Bill Phillip's | Transformation

absolutely what i needed to read at this moment in my life!Wow!

Bill Those words of wisdom were awesome its what i really needed to hear! I know I haven't let go completely and know that is totally what i need to do. Thanks Bill Luv and Hugs Anna

""He also awakened to the truth of the lesson: Let go of the bundle you are holding – the attachments, expectations, the worry, fear, the needing of results to happen – and let it all be free of your grip. Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now. Then, and only then, can a power greater than our own complete the process."" WOW! this is just.... WOW! Tammie

The moral of the storoy is "Let go and let God". One of my daily struggles. Thanks for the reminder.

Bathisattva Manjusre was going to carry the load all the way down from the mountain, but being so influenced by the monk's sense of humility, he chooses not to. Meditation clears up any cloudy thoughts inside my head, and opens up a channel directly towards my heart. That being open, it gives me a feeling of hope to finding myself.

This really says it. I know our physical bodies are not designed to carry burdens and it feels so fabulous to drop them and let them go. It feels wonderful to walk free! Thanks for this! -- Linda

This is a big one for me! I can get obsessive and when I recenter myself I like myself so much better. I love this story and the visual is something I will remember and use. Thanks Bill-your wisdom is endless.

Bill, I was out of town when you posted this so I came back to it today. The timing is amazing because I needed this today! I need to let go of outcomes on a project I am starting and have been having that battle in my mind. No longer! I will do my part and leave the rest up to God. True FAITH! Also, interestingly enough, I am having a family conflict that basically comes down to expectations (outcomes) and before this I thought it was that the other person expected me to be a certain way that I am not but in fact it is expectations on both sides. I moved to this town with expectations for this relationship and now I am greatly disappointed. If I would have followed the calling to move here without expectation, just trusting this is where God wanted me, I could have avoided weeks of heartache! Thank you so much for sharing! I appreciate that you are obedient to your calling without expectations of the outcome! Love your soul, Brenda

I sometimes think that the best possible exercise we can do is to get out of our own way and progress ! Great share Bill - thank you so much ! Paul

''Once we do our part, we must, and I mean must, let go and surrender any and all attachment to outcomes;;.THIS ONE IS HARD FOR ME .but I can and I WILL LET GO. Fear a crippling paradox. I will injoy this time God has given me with a healthy mind and body.

More Divine inspiration, from God, to us, through you. Thank you for agreeing to be His conduit, Bill. Divine day! Annabella Anne

THIS IS ME!!! I read this and took a long, hard look at myself. Years of working in corporate finance had leaked into every area of my life. Everything depended on the deadline or goal or outcome. If I didn't hit it, I was a failure. This practice had slowly made itself into my personal life. Didn't lose 2.3 pounds this week? Failure. I'd pick some goal and work towards it. Of COURSE either I'd get sick along the way or a kid would or some other pressing issue would sidetrack me. So again, failure. I see this in my life; it's like putting on special glasses and then you can see those ugly weeds staring back at you through the beautiful flowers. Gotta get to work on those weeds! I have started to let go of this thinking. Even my KIDS were starting to do this. I just tell them now, "We'll deal with that if it happens" when they ask about something in the future. They aren't looking at me so much like I'm some replacement that's been left in place of their mother. LOL I can now see that unless you let go of the outcome, you set yourself up for confusion, frustration and what FEELS like failure. Thanks for sharing this a million times over! ~ Steph

The most powerful thing that I have read in a very long time, well done Bill and thanks for sharing this. Whereever I am on my path is 100% because of exactly this, letting go.... there is a Budhist syaing, "when the student is ready, the master appears"... I have been blessed with several masters along the way... but this lesson summarizes several in to a masterly beautiful piece of wisdom... thank you!

Well, this is definitely one of the posts I think I will print and go back and read many, many times. Being a person who had been so attached to being "in control" and believing for so long that I was completely responsible for everything and everyone around me it's a tough concept to grasp (or might have been just a while back) . But, I am so open now to realizing that I actually do not have control over everything in my environment and II'm not responsible for everyone's else's actions and I've already started to let go of so many worries that I feel a sense of "lightness" that is incredible. I had no idea that just by accepting this to be true would be so liberating..........thanks Bill !

I love it, do the work then let go and let the universe do the rest. Soo easy to say but as you have pointed out not always so easy to do. When practiced I have found a huge sense of freedom comes with not being attached to the result. Thanks for sharing, you have a wonderful way with words. Yours in friendship, Niamh

Wow, this was very inspiring and very much what I needed to hear. This will be so helpful in all aspects of my life. I am going to put this up in my office and in my home as a daily reminder. Thanks Bill

YES, YES, YES!! You put into words what I was trying to say but just didn't know how!! I have all of this "stuff" inside of me that I want to say, but I think your story explains the way I'm feeling so much more eloquently, " Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now. Then, and only then, can a power greater than our own complete the process." Yes, that's it....I am there..... exactly. Much Love and Big Hugs, Deita

Bill, I believe I read something very similar to your conclusion here by Deepak Chopra little over a year ago. It moved me at a time when the chips were down. I needed to 'let go' and 'live', give up expectations and just 'be'. It seemed so difficult. It was so difficult. In fact it was one of those things that was hardest ever to do, but I had no choice.It's done and I'm finally grateful for my own courage to 'let go'. I carried around some very large and heavy bundle that slowed me down in many ways but I'm finally 'catching up' to something very important to me, life, and love, as well as my very own happiness and forgiveness. I feel amazing for recognizing what's happening in my life, all the good. I can embrace the positive in my heart and soul, having let go of the negative toxins that were burning inside me. I've finally found the real Me and I can 'be true' to her. Now I can go ahead and transform the rest of me. I can't imagine how absolutely amazing and empowered I can truly feel :) The possibilities are endless. ~Tracy~

Right on target Bill. Thanks for all you do to help others. It's taken awhile, but you've made a difference in my life and the lives of my family. We will pass it forward.

HI Bill - I've been wrestling with the concept of setting goals vs letting go of outcome. The answer came to me this morning during my meditation. The problem was my goals. I thought I had peeled through the "goal onion", starting with physical appearance and going thru several "why's" until I got to what I thought was my purpose: to inspire others, esp. teenagers. But, today I realized my goal is both more simple and more complex than that. My goal is to be happy. That's it. There are certain givens that have to be in place for me to be happy, such as being as physically, mentally and emotionally healthy as I can be - and this is where I was confusing goals with outcomes. If my goal is to be happy, then all I need to do are those things that either bring me happiness or those things I can see will bring happiness in the future (e.g. exercising). I will leave the particulars, or the outcome, to the universe, or my higher power to determine and watch for those times I feel inspired to take action. I don't know exactly HOW it will come about, and I don't believe happiness is an absolute so much as an ever-evolving process - a kind of evolving happiness. I believe if I have faith that his will happen and just do the work minute by minute, something unexpectedly amazing will happen - something that I, with my limited lifeview, would never have imagined. I can't wait! I LOVE surprises! Thank you for giving me the seeds...Liz

Great post! I just loved the last part of it - Letting Go! I tend to overcomplicate things, but when I truly let go & trust the process... I'm the happiest. =) Thanks for the reminder!

thank you so so much for this bill! this is just what i have needed to hear. i have such a hard time letting go. i worry so much about what might happen and i make myself miserable. time to let go and let things happen. i might just find that all the horrible things i think up probably wont ever happen:) thanks for the wake up call! ~Teagan

Bill - This is beautiful and hits me dead center! I work so hard at what I do, but worry about what might happen. I plan to write these words and use them as a daily intention. Thanks for everything! Jennifer

Hi Bill, Thanks for your message. Today my thoughts seem to be in rewind mode. I kept thinking about the past, and had a hard time directing my thoughts What a waste of energy! Well I'm dropping the heavy load, and I'm going to the gym to have a great workout!I'm going to focus on what I can do now, and not waste precious time. thanks! Rita

The Power of Letting Go Speaking on my behalf, letting go of feelings from earlier years of adversity stunted my growth, when I started to rediscover who I am. In getting to know myself all over again in life after 30, that is when I slowly came to know my strengths and weaknesses. It is only in my time of trial and tribulation that I discovered where my strength lies. And, in saying that, my strength lies in spiritual dependence upon Christ Jesus. In earlier years, I held onto a lot of things. I felt at the time I was young and naïve, not knowing how to handle the feeling and emotions felt in that era. It took a very long time in discovering who I am. The strengths, weaknesses, and so forth. Through it all, learning the hard way is the only way, and does spiritually pay off in the long run, through trial and error. In my personal opinion today, setting aside differences shows a sense of maturity. When we truly think about having conflict among one another and holding onto things, it means nothing in the end. What means most in the end is how you lived your lived, Transformed into spiritual beauty, and became an obedient servant, in striving closer to an eternal relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ! And, with a Transformation starting within, it radiantly shine on the outside beyond muscular posture, thus allowing your physical well being attract others in winning souls for Christ! That is a beautiful Transformation within itself! (smile) When we let go of our pride, we can truly surrender all. Why so? Because then, we allow GOD almighty to guide our tongues. Guide our actions. Direct us in being obedient through feelings and emotional up-liftment. It takes a Soul, body and heart that is willing to change for the better. Pride is like time…it’s NOT on our side. When in Christ we confide, it is then our “spiritual third eye” is no longer blind! So there you have it. When we deal with what we feel adversely for the moment, it may be best to just pray on it. Additionally, instead of lashing out at someone we may potentially have something in our hearts against, it’s best to keep quiet. It is better to have people wonder about what is going to come out of your mouth, rather than blurt something out in anger, have some people figure you out, and then potentially say “That’s what I knew they were going to say”. So, it’s best to tell it all to GOD, and then let it go, because then, you can learn to love and forgive over & over, by allowing GOD to guide you every step of the way (smile)! Thank you so much for your precious time reading. And, my apologies for posting this late. Been working on launching a new internet article directory/social media/search engine optimizing internet marketing venture, so I don’t have to be at the mercy of The recession too much longer & the unemployment checks determining my financial fate for the moment (smile) LOL Thanks again, Shawn Drewry a.k.a. “The Midnight Cardio Guy” :-P

Thank you for this Bill. I never had time to read this post until now, but so glad I did. I have been very obsessed with my goal and desired weight. I have been doing the workouts, eating healthy, and stopping in here now and then for support so I must do as you said. Hand it over to my hgher power now, and leave the rest up to him! Thank you for this wake up call.

Bill, I just want to let you know that I appreciate all that you have done for me and everyone else here in the community. I started seven years ago to let go of the past and live in the now. It is your program that gave me the tools that I needed to really let go. I am truely a happy person now. The people around me have also become happier because I have become the change. I am now in round 2 and reaching for my dreams. Thank you so much. You have given back to so many people. You should be proud.

I'm in a much happier place since I learned to "let go" I finally surrendered and my load is a lot lighter these days, it's a great feeling. Thanks Bill. Cheri

Wow that is an amazing story. I want to be able to just drop everything and just let the process happen. I really needed to hear this today, I am feeling great and I have been praying to my higher power to keep my humble. Thanks Bill...

