Allofuswhoseektobeconsciousandawareregardourexperiencesasteachers,andwetrytodiscernwhatlessonswearelearningfromthethingsthathappeninourlives.Sometimesthelessonisveryclearfromtheget-go,andothertimeswehavetoreallysearchtounderstandthedeepermeaningbehindsomeevent.Whilethissearchoftenyieldsresults,therealsocomesapointinthesearchwherewhatwereallyneedtodoismoveforward.Itispossiblethatwearenotmeanttoknowthedeepermeaningofcertainoccurrences.Answersmaycomelaterinourlives,ortheymaycomeasaresultoflettinggo,ortheymaynevercome.
Weareallpartofacomplexsystemofbeing,andthingsworkthemselvesoutinthesystemasawhole.Sometimeswearejustplayinganecessarypartinthatprocesswitharesultlargerthanwecanunderstand.Itmayhaveverylittletodowithuspersonally,andwhilethatcanbehardtounderstand,itcanalsofreeusfromoverthinkingthematter.Sometimesitisbesttoseeitintermsofkarma,apastdebtwehavebeenabletorepayinthisway,orastheclearingofenergy.Wecansimplythanktheeventforbeingpartofourexperienceandletitgo.Thiscompletestheprocessthattheoccurrencehasmadepossible.
Tomakethislettinggoofficial,wecanperformaritual,makeafinaljournalentryonthesubject,orsitinmeditationwiththeintentionofreleasingtheeventfromourconsciousness.Aswedoso,wesummonitonelasttime,honoringitwithourattention,thankingit,andsayinggood-bye.Wethenletitgooutthedoor,outthewindow,outthetopofourheads,orintotheearththroughthebottomsofourfeet,liberatingourselvesfromanyburdenwehavecarriedinassociationwithit.