New Agreements for Living: Interview with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr
Letting go, is from level 5 at the very basis, that recognizing that my life is worth something. Because at level 5 an idea becomes more important than my own life is. If I can’t get what I don’t have, if I have conditional love for myself, then I will have conditional love for everyone else. So at the basis of self love or unconditional love, it starts with accepting that my life is worth something and it is worth more than an idea. This is also where Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, all these wonderful teachers come in, the Bible, the Koran etc. about how to have unconditional love for ourself and for our brothers and sisters. It is all about accepting our truth. As we accept the truth, we forgive ourselves for using that energy in that way. So forgiveness is the action of accepting and letting go. And by letting go and accepting that, I am also accepting complete responsibility for my intent or intention, which is my ‘yes’ and my ‘no’, how I control this body. And when this happens I let go of level 5 and 4 and go into level 3.
At level 3, when we have identity and something happens, we no longer corrupt knowledge. And when we are at level 4 and 5 we corrupt knowledge as our personal importance is based on knowledge. So in order for us to be right, we need to make it right. But when we let go of our conditions and let knowledge once again be a clean reflection of life, you have that awareness that you are moving from level 3 to level 2.