I started my challenge out with a definite expectation of what I wanted to look like at the end.Little did I know that with the help of the assignements,light was shed on each segment of my journey.We all know,with the way Bill puts these questions to us-in their simplicity and poignancy-there is no escape:> From learning how I feel to learning how you all feel became a creative process for me.Hm..I just realized,I am still doing what I used to when I was a little girl.After dinner my two older sisters and my mom would sit around the table and "discuss" and I would make myself comfortable in the corner of the bench and listen and learn.Today I listen and learn from you-thank you so much for sharing.During the last 18 weeks,I have gained health and strengh back in my shoulders,I am having the time of my life running in in the mountains here in our beautiful Logan canyon and my goal to inspire my son Patrick is also realized.He started his challenge half way into mine and feels so good about his accomplishments.As a tailor,when customers ask me to take in their suits because they have lost weight,there is always an open door to share,compare,praise and encourage.Some weights that I carried in my heart have been lifted.That attachment that was part of me in the beginning gave way to so many beautiful and uplifting experiences.My heart is full of gratitude to you Bill and to you in the community who inspire me.Susanne

Hi Bill, Great Story about letting go! It reminds me to trust the process. Another word for Transformation could be "Metamorphosis". In Nature, the Caterpillar "Lets Go", of being a Caterpillar, so that Nature, can do it's Natural Process, and "Transform", him / her into a Butterfly. If Nature can Transform a Caterpillar into a Butterfly, just think what Nature can Transform me into, if I just "Let Go", and trust the process. P.S. For a really amazing story of the Monarch Butterfly's Migration from Canada to Mexico, do a google search of Nova or Nature on P.B.S. Best Wishes on everyone's Transformation into the person that Nature intended you to be. Blessings, JasunL

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This is just what I needed! Thank you Bill - thank you so much!!!! Just when I think I've let go, I look for something and create my own road block. You're timing is perfect!!! ~Isabel

I couldn't agree with all you wrote more each time I reread your blog Bill. I know I can just do my best in all I do and from that point forward God will handle the rest. Living like this is real living, no overwhelming stress, no over pressuring myself, no striving for perfection anymore. Just enjoying life each and every day through the good and the bad through the hard and the easy. I wish you could read this blog on the primetime news for all to hear, because everyone should hear it, it could change a life or two more. Katie

I am a bit late getting to comment here but so glad that I took the time to read this when I HAD the time to really focus. After just having blogged last week about the perils of my personal goal setting the one thing that stood out to me was you speaking of setting goals but then detaching yourself from the outcome! That is where I have been stuck for so long, This site has been such a blessing to me. I am FINALLY working with what I have been blessed with, using it for the good and help of others and reaping the benefits of the self-fulfillment that comes from that! I am so grateful beyond words for you sharing your wisdom with us and I just LOVE reading your writing!!!! Thank you and may God continue to bless you....Lesley

Excellent words of wisdom for us to follow and live by. Thank you Bill for sharing~~Derek

Bundle? What bundle? You can't possibly be speaking of my precious collection of good intentions, well defined goals, specified plan of actions.... Nor could you be referring to my pet peeves, system of beliefs, history of hurts, or relational expectations. Why, those are the very things that give definition to who I am. To let go would mean death to my very important, center of the Universe self! Then what? Become the creative out breath of the Universal Source. It's just all too terrifying. But I suppose .... I could try. : )

Bill, thank you for your insightful and timely blog. It is truly amazing that my needs and wants are usually met in a way, but almost never in the way that I planned. Do the work, have faith, and let go--a simple and powerful formula. Thank you, Leslie

Ahhhh. Sigh. Yes, do the footwork and have faith in the outcome. To live this way is so wonderful. When I read this, remember this simple plan, my life is truly meaningful; I seem to have the focus on the moment rather than the future. Thank You Bill for such insight. I live it and I love it. It is the hardest part of transformation as I am so used to hanging on, dragging stuff around. A habit to release for sure. Thanks for Sharing! LPJ, Cat

Hi Bill. Awesome blog as usual. I have to say that letting go of my past mistakes and current "circumstances" was the hardest thing I have had to do since my divorce and almost losing a child. I get choked up even writing about it because although I have let go...thank GOD a ton of weight was lifted...It will always be painful to reflect on. I was holding on to the fact that "I am a failure and failed my children so how can I take care of my children as a single mom?" then A realization: God trusts ME with them so why in the world do I NOT trust me?!!! Well, I let go of the lies and am holding on to the truth! What a great process this is. I cannot wait until the conferences in Denver. I love to learn this stuff and will pass it all on. God will use this knowledge with me as he is using it with you. God has blessed you my friend. Love to you and yours, Kat

and SuzieR ... you are fantastic!

Oh so perfectly said! I needed this, just finished my 4th week and didn't see the physical changes I thought I "should". This is my life, the changes I am making are proving to myself that I am worth it. It's not a timeline, it's not a race. I feel Fantastic! My life is so improved: from better sleep to better parenting. Every aspect of my life is improving and that alone should motivate me. It's time for me to LET GO! I agree with Rugzar.. this is an assignment for me too. Awesome, thanks so much!

This is such a timely post for me to read, reinforcing the experiences I just had during a three day stay at Kripalu in Lenox, Massachusetts. One of the things I heard there was, "Don't let your troubles become your life story." I realized I was telling a limiting story with a limiting end. "A year ago, I was a finely trained athlete. I coped really well with my two sons' new, serious, and life-altering illnesses, but then my spine crumbled and now I'm fat and sedentary and overwhelmed with grief and anxiety." Now I am telling a new story: "I was a finely trained athlete, but I used hard training to avoid the full impact of my sons' serious and life-altering illnesses. Then my spine crumbled, I had two surgeries. My wonderful body had created the conditions under which I HAD to slow down and feel. In a strange and wonderful gift, I now life with an open door and many possibilties." ---Susie

This blog and the radio show about intentions have come for me at the right time...Round Two...I have been less attached to "results" but also lost some of my intention and it was becoming a rote list of shoulds or another "to-do" list that I was rebelling against. What you are talking about is something I can just glimpse and it means a faith and surrender that I believe will take me to another level if I can manage to be faithful and humble. My intention is to connect with the divine as I come to know it and trust that the universe makes sense and will take care of me if I am in tune and trust....Thank you...Holly

Bill I have spent this whole weekend in deep thought about what you said in this post. I now understand and that is what you've said all along and that was,' Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now. Then, and only then, can a power greater than our own complete the process'. I also came across a forum that was written last year and it was a quote from your Body For Life book and it said to change your adversity into energy. I will be letting go so that I am able to truly transform. Mahalo, Aaron Aliiloa

And I know this, yet I can't seem to reach that enlightenment. Only at one time in my life have I ever released that inner baggage - and that was during Alpha when I there were three people laying hands on me. I need to get back to that special place, where I feel at peace. Thanks for sharing this people story.

Right on. Why is it easy to say, but hard to do? That "pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps concept goes deep and is hard to shake. I'm still shaking, tho' - still shaking. Thanks for the great reminder. It is SO needed in my life. --Johnnie--

Thank you Bill. It's so hard to let go of the oars and stop paddling upstream. I am learning about the art of allowing things to happen. Yes, I must take action, but there is no need to FREAK because my meditation is not Perfect. I will let go of beating the drum of perfection. I will appreciate what I do have and enjoy the journey. With an abundance of gratitude, Carol

Worth reading several times. Thanks for the direction Bill.

Great blog, Bill. Letting go is so terribly hard for me as I, like so many others, want to control....after all I think I can do it best - my way. However, that hasn't always produced the best results. While intellectually I understand "letting go", emotionally I hang on to it.....that's certainly the ego. I am so concisious of the need to let go and must consciously practice to the art of letting go. Thank you for an awesome blog. Mary kay

I absolutely love this. Excellent point with much depth.

Shane said it so well . . . its an ongoing process of bettering your best - the possibilities are mind-blowing!

I posted a blog on this subject! Thank you as always for guiding us on our transformation path, opening our hearts and our minds to reflection and awakening.

Great blog Bill. Another great lesson! Thanks for sharing this beautiful story.

I love america!! This website is awesome. The wisdom I have gained from this site is amazing. Thanks so much bill

Hi Bill. What impresses me most about your work now is that you had no reason to change your approach. You were immensely successful as a fitness and nutrition expert, not to mention a corporate CEO. While some men have to hit rock bottom to pursue a spiritual path of understanding, you elected to search for a more meaningful life when you were literally at the top of the mountain. I believe it was Carl Jung that talked about the five stages of Man and how it was essential to pass through each stage to be truly fulfilled. You are clearly moving into the higher stages of consciousness and I congratulate you for having the courage to make such a profound shift when the material rewards from your earlier life might easily have distracted you from such an endeavor. Average Joe

Last night on the radio show when you said that some people may not understand what I=you are getting at with your writing with this blog I was relieved. As you explained it I understood... clearly. Last year I didn't know how.... I just knew that I needed to change and you set forth a plan that I could follow. You said excercise 6 days per week and eat 6 meals per day. That part I understood what I didn't get was how I would change, I didn't really even think I could follow through or that there was a way out but you had enough belief for both of us at that point so I just did each day what my plan said. I had no attachment to the outcome because I had no idea what the outcome would be... I did have a bright vision of the future of course but didn't know, didn't care how I was going to get there I just simply knew that when I opened my eyes each morning the work that needed to be done. LO and BEHOLD it happened.... another lesson is simply this that with more conciousness and awareness comes greater responsibility this was something that I had not taken into consideration.... I never felt entitled to or that I deserved anything because of my change even something as simple as sustainability ..... its just that I have become very aware that its not an "easy path" to success its learning and listening, stretching, and growing with all that comes my way. Transformation I have said to so many is a lifestyle and that simply means that its an ongoing process of bettering your best, striving for that next level, going back and redoing,relearning or making amends and not committing the same errors twice. Humility has played a very large role in my life lately and I am grateful for the lessons and the learning. Your writing is amazing as of late you clearly are taking it to the next level as well. Shane PS Thank you for coming back and teaching me some very valuable lessons in life.

Great Blog! Letting Go and Letting God is hard to do and take much faith, but I am sure that it is well worth it! I need to let go of a lot of things in my life and let God take care of them!

You know what's really great, Bill? I've read and studied a lot of these different philosophies, spiritual ideas & traditions, and sometimes its a lot of information to sift through and make sense of. What is so cool is that you've gathered all this information, condensed it down into these concentrated pearls of wisdom, profound and yet simple to understand and apply. Your blogs are delightful, inspiring and eagerly awaited and always seem to come at the perfect time! Thank you! ~ Jen

Bill, thank you. I have been away and just now had the opportunity to respond. This blog is beautiful. The insight took me to such an emotional place inside. I felt everything that I have been feeling lately was confirmed in some way. I wrote a blog 4 days before you posted this and said basically what you did when you said, "It's important to be aware of the fact that all we can do is the best we can do, and from there, we must let go of attachment to outcomes and let the results be what they may." My LLN was pushing me to try and gain control of something I have no control over. I have done this for many years now and over the last year as I have conceded to give it away and pray for the best I have been much healthier in mind, body & spirit!. By doing that, I have been at far greater peace then I have ever been. I know I will continue to face challenges, in times of silence when it is then I seem to grow the most I need to believe in it's purpose and what is happening in my heart & soul. When the challenges in my life test me to see if I will regress back to the place I was before, it is then I will give them away and focus on all the wonderful things I have and am blessed with every day of my life. I will do the best I can and be proud of that accomplishment. I am here for a reason and I believe I have great things to do before I leave. Thank you Bill for continuing to bring us these remarkable lessons and stunning insight. Much love, Carolynn

I stumble over myself day after day...this blog speaks to me and reminds me to get out of my own way...to let go...Progress not perfection; I will work to keep this top of mind. Thank you.

