Key Teachings of Buddhism - A Range of Potentials

This is how you let go. When we use the phrase let go, it often sounds like there are these things that we hold onto the way you hold onto something solid in your hand, but.... you begin to realize that even solidity is something you’ve created — out of a potential, you haven’t created it out of whole cloth, but you create your experience of it.... So you want to look at your experiences and see where you’re making your choices and how much effort you’re putting into them. And what you are getting as a result? Letting go here means that you just disengage, when you see that the results aren’t worth the effort. ~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "A Range of Potentials"