This ritual for letting go is for you if you are still tied to people or situations from the past and this prevents you from living your present in fullness and harmony.
How hard it is for us to close things, to let go… It seems that endings are difficult to accept when in reality they are always a new beginning. As the saying goes (and it couldn’t be more true), “when a door closes, a window opens.”
When you are tied to a person or situation, you don’t really miss that specific person or situation, but rather the “you” you were at that moment. You miss that part of yourself to which you associate certain feelings and emotions.
Closing cycles is essential to achieve harmony and inner peace. Closing the different stages of our life appropriately is essential to heal what is needed and renew energy .
Rituals are a tangible and conscious tool to externalize personal emotions and experiences. Closing cycles with awareness helps us put an end to a stage and frees us. In the same way, through closing rituals, we give meaning to what we have experienced and connect with the lessons learned from past experiences.
What do you need?
- Sheet of paper to write down everything you want to leave behind.
- Two candles, one white and one purple. The white candle purifies and the purple one transforms.
- A thread to join both candles.
- White Sage bundle to purify, protect and attract positive energies with a pleasant and intense aroma.
Steps to follow:
First of all, it is important to note that you should perform this ritual when you are convinced that you want to let go of that person or situation. Your whole being, your conscious and unconscious parts, must be involved in these actions. Also, it is important to accompany this ritual with daily actions, effort and willpower. If you are ready, let’s go for it!
- Choose a quiet time and place where you can spend time with yourself. If you wish, you can add music to the space that will help you connect with yourself.
- Tie the two candles together with the thread. When they are together, light them with a match and let them burn out. VERY IMPORTANT : the candle must be placed on a metal container, otherwise it can be dangerous. Also, let it burn out in a place where you can control it to avoid any scares.
- While they are burning, take the piece of paper and write a letter to the person or situation you want to say goodbye to in order to close the cycle. Write down what you are leaving behind and that is no longer part of you, the lessons you have learned, and give thanks for it.
- Once written, burn the paper with the candle flame in a safe place to avoid causing a fire. While it burns, cut the thread that joins both candles as a symbol of the end of your connection with the person or situation you are closing and say the following prayer: “I (repeat your name) free myself from the chains of the past, I let go of everything that hurts me or no longer contributes to me; I forgive everything that has hurt me and I forgive myself for having allowed it. I leave behind any feeling of guilt, anger, fear or sadness, and I prepare to move forward on the path of my life. Thank you for having been part of my life. So be it.”
- Return the ashes to nature.
- Purify your space with the White Sage bundle. Start at the door of your house and go around each corner clockwise. As you do this, visualize how you are cleansing the energies of your home for this new cycle. You can also pass it over yourself to cleanse your energies. Once done, open the windows of your house so that all negative energy goes away. You can use it whole or turn it off to have several uses, letting it “suffocate” by burying it in sand or carefully placing it under the tap (just the tip) and letting it dry.
- Give thanks to the Universe (or whoever you want) by putting both hands together. The right represents your conscious part and the left your unconscious part. By putting them together, you are thanking the Universe (or whoever you want) with all your being.
The time has come to live in the present and leave behind everything that has made you learn but that is no longer part of you. A new beginning is coming , so enter it with all your being, your will and your enthusiasm.
We wish you the best in this new stage!