Clarissa recommended that I read Power of Letting Go, which I did yesterday –My initial reaction was yeah, yeah, yeah – that’s easy to say - I’ve been trying that for years – what's gonna be different this time? I awakened last night with the realization that I don’t grow because I halt my own progress by stopping.- I am in the same place today, as I was a year ago – nothing has changed . . . oops - except for increased disgust with self - because I haven’t allowed myself to follow-through . . . I’m learning that the very process of completing to the best of my present ability the 18 weeks – IS progress! It’s not perfection, but it is progress . . . and until I do that - nothing WILL change! I seem to have NO problem in declaring what I want to do – the results I want to obtain – but as soon as I find myself deviating from my plan . . . I seem to toss in the towel! I will NOT let it happen this time I will post my plan a bit later in the day - I want to really give it thought - go slow and understand why I'm doing every step - not because I have to but because I GET TO - (Thank you Jonnae) Feel like I've had a break-through - Thank you!

Bill, thanks for your faithfulness. Our prayers are with you. There is a universal law found in the New Testament stating that the husbandman that labors must first be partaker of the fruit. We appreciate the operation of God in your life and the wisdom He is giving you to express. Also, your willingness to let go of the bundle as an example for us to do the same. God let go of His Son to redeem us from the bondage of corruption. Jesus Christ let go of his own will and life to show us a higher way. God finished His part. Jesus Christ finished his part. Now, God, thanks for inspiring us through Bill to finish our part and let go TODAY! God Bless and thanks for the insight!! Garry and Shelly

Bill, This is the greatest, most thoughtful and inspiring post you have shared with us ever. Every post is a gem and this one's a true diamond. I really can't wait for the book to drop because if it's anything like the posts, it'll be a real trip. Thank you and here's to us all shedding our loads and freeing our minds, you said it and it's true: Enlightenment is within us all. God bless ALL of you.. transformedforlife

I think this will be a process of continued learning and improvement on my part. Thanks for the awakening, Troy

Thank you.

Beautiful Blog Bill. Here's to dropping those bundles, showing up, trusting and surrendering to the divine perfection within and without. With gratitude, Robin

That is beautifully said. Thank you for your very powerful words again Bill.

Can't get enough of this Bill. Love your work my friend. thank you.-Spencer

Bill: Great Post! I have learned this huge lesson since I've done my assignments. I have let it go and my life is so much easier. I am not saying that I am not working hard, I am not apethetic, and I am devoted to survival, but I am not in fear anymore about outcomes in my life. There are things in my life that are happening and I have no control over the outcome, but I have faith that if I work hard, that no matter what happens, I am making progress towards something. Our future is only a surprise and destiny is not ours to choose. This day ended on a great note for Mary_Mary to get to come to Denver! I told her to have unlimiting belief that she would come somehow. THis community is amazing!

I want to add, this is almost a relief! A relief to let go of something I never really had control over in the first place!! LOL seriously..

I think I get it now..or am getting close to getting it lol See..at first I was confused..if we set goals, use visualization throughout our transformation how are we not supposed to be attatched to the outcome? If it is the *hope* of the outcome that gets us though our transformation? After listening to you expalin it again on the show tonight, it really helped me tro understand what you mean. I can have these goals, I can visualize myself being healthy & happy, I can *do the work* I need to do get there..& then I can let it go, because all I *can* do is the actual work..the results, are out of my control. I am a reformed "control freak" so this was hard for me to grasp, I am a slow learner sometimes, but I am getting it! Thank you! (disclaimer, please excuse typos & run on sentances thanks!)

Pretty cool stuff. When I decided to come back here I had already let go of the outcome and my lack of control over what others thought/did. I was humbled beyond belief and at my bottom with everything in my life. I knew at that point, that I had to give up everything I'd ever thought I knew or pretended to know and just do as I'm told....and leave the rest up to God. I have to believe that if I do what successful people do...I can't help but be successful. So I'm doing as I'm told...doing the footwork and trusting the process. I know I'll be ok. Thanks for this lesson. I thought this was a lesson about letting go of other things which I'm dealing with right now LOL.

Thanks for sharing this great post. I really needed this. Letting go is something I have always had a great deal of difficulty with. This may explain why I have become anxious and restless since I began this transformation now and all the other times I tried BFL in the past. My ego or Lower Self that always wants to control the outcome may be one of the major things that has sabotaged my results all of these years. I hope to be able to let go and place more trust in my Higher Self.

Thank You Bill for this great share. Everything happens for a reason. I trust the process, i am willing and open to let go and allow anything to unfold that is supposed to unfold within and before me. I am committed to transformation and freedom. Many blessings, Nora

Bill, Thank you so much for this awesome post! I finally get it! I am still working on it, but I GET IT! This vivid explanation is just in time for me to post my Round 2 goals. I knew something was not quite settled inside myself; now I understand. There are fleeting moments of serenity, and this helps me see what needs adjustment. But I am turning it over. Thank you for everything. Love you! Christa

Thank you bill that was awesome. I love how in the story about letting go and just being. Taking aciton and doing our best and then letting go. like what people say " Do your best and Let God to the rest". I can relate to that as I have a hard time letting go and wanting to be in control. I know that never works but the body or Ego wants to Control everything. Drives me crazy sometime as I am not even aware I am doing it until someone like my husband tell''s me. So true. We do Stress and worry to much about things always trying to figure out what is truth and right and wrong. I agree that there is a great one then us out there what ever you want to call it. I am really looking forward to tonights call Love always Julieann

Thanks Bill. The way I do this is to ask for what I need...do what I know is right...and then pray as Jesus said, "Father, not my will but Yours be done." To me, this is relinquishment of the outcome. It invites God to take it in whatever direction He sees fit. Love - Sherri

Very simple really! Don't worry about things you have no control over! It works for me! I have been so successful with my Transformation! I am enjoying every day and worry about nothing. Thanks for your excellent program Bill. It really does work when followed to the letter. Dan

Let go, and let God!! Love it!

Bill ~ your innovative and extraordinary blog provides a fascinating array of perspectives on personality, spirituality, and indeed, the nature of human being, in a recent conversation with Chris Winters we discussed the concept of Freedom- How free we really are? By letting go and only by letting go we can begin to change our perspective and trigger a process to follow towards this freedom of structure where “If it's going to be, it's up to me”.....Samy

Thank you so much for this post. I have been struggling a great deal with acheiving perfection or meeting certain milestones- getting upset if I have not lost an inch by this date or progressed in weight lifting by that date. I am obsessed with the results I have acheived before and not seeing those same results has caused me great concern. It goes hand in hand with the progress not perfection that I am trying to master. It is easy enough to say that I will let go but I am not so sure I know how. I hope that tonight's radio show will give me some guidance. You are the best! - Kim

The Lord carries my burdens and gives me hope, joy and peace. Whatever the outcome may be in my life its easier to handle when I know that He is in control of everything.Its a beautiful feeling knowing that I have a loving forgiving savior that is waiting with open arms for me everyday that I am alive and also when I die. Thanks Bill. Jovita.

Unbelieveably insightful post Bill. I have recently read the book *Change or Die* and within it I found some amazing information. Very much in alignment with this post. The epihany that I had is this: The reason that we cling so tightly to our burdens is because to let them go is to admit to OURSELVES that what we have believed to be true, the stories and narratives we have built around ourselves and the face that we have for so long have shown to others... is false. The lifestyle, the choices we've made that have left us in need of transformation, the facade we've worn - all of it false. To admit this to yourself and to others and truly release that burden is one of the most difficult things that we can accomplish within this challenge. But when we DO allow the past to be past and enter into the now with complete focus, the rewards can be genuinely great. Fantastic post as usual. ~ Timmy

Amen and Amen. Thank you...just this week I have let go of old baggage once and for all and now I feel light as a feather. I really don't care if I lose any weight on this challenge. My goal is to live in the moment, enjoy the beauty of this earth and to mail in my Transformation packet....

I have learned to let go during my first 18 weeks. I have a timeline that my body does not seem to cooperate with. So I've learned to trust the process, do the work, and trust that my body will change in it's own time. I've done damage that took years and it won't be undone in 18 weeks. Starting Challenge 2, I have goals in mind, but its really about continuing the journey and making this a lifelong commitment. Why do something as a short term solution - this can work long term and is very maintainable. Love to you Bill!! Thanks again for a great blog!

Bill thanks for the reminder on letting go. This round has such a different feel to it. I am not obessing on the outcomes...it is more fluid and free. I am enjoying it much more. I am looking for ways to make my transformation work for me in my life. I am much more open to progress and I am seeing the results. It is weird because last round I focused on the results, but this round I am focusing on the progress and by doing this I am getting great results. I hope this makes sense. Thanks again for all your beautiful work and energy.

Bill, I woke up this morning feeling a RELEASE ...a LETTING GO of my mother to GOD! Letting GO..and surrendering to what IS now. LETTING GO and KNOWING that the MOST IMPORTANT thing I can do TODAY is Embrace fully this abiding LOVE that is IN ME and to flow that in my life. Flow it on to me and to my world..that is the CHANGE..GOD IS THE CHANGE ...HIS LOVE is the most beautiful thing in the World! My life is in a different place now then what it was Jan 1st. Its at a different place now that my mother is HOME with GOD and safe in His arms. Different place now that I am 40 pounds lighter. I am just going to continue to surrender myself TO GOD and in FAITH toward moving toward HEALTH and staying focused FIRST on my spiritual health! LETTING GO and LETTING GOD...feeling aligned...feeling alive...feeling full and a fresh wind of faith. This blog really speaks volumes to me~! Thankyou for sharing it! LETTING GO is so vitally important...SURRENDER SURRENDER SURRENDER. Not an easy thing to do but extremely IMPORTANT. Living in the moment as well. Thankyou for all that you do and your LOVE~! YOU are the CHANGE! Blessings Shari

Do the work, let go, have faith and just be! I'm right there with you Bill.

Bill, Let me say first that I sincerely appreciate your diplomacy when speaking of matters that deal with people's faith/spirituality/beliefs/consciousness. It has always been so apparent to me that God exists...I see proof of his existance daily. Yet, I often disregard the beliefs of others because it seems foolhardy to be blind to the amazing proof of a higher power. Reading your blog made me pause for just a minute and give thought and respect to the beliefs of others. Thanks for stopping me in my busy tracks to take care and be generous in spirit to those who see things differently than I do. On a second note - I also paused and put some real thought into the message you were sending us. It is really difficult to step out in faith and give up control...to let another take the wheel. You've made me realize that my best IS good enough and it is better to leave that which I can't control in the trusted hands of something beyond myself. You've given us the tools to move forward and to succeed. Let the rest take care of itself...let the process be completed or continued by that which is greater than our own understanding.

