Equal
Letting Go of Fear of Happiness
Five Letting Go of Prediction and Control
Six Letting Go of Inner Conflict
Letting Go of Relationship Battles You Aren't Having
Letting Go of Useless Blocks to Relationship
Unconscious Projection Feels Honest
Letting Go of Rigid Responses and Limited Answers
Eight Letting Go of the Ego Mind
How the First, or Ego, Mind Forms
Letting Go Is “Turning It Over”
Letting Go of Scattered Thinking
Letting Go of Blame and Damage
Nine Letting Go of “Spiritual” Specialness
Letting Go of Spiritual Attainment
Letting Go of “Spiritual” Laws of Success
Letting Go of Our Personal Struggle
Illustrative Stories
In most instances, identifying details have been altered in these stories as well as throughout this book to protect the identity of the individuals mentioned. Three of these stories have appeared in previous books.
| The River and the Lion | 1 |
| Big Truck | 4 |
| Weenies | 6 |
| Running in the Hall | 13 |
| Lisa | 16 |
| Younger Brother | 38 |
| Tom and Ann | 46 |
| Shopping Cart Rage | 61 |
| Hugh and Gayle | 108 |
| Becka and Larry | 113 |
| Maggie | 127 |
| Terry | 133 |
| Sarah | 139 |
| A Righteous Parent | 141 |
| A Flexible Mom and Dad | 143 |
| Kahuna | 152 |
| Sammy | 164 |
| Meemo | 170 |
| Lloyd | 172 |
| Binkley and Mousse | 176 |
| Jordan | 178 |
| Guilty Builder, Guilty House | 179 |
| Poppie | 210 |
Foreword
by Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.,
author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear
Is anything more important than learning to experience ourselves as whole and as the essence of Love? I cannot think of anything, and Hugh Prather has written a simple, clear book that presents practical ways to let go of the blocks that interfere with experiencing our natural state of wholeness, joy, peace, and oneness with our Creator. The stories in this book, which are honest and deeply affecting, leave readers with the kind of “Ah ha” awareness that allows for spiritual transformation.
I have known Hugh and Gayle for more than twenty-two years and cherish the deep, loving friendship that we have. I have witnessed their humanness, trials, errors, and tribulations, and, as for most of us, life has not always been easy for them. But through these years, I have also witnessed their absolute commitment to their spiritual journey and to those who come to them for help.
As he always does, Hugh writes with humor and clarity about the ordinary, mundane problems that most of us struggle with. While deeply spiritual in tone, his writing tends to stay away from the kind of religious terminology that can separate rather than unite. Above all, this is a practical book, with practical solutions for everyday difficulties.