This releasing is the hardest thing. This is where the dark night of the soul comes into play; and believe me, it can be much darker than you could ever imagine.
One thing that helped me was the Sedona Method. The whole method is about releasing. I got the cd set, and worked with it. It worked wonders.
I think Lester Levinson became enlightened through merely releasing. If you read some of his stuff, that is really what he is teaching. But the method itself stands on its own. You don't need to believe in enlightenment to use it and have it make a huge difference.
I have some other suggestions; think of your thoughts as furniture in the mind, and walk around them, or set them out on the streetcorner for someone else to take home. Don't sit in any of them, as it is time to let them go. You can expect them to come back again and again, but as you are less invested in your thoughts being of you, they become less and less important, while the space between them becomes broader, and wider and more expansive. Until then, just walk around them.
Let any attachment to emotions go too. You don't need them; why would a being that is all love need emotions. You don't.
There is a death that comes with enlightenment. It is the death of the old you, so that you might be reborn as your Self. If part of you claims you are killing it, or you are dying, or you find yourself grieving, agree with it, go with it. Let it go, too. Part of you is dying, but it is not the real part, it is just the part you believed was real. Its not real, and you will feel only relief in its passing. So let it go. This provides space for the real Self of you to enter in and dwell within your conscious awareness. It is fabulous; you are love, instead of a person expressing love.
I bless you for having the faith and courage to move forward. Blessings, and more blessings to you, Belle