Bill, This is a very moving blog for me to read. You have very eloquently communicated the message you intended that really encompasses all the insightful wisdom anyone would need who is at a point to receive it. Your ability to yourself find what you call "merit and practical insight" and communicate that insight is what moves this community that is constantly evolving. This foundation of goodness is powerfully transferring that goodness into the lives of many and I am proud and grateful to be a part of that! By reading this, I am reminded.... like it was yesterday, of the feelings, the sheer and utter joy that makes a person cry with happiness, when I found Transformation.com on April 10th. So greatly impacted, I then spent the next 4 days literally devouring as much of your wisdom, insight and goodness from the movement of this through the community you created and began my challenge on April 13th! It was a special feeling of hope and joy combined with humble respect as I remembered my first thoughts being "Wow....Bill has grown and gained so much more wisdom and insight about purpose, about people and about life!" Since that time of not knowing what I had found in Tcom, it has been quite a ride with particular inner conflict for me between weeks 4-10 with my personal battle of letting go vs carrying the load. During this time, I can share that I am able now to understand what you mean by the difference in "results and fulfillment" and my course has changed with already moving towards great fulfillment as a result of everything coming together and letting it do so. Just in the last 24hrs, I was moved to start reading 48 DAYS TO WORK YOU LOVE by Dan Miller and am being powerfully moved by this along with everything I am learning from you and this great community. I only share this because you are probably aware of this book and what it represents. None of which would be possible without your great intentions and commitment to serving others. THANK YOU, GRATEFULLY!!! ERIC

For me, this is somethilng I keep having to come back to over and over again. My times of greatest peace are when I live in this realization. Thanks Bill.

Bill, Thank you for reminding me of this. This is one of the most important things that I learned during the Round 1 Challenge. Let go, and let God! I have gotten back into the cause and effect mode for some reason, and I needed to be whipped back into shape by your blog! Thank you so much for everything you do! - Chad

Thank you for this gift. For I have been carrying that BUNDLE a BURDEN of expectations and thus disappointment. As such my results reflect the Burden I have carried in my first round this year. Now I am reminded, as I am prepared to have faith in the process and let go. This post is in alignment of where my thoughts have been coming, "To lose my attachment, and surrender". I seek such guidance to reach my transformation. In light and love, Jeff

WOW! THANK YOU!

The battle to the eternal gates of paridise is a constant human challenge of letting go of the unimportant material needs of life and finding true happiness through contemplative spiritual living and reaching out to help others along life's path. Another wonderful lesson Bill. Many thanks. Dennis

Hi Bill, I have been listening to you describing "the need to have good intentions, doing the work and then having faith and letting go" over recent weeks. Your final sentence of your blog made it all come together..your blog has crystalised the message and now I GET IT. It is going to be a wonderful 18 week journey.

Love this blog...bit by bit I'm learning to not be focused on the outcomes. My 8 year old son Jack is on the Autism Spectrum and I find myself fastforwarding to middle school and whether or not he'll fit in. Then I jump to when he's an adult and what will happen if I'm not around to protect him. I feel guilty that maybe he has Autism because I had children late in life. He's a bright, beautiful, creative, friendly, happy, healthy child. So it's needless worry and rumination about the future when I should relax and enjoy the moments I have with him and his twin sister right now. Looking back on the Round 1 challenge, I had big expectations for myself physically and was initially disappointed in myself for not losing any weight. I realize now that wasn't meant to be, and the gains I made internally were what I was supposed to be doing. And I will not get caught up in setting big goals for my marathon training. I'll just do the jogging/running to get ready without putting extra pressure on myself to achieve X number of miles by X day. It will fall into place if I allow it to. Thanks, Bill! Lisa

Loved it. Because I did body for life in the past and gained all my weight back and some. I'm already worrying about the weight I could gain back that I haven't even lost yet! After I did the challenge there wasn't a part of me that thought I would gain my weight back. I never really had a weight problem except after having a baby and I would eventually get that off. Now I feel I have a weight problem. I have been struggling for 7 years now to get this extra weight off. I need to let go. First I need to let go of my fears of gaining the weight back. Then I can work on letting go of the outcome. I need to relax,trust the process and let things happen. I'm a positive person although I break a lot of promises to myself. I still believe I can do this even when I can feel something holding me back. Thanks for everything and I will let go and be free. Tammy

Thank you Bill, true inspiration. The transformation of change starts in the mind first and foremost Peace, Olive

Must be some kind of glitch, I know I've posted my response to this blog twice. Maybe third time's a charm and I'll be allowed to share my thoughts freely. I was saying.... This year I've let go of my daughter as God called her to be with Him eternally. I let go of the illusion of dreams I had held in high regard. I let go of misdirected adoration, realizing my Heavenly Father desires to be the only being I praise. I let go of the need to be understood. I let go of the drive to teach and have surrendered instead to stay in God's classroom as His daughter, His creation, His student, and His servant. I have let go of the thought that people need me to change and be saved and am allow God to change and save me. People can't change people. Only God can. Seeking ways to learn always, in ALL ways, Denise

Human Beings and their big rational minds! The surfice mind is all will and no power. The subconscious is all power but readily submits to the "lower will." By it's very nature, from birth it just let's go. When we learn to do the same, then we become more in union with divinity, we ascend. Good blog Bill, I am proud of you.

This concept is a conundrum for me. I catch myself trying so hard to let go but then I realize the “trying to let go” is so important because I am attached to the outcome I think I will experience if I could just let go…it gets very circular to me. In essence letting go becomes an outcome that I am seeking rather than a state of being. I guess I will know I am on the path when I can stop going in circles…

A old Sadu told me "if you don't take the credit you don't have to take the blame." Let it go!!!----thanks again for sharing Bill, I love where your blogs are going.

Perfect! Let go... Let GOD! Surrender my will to THY WILL. I believe it is God's will that we all be the best we can be - whatever that may be for each individual. But, I have such a free and easy feeling when I realize the TRUTH which is that I do not drive "the bus"... I am a passenger! Peace to all. Love is all there is!

Thank you for sharing the truth and wisdom you always seem to. :)

Bill, I loved this piece you have written. For me, it calls to mind that the seeds of transformation are in the now. The gift is in the present. If we are too fixated on outcomes we miss the moment ripe with potential here and now. The true gift is in the journey, not the destination. It's inherent in those quiet shifts that work below the surface that may not be readily apparent to the outside world and yet... this is how transformation takes root... from the inside, out. We show up and do the work, not for the sake of reward, but for the simple blessing contained in the act of doing, or 'being the change' as you like to say. Thank you for sharing such thoughtful words. Your piece touched my heart today. Thank you as well for giving me the opportunity to go on this incredible journey of self-discovery. I will be sure to stop and smell the roses along the way. -Shannon

Enjoyed your blog. Such an example of where we need to go in our growth process.

I totally agree Bill, but at this point all I can say is I'm too afraid.........

Bill you are a Genious!!!! I have had the worst Day of my Life today and This was EXACTLY what I needed to read, A bad Person from my Past which I thought was gone came back into my life for a short time TODAY and in that short time he managed to bring me so far down and pull me so SO Far back I was feeling VERY Lost and Upset!! I was asking myself and asking God to give me a sign, help me, GUIDE ME please!!!! I know I shouldn't have let him and should have been stronger but I'm still Fragile and mending a broken heart, Then................... I opened up my Email and read your Blog.......It was a GOD SEND!!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW STRONG YOU HAVE MADE ME!!! I Love this bit........"we must, and I mean must, let go and surrender any and all attachment to outcomes". You are incredible..Thank You Bill. xxx

Dear Bill, I intuitively understand the paradox of which you speak. Take the action/let go of results. For 13 weeks I have taken the best actions I was able to and DIDN'T LET GO OF THE RESULTS BECAUSE.....I subliminally got the message from myself hat I wasn't working hard enough. Truth be told, I set goals of cholestrol lowering and binge eating reduction. I never cared about losing weight during challenge 1. I wanted to be stable and sustaining in my efforts. As I end challenge 1 I am becoming ready to takle my physicality more and more. And I will endorse myself for my tremendous changes to date which have been no less stellar than a weight loss. To the future Bill Phillips. Happy July 4th. Love, Ellen

Getting rid of that bundle is a huge step. I guess that's why I'm stuck and unable to move forward. It seems so easy and so hard at the same time to let go. Will definitely work on it. Thanks Bill

Most definitely the message I needed to hear right now. I just completed my packet and sent it in - - in working on it, I realized that I had the best results (emotional,spiritual, and physical) midway through the process - - it was during this time that I had surrendered to the process and began to just enjoy myself. Unfortunately, in the last phase, I started focusing too much on the final outcome and trying to "muscle through" to the end. Backfired on me and now I understand why thanks to you, great teacher!

This is so what I needed to hear. Thanks.

I love it! thank you. That story sure takes a load off. Hee Hee, Tamra

I get it. Very powerful message. Thanks Bill!

Thanks, Bill. I always enjoy your insight and the passing along of wisdom from other cultures. This is such a special site, in more ways than one. Blessings. ~Larry

I enjoyed this blog and the responses from members. great story bill!

Beautiful Reminder, thank you

Bill, This morning I experienced this first hand. I've done the work, and completed my final packet. As I sealed and taped the box this morning I simply let it go. I've done all I can. It's now in the hands of a higher power. All I have now is my faith, and it's stronger than it's ever been. It's now time for me to close this chapter and move on to the next. Thanks for sharing your insights! Greg :)

GREAT BLOG.I myself let go a long long time ago,so i have a lot of people aways ask way don"t i let any thing get to me and i say frist GOD is there for all of us 2 just let go and you be much happier.and liveing in COLO iam so close to the mountains that i can go and site and see what god gives to all of us so all of you on t.com read Bills blog and just let go. Smiles to all GOD BLESS

Wow what a great blog Bill! Boy I'll tell you I held on to my bundle for years! And I mean TIGHT!! I believed it was mine to hold onto sort of as some kind of badge of honor for the awful occurences in my life and how I lived through them. I actually BELIEVED I had the right to be guarded, angry, bitter and resentful....as if it were my duty. So twisted and confused....it wasn't until I went through this transformation process that I realized I no longer needed that bundle...that it served no good purpose in my life other than to keep me stuck in a painful past that I was powerless to change. Thank you for the many lessons and guidance to drop that bundle.........walk away........and never look back.

Excellent blog! It brings to mind two things for me - in terms of simply doing the work there is an article I read a long time ago in a Psychology journal that is the Japanese answer to a lot of "psychologizing" and it is "know your purpose, accept your feelings and then do the work that needs to be done". In terms of the letting go and have faith portion of this blog I found the following written in my July calendar of the Purpose Driven Life today which states "Our hope in difficult times is not based on positive thinking, wishful thinking, or natural optimism. It is a certainty based on the truths that God is in complete control of our universe and He loves us." Another quote that is helpful for me in letting go is "when we choose to let go of our negative thoughts, our natural serenity will surface - know that you already have the wisdom and serenity you seek - the feeling of serenity is innate" (from the book "The Serenity Principle")

I have been away for awhile mainly because honestly I haven't let go and am still trying to control all outcomes. While at lunch today I received your inspirational text message on my phone. Very timely. Five minutes later and old friend walked up to our table. He looked very frail and I learned that he is dying of cancer. When I returned to my office I saw Clarissa's email about your blog. I feel like I'm being reached out to with the answers but continue to turn the other way. I pray that I can "Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now." Thanks Bill, my prayers are with you and this community and I ask that you pray for me. Mark

This was a very good read and I can really relate to what Bill has written here. I and many others get too caught up on trying to control the outcome of our transformations.We suffer from paralysis from analysis.Should I eat before cardio? should I eat carbs before bed?should I workout on an empty stomach? should I have one cheat meal or one freeday?Is 20 mins cardio not enough? should I lift low reps for more muscle. Its questions like these that can drive a person crazy. I know I am guilty of over analysing. Now Bill isnt saying that his exercise programs is the only program thats works. We all know Bodyforlife works and works well.There are Thousands of examples.But Bill will also admit that there are numerous other programs out there that work but what Bill wants us to do is to pick one and GO.Every program has a very small amount of effective principles and once you pick your program and learn the principles its time to stop looking for more information and starting doing what you know.

