“Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Astrologers have said that the recent events in the heavens – solar and lunar eclipses, a new equinox – have created a tumultuous opportunity for growth, particularly for Virgos. I wasn’t fully aware of this, as I greeted the end of summer with a certain reticence, an emotional overload, and an overall wish that it just be over so we could get on with fall. It seems I’m tuned into such things even when I’m not, so I stumbled in wondering what the actual hell was going on in the world to make me feel so crazed. (Sadly this isn’t entirely foreign land to me.)

It is said that eclipses are times for letting go of things that no longer serve us well, and this recent one was especially about releasing those things that emotionally clutter and wear down our brain space. A good lesson and practice for any given day, made especially pertinent with the changing of seasons.

So it was that I found myself doing an early morning meditation on the first day of fall – not of intention or purpose, but of letting go.

Letting go of my tendency to overthink and overanalyze.

Letting go of thoughts of worry and tension.

Letting go of the need to be right.

Letting go of the need for justice.

Letting go of those relationships that have only hurt me.

Letting go of the infatuations from all those younger years.

Letting go of punishing myself.

Letting go of vanity and ego.

Letting go of perfection.

Letting go of finding fault with others.

Letting go of having arguments in my head.

Letting go of the icky feelings of resentment, anger, and hurt.

It’s a way of decluttering and re-organizing the head-space ~ an ideal exercise for this Virgo. It’s also a new direction as far as ease and comfort of living, and that’s always been part of the goal, hasn’t it?

Part of truly letting go is in acknowledging and examining what you are releasing, and that’s where this blog comes in handy. As one of the themes of this fall, letting go will involve getting things out of my system so I can truly be finished with them. A mental clean-up that feeds the soul of a Virgo, while claiming new territory, and new ways of moving through life. Are we ready for such a release? We shall see…

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh