequestered in a palace in North India, where his parents kept him removed from the suffering of the world.
One day, Siddhartha left the palace on a chariot ride and came across an elderly man, something he’d never seen before.
Everybody gets old, replied the chariot driver when the boy asked what he was seeing. One day, you will too. The boy couldn’t believe it.
The chariot then came across a sick man, another unprecedented sight. What has happened to that man? asked Siddhartha.
He’s sick, said the driver, a perplexing concept to a young and sprightly boy. And what is that? asked Siddhartha when the chariot finally passed a funeral.
That’s a dead man, said the driver.
What does that mean?
Death? It happens to all of us, no matter who you are.
When Siddhartha returned to the palace, his first experience outside its walls sent him into turmoil.
What is the point of all of this? he wondered. What am I doing in this life if all the riches, the clothes, and even my body will one day be nothing but…