The simplicity of this idea is deceptive. Because it's so simple, my mind reasons, it should be easy. But gosh it's not. I just love the illustration of the dropped burden. I'm going to use it during meditation. Thanks so much for posting this Bill.

I love the mind picture of dropping that bundle. Instantly feeling lighter, free, able to breathe again. I think it is up to each one of us to BEGIN the process, but I also agree that we have to get out of our own way and let the God of our understanding direct our steps. Once we learn how to do that, nothing is impossible. ~With~ God ALL things are possible. Thank you Bill! ~Lori

This is an area where I frequently struggle. I can identify my fears and issues, but I can't seem to let go. This blog really bring into focus that it is all up to me and my mind. I know that nothing good comes from me hanging on to the hurt and the fear. I guess I hang on because it is familiar and I know what to expect. You really point out here that if I want peace at all in my life, I need to let go. I need to trust.

I couldn't agree more that letting go is one of the simplest concepts and a huge blessing, but one of the most difficult things to do. I appreciate so much that you are thoughtfully trying to teach us to do just that by your wonderful, insightful and creative writings. I was cycling this morning and I always get scared going down the causeway because of the speed and pretty much ride the brakes so I do not go much faster than 24 mph. I love God and have huge faith in Him. I tried letting go of my fear so that I could go down as fast as possible, but the fear still crippled me. I started thinking that if I cannot even let go in a situation like that, it makes sense that I have a hard time letting go of the other more esoteric stuff in life. Boy, can we make things complicated! Thanks again for sharing your insight and knowledge. I will keep trying. Love and hugs, Ashley

Hi Bill, This message is so timely and so true, I believe. From my perspective, all of the great wisdom traditions, including from the teachings of the world's great religions to the native teachings across the planet, and now to some of the newest information coming from scientific inquiry, all direct us toward some of the same basic principles. You have touched upon one of them so clearly in this blog: the power of doing our work but also then surrendering the outcome. Seems simple, but so challenging to all of us at least at times. Just as an example, native cultures around this planet and for as long as we can determine have apparently taught certain paths of wisdom and certain basic principles. According to some scholars, the essence of some of this "universal native wisdom" focuses on four basic principles: 1) show up/be present, 2) pay attention to what has heart and meaning in your life, 3) be willing to speak the truth of your life as you understand it, and 4) not be attached to outcome!! The teachings do not say to do just the first three, important as they are. The "work" is not complete until you "let it go" after doing the first three. Sounds simple! But is a challenge that I set for myself and encourage for others. And we all are learning!! Thanks for the great reminder, and, for me, I need to remember to apply that in this area of my physical self as well as in the emotional, mental and spiritual areas. That is the part I generally neglect! I am so glad to have found this community and your work to bring it all more together!! Keep up the great work, Pauline

Thanks Bill!!! This is so timely and appropriate for me right at this moment! I've been "struggling" with a big, life decision . . . and not getting very far (except very frustrated & disillusioned). As a "recovering control-freak", I still have tendencies to want to "make" things happen -- the poor, pathetic ego certainly dies a slow & painful death -- and really needed this reminder! Thanks again -- today, more than ever, you have appeared as a blessing to me! :) Thanks . . . Peace . . . . .

Really impactful blog Bill! While letting go of my alcoholism I experienced the power of nurturing and nourishing myself by giving myself the right environment (free from alcohol, full of support, nutritious foods, and exercise) and letting go (surrendering) my fear, and worries... by doing this I began to co-create a new life with my partner in life, Consciousness. Even though I have experienced the freedom of simply giving myself love, nourishment, and health then getting out of the way with faith I struggle with this today outside of my alcoholism and find myself at times mired in cause and effect that I alone have control of my outcome. Thanks Bill for everything you do!!1 Much light. Chris Winters

I realized this exact truth just last week when I officially started training for the 1/2 marathon. I was dreading my first 2 mile run and playing the "I don't think I can do it" game. I turned on my IPOD to drown out the negative noise in my head and ran the two miles. As I turned off my IPOD I realized that I wasn't even breathing hard. I had to get my mind out of the way so my body could accomplish what it's capable of. I have since run 2.5 miles and will increase it to 3 miles next week. Now I need to apply the same strategy to my eating. I've been out of control for weeks and know I need to turn it over and let it go. God is in control and guides my footsteps. It's when I quit listening to Him and start listening to myself that I veer off of His perfect path for my life. Thanks for reminding me of that! Hopefully, it will sink in for good soon!!! ~Nancy~

Every day I make the choice I can let the higher power lead me or else I let myself get in the way...I notice the difference in how I am when I am enlightened and just be lead to follow the path laid out.... Thank you for sharing this Bill!! **Hugs** ~ Kim

"The cleanliness of theory is no match for the mess of reality!" Thanks for passing your wisdom on Bill...I know that I am a work in process and I continue to apply and practice your teachings -- sometimes I make them more difficult than they have to be!

Hello, Bill! Here in CO it is an absolute miracle, and joy to me, to see a tree not just growing but thriving out of a mass of rock, with no human intervention in its care, yet I can't grow a carrot in my garden. There IS something greater taking place. I can say in my own journey of letting go, not only did I find great peace in surrendering to a hard physical outcome, I also needed to surrender to the outcome of expectations I had to my past. I expected it was necessary, an effect, the one and only result, to be unhappy and miserable. The culmination of a life not well lived. A badge of dishonor one could call it. I could, and used to, justify this belief and its subsequent behaviors, for hours. This expectation came out of my own unhealthy head, no one made me think these things. There was outside reinforcement, however, I chose to believe it. Having been “lost in place”, afraid of staying the same and moving forward at the same time, the subtle guiding light that had offered its hand was something I didn’t feel I deserved to touch. Yes, I believe I have been guided the past few years. At least that is when I’d begun to notice. I was too wrapped up in a very humanistic view and rejected, denied, and ignored this subtle guidance. For me, it was crucial to surrender to the pains of the past, let them go, before I could let go of attachment to the future. For example, I used to tell myself I could never be fit and healthy “because in the past . . .” That mis-justification had to go first. There has been some adversity here recently, which has given me an opportunity to adjust my exercise plans. I have gained a few pounds, but it certainly doesn’t bother me at all. I'm happy. I know I’m healthy on the inside. I know I’m doing the best that I can. It is daily work to create that state of awareness. Sometimes it’s a battle of the old and lower self trying to take over and I will admit to momentarily considering keeping company with it. But I know better. I like feeling good. I like being happy. And I like it infinitely greater than any temporary false satisfaction of being down in the dumps. It is difficult to explain the steady calm that comes with releasing. At first, yes, it is scary. We are letting go to all that we know, all that we think has made us who we are. Release the grip. The fall is an illusion. We have to let go so we can fly. ;o) L, ~S~

You have no idea how badly I needed to hear this today Bill. Or maybe you did...thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do. My life is better now than it was a month, 2 monthes, many monthes ago. And I only feel like I am just barley spotting the very tip of the iceberg.

Bill, Thanks for giving us this blog! It came at the perfect time as I was just struggling with this yesterday. This is a lesson I'm really going to implement today and for the rest of my challenge. Thank you again!!

I have never needed to read the words of this blog as much as I do right now. I truly feel that the Bodhisattva that appeared before me this week was the opportunity to go to the psych ward at my local hospital and to drop the burden of all the "what if" that my disease has given me. Now I can truly wake up every day without guilt and fear and just live my day in the best way I can. In the last two days at the hospital I felt the greatest peace I have ever felt because I was on a ward with people who were working toward their personal health and happiness. I was afraid, but I am so grateful I had the opportunity. I cried more in the last week than I ever have in my life. I cried for people's stories as they broke my heart, and as they enlightened me in ways I never expected. I released years worth of burden with my tears and they are still flowing. Thank you for sharing this blog. It means a lot to me to read it today, the day I came home from the hospital.~~Jen

You are such an amazing example of how it works. It is so important to share what we have learned on our journeys so that our experience can help those around us on theirs. As a woman in recovery the hardest thing for me was letting go at 12 years of sobriety - At times I feel myself still holding on to the outcome and not trusting God and those who have gone before me - Now at 19 years I am quicker to head into prayer and meditation when I face my own self, holding onto and guiding the direction of where I think I should be. It is truely progress not perfection. Your ability to put into words your experience is life changing!

Let go and let God! we can do the foot work but the outcome all depends on Him! Thanks Bill

Bill that was such a beautiful and empowering blog. It brought tears to my eyes. I have been having a hard time letting go, going with the flow and surrendering. In some situations, I will resist a situation and can see things getting worse then when I finally let go and surrender it gets better. I don't know why I do this... I know that I am resisting like a little child. I can see the attachment and the craving. I don't understand why I continue to feed my ego. Maybe I should "JUST DO IT" like Nike says. This is something that I have been struggling with for a long time now....Thank you for your insightful blog. Your words are very clear and have helped me tremendously. With Love and respect, Val

Bill, First off I want to say thanks for being such a giving person and sharing your light and love with all of us in this transformation community. May His Light continue to shine brightly through you and may His blessings continue to shower you abundantly!!! JJP

"It's important to be aware of the fact that all we can do is the best we can do, and from there, we must let go of attachment to outcomes and let the results be what they may." ~This is the biggie for me. This was my attitude for the most part when my daughter and I were preparing for our first 5k. I just concentrated on getting throught each training run the best I could. I didn't worry about finishing first, or with the best time. I just wanted to finish. After we started running, I did just that...I dropped the bundle, and just concentrated on keeping my legs running. I still have to work on applying this concept to other parts of my life. But I know I'm on my way! Thank you for a great post, Bill! Have a wonderful Wednesday! ~Maria

Bill, you have such a beautiful way with words. It was when I had just about given up on getting in shape and decided to pray for help that I found this site. Thank you so much!

I was so excited when I saw you had posted another blog. I just love reading them. This one was so very true for me and one of the inner challenges I have been facing. I have struggled to let things go and have always had a sense of needing to feel in control. This blog really helps me put it into perspective and gave me a deep undestanding of the importance of releasing the control and surrendering. Thank Bill!

This is so what I needed to hear. Thanks.

Bill - interesting but not surprising that completing and sending off "the packet" released a burst of energy in me. You're words speak deep deep truth - I know that I am just not that strong to carry burdens as my own - and God is just waiting for us to surrender them to Him! Thank you for this inspirational and poetic 'enlightenment' this morning! Love you! MaryPat

This is just what I needed to hear, at exactly the time I needed to hear it. Amazing how that happens! Thank you!

