Hey, it's me, Dora. Welcome to Radiohead Space and to Wednesday. For today, I wanted

to explore the idea of letting go. In mindfulness, you hear this term a lot. I think sometimes

this idea gets sugarcoded and minimized as something that should be and could be done

in a matter of moments, but letting go is really a lifelong process. To let go means to

be in the here and now, relinquishing any control of what happens next. So what are we holding

on to when we're afraid of letting go? I was reading this story about a man who thought

his life had no meaning. He couldn't find the way to get out of this feeling. Then,

one day, he met with his end teacher and he asked the teacher for advice on how to gain

true happiness. The teacher didn't say anything. He just picked up one bamboo basket and

took the man to the bank of a small river. The teacher asked the man, do you see the

stones along this path? From this spot, walk one step, pick up one stone, and put the

stone in the basket on your back. The man didn't understand the intention, but because

of his faith and confidence in the teacher, he would do it. When the man got to the end

of the path, the teacher asked him how he felt. The man shook his head and said, the basket

is getting heavier and heavier. I almost can't lift it. The teacher smiled happily.

Do you know why your heart isn't able to be happy? Because you're carrying too many

things. Then the teacher took a stone out of the basket one at a time. He said, this stone

is having power and he threw it into the river. This stone is wealth and he threw it into

the river. This stone is our anxieties. This stone is loneliness. This stone is thinking

and worrying about the past and future. He threw it in the river.

The man picked up the basket once more and it felt light and easy to lift. And suddenly,

mindfulness arose. If one is just able to put down the stones, then happiness will

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