This is so great, and domes at a terrufic time for me to be reading it! The words, "all we are responsible for, is nurturing and nourishing ourselves – planting ourselves in the right environments, and creating the proper conditions for the flowering of our physical and spiritual potential," make perfect sense to me. I have learned (and re-learned) this at different points inmy life. The learning goes deeper each time, and I am finding new applications of this daily. In my teens, this idea was about dealing with the consequences of the choices others made for me. In my 20's, it was about living with the effects of someone's alcoholism. In my 30's, it was about rebuilding my life, so to speak. Starting over. Moving across the country. Starting a family and a business. And now, in my 40's, it's about transformation. Thank you. This is really great. The timing is perfect. ~ Kimberly

Another Awesome share Bill! Every single day is a gift from God! Three lessons we can learn from this: 1. Call on God First 2. Take a step of FAITH 3. BE THE ONE!!! I love these blogs Bill, keep em coming my friend!!! Blessing to you and your VISION of TRANSFORMATION! ~Brad

Bill, I second that ;-) I have learned slowly to drop any and all baggage at my Creator's feet. It is still an emotional struggle at times, but I am more aware of it now when I am holding on to expectations, grudges, hurts, etc and I am willing to give it up to God much quicker now. "If you focus on results, you won't change, but if you focus on change, you'll see results." I know that after all I can do, it is the power, grace and mercy of God that changes me. Not just my behavior, but my nature. Travel light my friend :) Juliane

Wow! I have learned so much not only from your blog, but the responces of others, I know in my heart that if I get out of my own way that God will help me take each step forward to accomplish my dreams and the call He has on my life, simply praying and believing that if trust Him that things will turn out, maybe not that way I thought they would but for my own good. I have slowly started throwing things out of my backpack but have not laid it dowm as of yet, I know He said He would carry it for me as His Burden is light and He said to cast my cares upon Him, but for some reason I fight to release the things that are holding me down, I know everyday through this transformation has been a day that I am just a little lighter inside and out and cannot wait to see how it will feel to let the whole mess fall off of me. It is a process for me, I will not lie, but it is happening, I can feel it!

Great concept, likely works....never know that it does until you try it. I have seen this work in areas of my life. It took me doing what I need to do to get what I need, surrender the rest to God, pray in faith that I will receive it and basically wait it out until it comes, or doesn't come. I remember these experiences because I always received what I asked for. These were things that to me I really needed in order to keep moving forward. And I believe transformation is something we really need to move forward. In my case, I REALLY need to learn how to let certain hurts go. Not just temporarily, but to the point where it's gone forever. This is where I know I have the power to temporarily let go, but God is ultimately the one who can make it go away. That's when I think back to assignment 1 when we take our first pic and then write down what we want to see when we complete week 18. Do the work to get to week 18, surrender your control of the process and the results, pray and stay in faith of achieving your goals, and then see how much progress you've made toward your goals at week 18. We may not always get out desired outcomes, like me I may not be able to shake every hurt in my life by week 18, but I know God will take me further into my healing than where I am now.

Bill, this IS my truest challenge of my life! Not unlike the Monk in the story I have "worked" very hard at enlightenment and "done many, many things to help myself transcend my past, my pain, and my fear. I feel Spirit continually guiding me toward the truest next step which is to "Let go and TRUST in the process of life" I hold the belief so strongly for so many others that they are infinitely loved and that there is great support for their highest good all around them. Somehow when it comes to myself I loose that clear "knowing". It is not only my ego but more deeply my fear. So often those of us who have "survived" abuses or trauma's have such a difficult time trusting. There is a continuous sense of guardedness and resistance to surrender due to the cellular memory of how we were treated in the past when we were perhaps very young, trusting, and vulnerable. That in no way is an "excuse" just a truth about how defended we can become and how difficult letting go can be. Difficult or not however it IS the way to true peace, joy and abundance!! The message you share and teach about feeling the fear and doing it anyway certainly applies here. My second round of the 18 week challenge has been so focused on this exact issue of "retraining" my mind. Slowly I am changing how I "look" at this journey, myself and my life in general. My true desire is to show up for myself doing the steps I know that are supportive and nurturing and then releasing my "need" for it to "look the way I want it to" which again is really generated by fear and doubt. I want the body to be rid of all those unwanted pounds right now so I know I have "made it"! What is underneath that is I need to be successful because I'm attached to that success determining my lovability or worthiness. I wish we all could see and feel how amazing and lovable we are seperate and apart from our results on the scale or the million other conditions we put on it. To truly know I am enough exactly as I am and to choose to move my body and feed it well BECAUSE I love myself not SO THAT I can love myself. I wish that energy of transformation for all and letting go of expectations can make each day of the journey so much more satisfying and joyful. I will keep working at this aspect until I can embody it and I thank you for shining the light on this truly critical point. Many blessings, Roberta

Your words are the sword that cut the bag from our shoulders. The defeatist items are heavy on one's soul. As your sword cuts through the thick rope, our will stands at the other side waiting to quickly retie the rope. To release the bag and walk away is a simple task, but the hardest to follow through. Why is that our minds know what to do, our hearts say it is right, but our will refuses to participate determined to grasp the "rewards" it thinks we deserve, rather than what we truly want? I am the monk asking permission to make the journey, yet my work is not complete. Changes are minutia thoughts compiling to an ever growing manifestation of light and well being. But I have not reached the pinnacle worthy of the trip. The blog is yet one more written inspiration that has acquired thought and acceptance of being in the "now". As I muster the courage to seek permission of a journey towards the light, I remind myself that the first step is one of a thousand though the journey will be a life long trip, the greatest rewards are yet to come.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. From Matthew 11. We must release things, issues, burdens that are weighing us down and trust the process, trust in the Maker who will take our burdens and troubles and cary them. This is true for so many aspects of our lives. And if we let go, the possibilities of our lives are endless. Trust in what will happen, happen. I have held onto too many burdens, baggage all my life and maybe it is time for me to let go. Thank you Bill.

Thanks Bill. That is so true. All we can do is the best we can do. We have to trust the process just as we trust that when we go somewhere using a map, that it will takes us there as long as we follow the correct route. Bill you are such an inspiration to us all. Keep up the good work. Davis

just like the enlightened master in the story :Hebrews4:12: The word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two -edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of the soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Good to have that kind of discernment on board and also it says that He works the willing and the working. Well if that isn't rest. I agree with your Blog. i have begun only just begun to recognize this and see this to a degree. So much struggling and striving when we don't just do our part and then believe that the seeds planted WILL GROW... ( We need to plant good seeds.) In a way of confessing , i have let some pretty destructive seeds take root and it's time to just take action and start weeding. Thank you for your generosity and having this site.Like you, i hope to be a blessing to anyone and everyone.

Let go of the bundle you are holding – the attachments, expectations, the worry, fear, the needing of results to happen – and let it all be free of your grip My backpack is exploding at the seams. Bill thank you for the wonderful writing. I will work to let go and with this group I feel I have a chance. See you Thursday

Thanks Bill! Often times I pick up the load and don't realize I'm even carrying it. Thanks for the words of wisdom!

Beautiful Reminder, thank you!

I have been making myself so unhappy lately for precisely this reason. I know what I want, and in wanting it so bad I get impatient and growly. Not every day will be a step forward, but most of them will be. I just have to do what is natural for me, and let life happen. Thanks Bill. -- Robin

Wow - I never realized how big of a bundle I was carrying until reading your blog, Bill. Thank you so much for the wisdom and experience you share with us. I have learned so much and yet I realize I have so much more to learn. I will let go of my expectations and trust in the process. You are awesome! - Candie

Bill, thank you for being there to guide everyone through this life changeing experience. Letting go is such a simple, easy action but how extremely difficulty it can be. It is thought to be easiler to hold on to our known demon than to face the unknown demon. I truely believe that the slogan if practice is as stated the way to enlightment. My body is a temple, thoughts are a spiritual connection and currently a direct reflexion of my total abandment of this belief. However, you bring me back. thank you, I love this idea of transformating all of me....because there's so much more than a 140 # 49 year in poor shape old female or a 110# 49 year old female in great shape.

Bill, Thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom to the community. In my first T-challenge when I finally did let go my sense of being was so much more defined than before. Thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom to the community. You have change so many lives and and will continue to do so. Tara

Beautiful post and so insightful. I struggle with letting go and I am working on it every day. I do feel like I am making progress. Thanks for all that you do, Bill;-)

Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now...have faith in the process. These words say it all for me. I look at this transformation process as a journey, not a destination. A journey that will allow me to become more present and enjoy what I have right "now." We must understand that there is nothing else for us except right now. There is no "tomorrow" and "yesterday" is done. All we have is now. If we can boil this journey down to the present moment, and have faith in the process, we will undoubtedly become more enlightened. Don't think about the final destination. Focus more on the journey and I'm sure our journeys will cross paths some day. I look forward to that moment.

I have heard "let it go" so many times and I never really understood what it meant or how to until I read your blog. Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!

Bill - This blog was timely for me today. I've been wrapped up in various issues beyond my control which resulted in very little sleep last night. I've been contemplating how to theoretically, "climb my way back to the light and out of this funk.' Having read this, it occurs to me that I only need to let go and the light is there. THis is a truth that I know in my heart, but still forget from time to time. Thank you for the reminder. Lori

Thank you so much for this Awesome reminder. This is an area that I believe God is hugely interested in all our lives and I am definitely experiancing it in mine right now...the thing is, I know what you are saying is true...I let go of the "bag" and feel sooo free and happy and then odd as it may seem, I keep finding myself walking back to it and picking it up again...Like somehow I can make things happen faster than God Almighty!! Bill, I want this!! I truly truly want this! "Letting go"...the statement itself implies process...I guess that is where I am...still in process...thank you, you have helped me so much and I know there is more to come! God Bless You!!~Tammy

Bill, Thank you for sharing this powerful message. Throughout my life I hear people tell me "Let go and let God", and I always have good intentions, but as you say, it is not as easy as it may seem. I will put the words in front of me to start each day. "Have Faith and just be here now." Kay

This is so true. There is such a freedom that comes with letting go. I always tell people around me to "do what you can do and let God do the rest". All we can do in life is our best. Hanging on to mistakes and condemning oneself is counterproductive. But, letting go allows us to move forward to greater oppurtunities.

Oh my. This is just beautiful. I have let go of the outcomes. Most of my feedback comes from my wife letting me know I am becoming more muscular. I simply exercise to make sure I have the strength and energy to love them. To nurture them and to make sure I am present in their lives. This is absolutely incredible. So many struggle with this. I did. As I continue to transform with my intention to be the best husband and father that I can be, I am learning what exercise means to me. What this community means to me. I love you Mr. Phillips. Thank you for this post. I will let my group know about this blog today. AWESOME!

This is awesome! Not only do I hear you saying to let go of [a thing] but to let go of the all encompassing. In other words, not all goals, fears, expectations, etc are linked - they are not all ONE bundle or in ONE basket - there are many bundles or issues that can hinder a person's progress unless they allow every bundle to be dropped or problem to be acknowledged and let go. Thank you SO much Bill for reminding me that there is more than just one bundle that I need to let go of. Lots of Love, Wayne!

Hi Bill, I love this blog. It addresses something that I am learning so much of in this Round 2 phase of my transformation. I have come to a point where I am happy with my progress, and I know that I'm getting closer to letting go of that control. Also, I was really miserable for a while because I have has so much trouble finding a job. I really let it bring me down. Another t.com member who is having financial challenges taught me to appreciate my days... to make the most out of them.. to do my best to find a job, but to get the most out of the home and time that I have now. I took it to heart and have been able to get in better workouts, more school work, and more happiness in my day. As usual I look forward to the radio show and hearing more of your insights on this extremely important topic!!!

Really good words, makes sense .... will

amazing...simply Amazing!

Bill, This is another fantastic writting, and I am impressed with the profound statements especially form this LAST PARAGRAPH HERE: He also awakened to the truth of the lesson: Let go of the bundle you are holding – the attachments, expectations, the worry, fear, the needing of results to happen – and let it all be free of your grip. Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now. Then, and only then, can a power greater than our own complete the process. This is great--I need to revew this again and again and LET GO when I get stuck on the end result and just let the process work it out for me. I do trust this process because I know it works, has results and it continues to carry forward with me so I want to share the successes with others. I know I get help from the lord when I ask for it especially doing "Spiritual Cardio". I will continue to believe in this process and continue on this aazing journey--and THANK YOU for sharing this, I do appreciate it. Thank you, Brian

Thanks, Bill. My goal, during my 3rd transformation, is exactly this - letting go. I have a strong need to control things in my life, and I have seen, through transformation, that I can visualize my goals, see them in my mind and let them go, as I move toward them, in faith and certainty, that somehow, someway I will be where I need to be. While I have practiced this in transformation, and in my clinical work ("cosmic" clients), it s tougher to transmit it to my entire life.. but I am moving toward a complete letting go. Thank you for the reminder!

Thank you so much for this. I have been struggling so much with my results, even though I know I shouldn't be, and this has really helped me out. From now on I will let the process be what it will be and I will stop stressing about what results I'm seeing, and just let them develop naturally. - Shane

Thank you for sharing this well written and thought out piece. It does brings me some clarity and I have already passed it on to share with others. Thank you again as I know that I want constant reminders to let go and let god, but as you had stated, " Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now." This can sometimes be harder done than said, so take it one day at a time, one minute at a time, there is no rush and no musts, progress not perfection. May god bless you! With Love, Jineil

Much gratitude and respect for your commitment to takie this work to the next level. I am on day 31 of my transformation challenge and all day, I've had that familiar nagging thought, "you've barely lost any weight..." i am recognizing these thoughts as the ones that have led me to give up on myself in the past. I'm also realizing that my commitment is to MYSELF, not to being thin- and that my commitment is FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. so if it takes me 4 challenges to reach some arbitrary weight and size - so be it. because I am living my commitment to myself now. i feel more joy, power and generosity than i've felt since i was a kid. i am trusting that i can let go of the physical outcomes of this challenge- they will come when my body is ready. this experience and this community are already changing my life. i am so GRATEFUL. to all of us. and to you, Bill- for truly being the change. thank you.

This is exactly what I needed today. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been struggling with exactly this step for a while now. What I wouldn't give to be able to speak with you in person on this subject! It's obvious you've really studied the sacred traditions and gained much wisdom from them. Thanks again for sharing it with us...together one step closer to enlightenment!

Again, very powerful message, Bill. I'm so happy that you are sharing these lessons with us. What a simple, beautiful, yet challenging thing to let go of outcomes. Yet when we do, the "answers will be made clear to us." I know this yet right now, more than ever, I'm struggling with it. This was a great reminder. Thank you, thank you. Love and blessings, Jackie

Beautiful message Bill, for me it's about Letting Go and Let God.... I move forward in a life of freedom, health, and prosperity. I wouldn't get far driving a car while the emergency brake was on. Neither would I reach my goals or dreams if I didn't release the brakes on them. I choose to move forward with my goals and dreams, releasing any belief in poverty or powerlessness that might be adversely affecting my thoughts, words, and actions. If my desire is to improve my health, I let go of any doubt that I can be completely healthy. Wholeness is my divine heritage. Rather than straining for results, I let God transform my understanding so that I move forward in a life of freedom, health, and prosperity. As I release and make room for my highest good, I am able to fully appreciate and experience life. Praise God for His mercy endures forever..... Jerome

Beautiful, profound, and inspirational. Thanks!

THANK YOU BILL, surrendering giving back all of the control to the only true controller and feeling peace, and letting your life flow that sounds like a wonderful way to live to me ( count me in ) sending love and light your way****love karla

Let go and let God! Easier said than done. Sometimes I just don't KNOW HOW to let go. However, I am a work in progress. And I am believing in that process. I know I will get there.

Bill, once again your timing is amazing. As Justin, JsTrong54, posted earlier here, he started a forum yesterday discussing religion Vs. spirituality. Me and several others responded to him in much the same way you wrote in this blog. Later I wrote to a couple of people who also wrote on the forum. The point is, much of how I now feel and what I expressed to Justin and the others I have learned or rediscovered since joining Transformation. Hearing so many others on that forum, and now you in your blog tonite supporting my beliefs reaffirms that I'm in the right place here in T.com. Uncle Dave

The last paragraph really made me feel good, it reminded me of a lesson my late Father taught me and would have to always remind me of. He would always tell me "put it in Gods hands, don't tell God how you want things to turn out because you may miss out on the better option he has waiting". Ask God to give you strength to accept his way and to recognize it". It was always hard for me to trust in the process in prayer, always wanting to fight, resist, and control the process. Many times God had the answer before me but because I was burdened with the load of the what if, or if not, the what more can I do, or what have I failed to do. That load kept me from seeing the better option. I still struggle with that, but a lot less frequently and I know that with out fail, the times I let go are the times I have a better outcome with less stress and worry!

Bill you've expressed this beautifully. I believe this will all of my heart. It is where I go for happiness. We can incorporate the nature of this truth into our lives and transformations by focusing on what we DO in our goals, and not focusing on the results as something we have controlling power over. It's a bit harder and it takes more time and thought, but if done right, I believe there's great potential for even greater satisfaction, growth, happiness and enlightenment... What we DO is all that matters, what nature, God, or whatever we relate to it as, returns to us can be far greater than we ever could imagine for ourselves... if we just let go of it. Otherwise, it may come... and we may not even notice.

After many failed attemots, I finally "got it" just a few days ago and blogged about giving up the "Fight" or control. I can honestly day that today I have given it up....God has the controls now.......However, I will say that this is a daily decision. With time it will be automatic. Practice makes perfect. Thank you for sharing your wisdom my friend, ~Sandy~

It is very interesting to read everyones comment. Your message seems to touch everyone in different ways under the same meaning. Reading these comments are like having multiple lessons of knowledge under one main principle. Thanks again Nathan

Each day is a gift! The day can be fragile at times, but there is beauty in knowing that we have a Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, to see us through the difficult times and provide joy during the happy times. When we truly surrender our all to God, life begins to unfold before us according to His ultimate plan. For me personally, if I try to control it, I create turmoil within my soul and life can become extremely hectic. There is complete peace in letting go and placing everything at the cross. It is then that my burdens shall be no more. It is at this point that you can live life ABUNDANTLY!!! Thank you, Bill for your insight! God bless, Kimberly : )

Thanks for this post Bill! This has been a very hard thing for me to do. However, this has reenforced the principal within me that I must let go and let God. Thank you also for the text messages. Both of them that I have received so far have been inspiring and helped me to say focused.

Wow. I'm going to consider this as a assignment and put letting go to work for my self. Thank You for the excellant knowledge

Good stuff! For me, the letting go involves letting go of thinking of myself and truly focusing on others. To me the negative self talk and beating myself up all the time was a form of self focus detracting me from looking outside myself to see others in need. So I have let go of that negative self talk. I just don't believe it or participate in it anymore. When I find it creeping in again, I sit down and write a note or email of encouragement to someone else.

The Letting go - the trusting - the having faith - the joy in awakening - the 'miracles' that come into our lives - bliss - love and Light - Gratitude and Faith - Jaki :)

I just loved this!!! How true it is that if we would just only let go of all the expectations, fear and need of "results" and instead do the work put before us and allow God to take care of what is not in our control, then we will find true transformation. Man has tried so desperately to prove that they can do it "all by themselves" and look at where we are. For me, that is why for this transformation I chose to let go of the scale for the 18 weeks & to let go of bad foods all together. I needed to stop trying to control if I was becoming a success in my own mind by what the scale said or how my pics looked or what the measuring tape showed. I want this to be truly a transformation from within. By letting those things go, i can focus within and let God handle the rest. Thank you for this amazing t.comfamily. I am truly loving this journey. ~ Nichole

Thanks for this post Bill. I have been trying to let go - not an easy thing, but it's getting easier. :) And lately the phrase "all I can do is the best I can do" has been like a mantra for me as I deal with an injury. When I saw it in your blog tonight I was struck by the idea that all things really do seem to happen for a reason. My injury has forced me to "let go" of my expectations, and allowed me to work on my inner life So while my body is still not quite cooperating with me, my mind is focused on other ways I can grow and succeed. Thanks again. Gaye

I got this. I am doing it, and living it and experiencing the sheer JOY, FREEDOM and LIGHTNESS in my journey because of it. I am just so incredibly HAPPY. Just plain 'ole HAPPY!!! I am smiling all the time, giving away what I feel I need (and then not needing it anymore) and just enjoying the heck out of this journey. Even when I am "frustrated" there is an undercurrent of calmness and trust. I am learning if there is something about myself I am wanting to change I don't have to beat myself up over it, analyze it for days or anything like that. All I have to do is get still, think about my intention of changing it, thanking Divinity for all (including my changes) and just go about my days doing the best I can. It works, you are so right!!! You will see on September 4th, the last day of my 2nd challenge... you will see in my packet how this frame of mind helped me this round. :) Thank you!

"Be here now". That's a tall order most of the time, since I fret over the future and often think about the past as well. But I suppose I've been carrying a bundle of many things, and time to drop it. There's the real struggle though. Most of that bundle has controlled me for so long. :-)

Bill, Thank you for the wonderful message. I am learning to trust in this way, however, am needing much more practice... or is it faith? I will work on letting go of the attachment to the End Result and the many judgements inbetween. Thank you so very much for this post.. I appreciate you.

thanks for sharing the widsom~Sheridan

Bill~ Thank you for writing this. LIke so many others, this spoke directly to me. Letting go of control has been a whole new concept for me since starting transformation at the beginning of this year and I feel as if I am just now starting to grasp this and put it into practice. You have given me a lot to process and think about in this blog. Thank you for stretching me! Devin

I think this is the greatest lesson I have learned here: " nurturing and nourishing ourselves – planting ourselves in the right environments, and creating the proper conditions for the flowering of our physical and spiritual potential." ... that's all we can do and how easy is that? For the first 40 years of my life, I looked for outside sources to create what I thought would be a beautiful life. I failed miserably at it. The power we have is within and the only thing we can control is ourselves. All of a sudden, life as I know it today is simple - and the most joyful it has ever been. Thank you for bringing your light to my darkness... I am eternally grateful. All the best to you - Love, Jane

Great stuff! Thanks again for you impeccable timing. I follow a different spiritual path than many here so the "turning it over to God" idea just doesn't resonate with me. But this makes sense. I am still responsible for the outcome by placing myself in the right enviornment, etc. I'm not giving up responsibility, but giving up attachment to the end result. I couldn't ever get the idea of surrender, but now I see that surrender is really just another word for nonattachment. Enjoy the journey towards the goal and beyond, instead of obsessing about the goal itself. Thanks again. breeze

Thanks Bill- I was just talking to a fellow transformer on the phone tonight about this exact thing, it is time for me to get out of the drivers seat and let God take over. I am always trying to control the outcome....As long as I am honestly giving it my best..I must trust the process and know the outcome will be exactly as it should be....Thank you so much for all you do for us!!!! Christine ;) xoxoxoxo

I understand the concept...and agree with it totally. I am just beginning to try putting to work! I will keep at it! Thank you for your story- it helped me to understand. Nancy

Bill, this is my favorite blog of yours now!!! I say that every week! LOL Seriously, I think it's so important for us as human beings to be aware that while we can't control the world, we are given the freedom to be fearful or trusting. Trusting works for me!

Letting go and Letting GOD truly works. I will be re-visiting this blog again and again. I have already read this twice and I'm seeing new things each time I have. Thank you so much Bill! I feel like I'm getting such an important spiritual education with every blog you write! ....... Julie

As humans we find times in our lives where we align with God and get our lives in order and things in life flow with ease. The times when things get tough we tend to want to "take over" the reigns from God and do what we think is right, we take leaps of faith where we should be standing and then at times we stand when we should be walking in faith....God will allow you to stray if you want. The wisest see that their house of cards they build with their "off path" adventures is now crumbling. The smart ones will see their error and again go close to God. The ones who are stubborn...like yours truly, find that God has a way to reign in the unruly and the wayward and sometimes that can be a very very painful lesson. The hardest part of any journey is to stay on the path that God has set for you and not be thrown off course by the free will that he allows us to experience. Being fully surrendered to God is the only way to live. I hope some day to get there and stay there.....But ooo ooo theres something shiney over there that gets my attention... I'm off the path again........

Bill - That was an excellent message to send out to the t.com family. As I am just now embarking on my first Transformation Challenge with Chris (as my App Group 5 leader) I feel more and more that this is exactly where I need to be. I am in the right place, putting one foot in front of the other with Spirit by my side, and my attachment to the outcome has been dropped - just like the bundle of wood. Love & Light ~ Cherry

Such a beautiful and empowering blog!! So, so full of incredible wisdom!! As one who was a huge controller in life, one of the greatest lessons I have learned and applied is letting go of control and embracing the idea or term, detachment. I was one who was so attached to everything that I believed would add value to myself. All of these attachments were typically surface, and usually left me “high and dry” after the initial and sometimes very slightly extended excitement wore off. Perhaps the word empty or unfulfilled best describes the feeling. It was only after I pursued transformation that I was able to see a powerful and meaningful transition ahead. Detaching is one of the most powerful truths I have implemented in my journey. It sure takes practice, but once I began exercising it, and surrendering to a higher power, God, peace became me. Every day is a new day, and I am so very grateful to be able to see the gifts that are shown to me in a bigger light. Every now and then, I get the urge to want to know the outcome, but not knowing sure makes life fun, colorful, spiritual, and way more fulfilling because I see a lot more now, and quiet enlightened smiles, are just so awesome!!!! My vision is much bigger and I notice things that otherwise I wouldn’t have seen. There is nothing more beautiful than being in the moment, while aiming for meaningful/purposeful goals and surrendering to the divine outcome…………………… “From there, we put our complete trust and faith in the process, knowing that whatever is meant to happen from there will happen”, what a beautiful message and powerful wisdom to live by………thank you Bill for lighting the path for all of us and continuing to teach me.

Wow.....that was profound Bill, I believe I am just right now in the process of letting go of the bundle....I am feeling so light, feeling so free.....free from the attachments to any outcomes in my life, all is well......just being me..inspire, love, do the best I can on a daily basis...be who I am in God.......surrender.....having trust and faith and let God do the work, guide my life, lead me to where I am supposed to be, the people, the places, the situations.........I've done the work, I do the work on a daily basis.......now to let go and live life doing the best I can....happy, joyful and free.....Gosh, I just love you....and your writing and just who you are, wow....really resonate with your words and know I was led by God here to learn, grow and be all that I can be....Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.....Thia

Bill, I am always moved by your wisdom and ability to see through the clutter of popular thought into the salient parts of the human experience. I had often traveled my path while carrying my life's burdens on my back, looking for a way to drop them off on another person. It was only through a great deal of introspection and thought, directly guided at times by your Transformation Assignments, that I came to the realization that focusing on the burden only gives it strength. When I let go of control over the outcome, the problems didn't seem so overwhelming any more. I was mentally free to explore new possibilities of thought which incidentally provided solutions to the problems I had been experiencing. The only thing I can control is what I say, think, and do. Forcing a solution to occur is beyond my realm of control. Thanks, as always, for being willing to explore beyond the scope of traditional experience - and even more thanks for sharing that gathered wisdom with us all here. You are a true blessing to mankind. Be well!

You are correct sir, this *is* a hard one. At least it is for me. I need to print this out & read it again & again. I am trying to learn how I can set goals, strive for my goals,visualize those goals & yet not be attached to them? How do I find/get that balance? I do understand that *I* am not in total control here. And I do know that I do need to let go of the idea that I can "control" the outcome. Ok maybe that is it. I think I have realized this, deep inside but I have never actually applied it. A lot to ponder here & learn. Thank you!!

Wow Bill, your timing couldn't be more perfect! Great post, it's what I needed to hear right at this very moment! I just finished praying for guidence and I get a message to read your blog, I have goose bumps right now!!

Once again you amaze and enlighten me Bill. It is this very blog that was necessary for me to truly understand the depths to which I must dive in with an openess like none before. Surrender to the process and let it be as it is meant to be and the beauty will reveal itself. I am honored to be here in the presence of greatness - supported - loved - and guided. Thank you for speaking to ME, because like so many here, listening to your blogs as I read them aloud (or to myself) I feel a conversation/lesson taking place between only you (the teacher) and me (the student). I honor this journey and GET TO each and every moment of every day. Thank you. Nameste ~Kelli~

This is an interesting blog to read just as I am starting on the road to transformation. Still taking a hard look at myself as I tweak my goals for this program. To create meaningful, perhaps life-saving goals and then have the courage to accept that it won't be ME (ME, ME) attaining those goals. Control, especially self-control, is a value highly ingrained in the American culture (in which I have been raised); yet having a fair amount of it has not gotten me to a very good spot thus far. I think from your blog I need to consider myself more of a finger on a hand or a branch on a tree. Just part of something bigger. Contributer to the "bigger" and it will nourish me.

Bill what a Beautiful Blog! Releasing the outcome to GOD and ENJOYING the process ..wow thats just Beautiful! When we dont let go we feel the resistance inwardly but freedom comes within when we do. Not an easy thing to do. LETTING GO that is. Something I need to really focus on. Thankyou for sharing your words of wisdom and thoughts from your heart. I love you SO MUCH! Happy to be in transformation~! Constantly growing...needing to learn and be taught...Blessings!!!!!!Love Shari!!

Awesome blog Bill! I always had a lot of attachment to the outcomes in my BFL days. But through this Transformation process, have been able to let go of a lot of that and trust the process. I'm finding this makes me feels more free, more happy, and I'm actually getting way better results than when I was obsessed by getting the results. Thanks for sharing. I love you writing style! You have a way of making concepts very clear and understandable, and I'm always left in a quiet peaceful contemplating mood after reading your blogs. Cheers, Paul.

Bill, I am working on letting go of results a little more each day. My favorite book on the topic of co-creation is, To Work and To Love, a Theology of Creation by liberation theologian, Dorothee Soelle. I read this book back in college 20 years ago and it is still one of my favorites. Thanks again for sharing your insights with all of us in Transformationville. Shalom, Christine

Great blog Bill. This was a powerful truth for me from Round 1. Very freeing wisdom indeed. Thanks for giving this insight to the community.

Bill, There are so many things in this that hit point on. You are right about how we hold onto things in our life that we may think we need but when we let go we realize that we never needed them in the first place. Thanks for the great story and insight! -Chris

Beatiful Bill!! Letting go and Letting God really works!! I am working on that or I should say letting go on that!! Thanks for your way with words!!! Marty

That didn't take long. It is okay to set the goal and to put in the work, but give up the outcome and accept the result. Thanks Bill.

Bill~ I find it interesting you chose to post this today, when just yesterday I was asking some of the very same questions that you have answered in my forum thread Being Spiritual vs. Being Religious. I have a great weight that I carry around with me from being arrested, and I want nothing more than to just let it go. I still struggle with the idea of just cutting the strings and letting it go. I was raised in a family of control freaks and I myself have always had control over what I did, and sometimes others. For once, I am starting to feel like maybe there is something else controlling ME. I'm looking forward to climbing up into that mountain, and dropping my pack on the ground! Thank You ~Justin

Thank you Bill. There is much in what you say that that I have felt for a long time. The funny thing is that periodically through my life I have allowed myself to be pulled away from the process and talked into pursuing the outcomes. There is too much to say about this here, so I'm going to go blog about it. Thanks again Bill :)

Great blog Bill, ''Simply do the work, then let go, have faith and just be here now'' I love that! Its really all out of our hands. Thanks for sharing. ~Bobby G

Thanks Bill :<) - Great lesson today. It never works to have the internal fights with ourselves. Thanks for the wisdom and direction. I really appreciate it, Paul :<)

I have learned this precious lesson of letting go through the challenge assignments and for this I am so grateful to you Bill. Although I have learned the lesson, putting it to practice is the only way I can benefit. The more I practice the more natural it becomes. The more I let go, the more disconnected I feel from one world and the more connected I feel to another. I am confident there is a way it all comes together as I continue on my journey. I am not attached to any outcome, just going with the flow and learning and growing, being fascinated and having so much fun!

You have said in a few paragraphs what I have truly believed in my whole life. Do the right things and then let go and watch God take over. Place yourself in the right frame of mind to accept what is meant to be.

Letting go of results and expectations has helped me so much. When I first joined tcom and Clarissa said, "Just surrender! ," I was like what the heck is she talking about...I had no idea what it meant. After doing alot of inner work, I know what she meant now and it feels awesome to be abe to turn everything over to my Higher Power. It's so simple now to just say hey I don't need to worry about that, I'm doing my part and whatever happens is what's supposed to happen and it will be good for me, I don't need to get anxious and stress/worry anymore. Letting go is so easy and so powerful....I'm so grateful I have this tool now and I'm living a life I absolutely love and everythings cool bc all I need to be happy is God and He's inside of me and he'll never leave =)

This is where I struggle. Letting go of the outcome, I think I am learning. I don't mean to sound ignorant, but my question is this, "how do goals fit into letting go of the outcome", if we set our goals and put everything into completing them, then how can you do that and still let go?" Thanks again for sharing this wisdom.

Just what I needed to hear. A big thank you Bill. Tonia

The only answer I have for you is, at least one day more. I struggle with this detachment on a daily basis, but I know that someday it will happen as long as I maintain faith and remain true to the journey. Thank you for sharing!

Bill..once again, here is your blog saying exactly what I need to read and be reminded of ..exactly when I need it! Thank you (HOW do you keep doing that?! :) I know that during the times I have had the most growth within is when I LET GO...and get out of my way and His way. And the times I struggle the most is when I am tryin to do it on my own and RESIST. Letting go and letting God is the way! Thank you for this...you sooo ROCK! Hugs~~Dana