The latest instalment in Dr. Hawkins’s nine-book series Power vs. Force, Letting Go, describes using the technique of surrender to remove negative blocks from life. Drawing experience from his clinical psychiatric practice, it takes a different approach from his earlier works, which focus on attaining awareness, spirituality, and enlightenment.

Note that the book doesn’t discuss the mechanics of letting go (you may want to re-read Chapter 3 after completing the entire book) but instead revolves around a “Map of Consciousness,” a chart of emotions ranked by energy fields. Only by letting go of lower, energetically harmful emotions (e.g., guilt, shame) can we free up our energy, leaving room for us to move into more powerful emotions higher up on the scale (e.g., love, joy, peace).

A considerable amount of insight is shed on each emotion by explaining the feelings and triggering points, which has helped me become more attuned to how I deal with my feelings. There’s no need to beat yourself up over less noble sentiments because they result from past experiences and, most importantly, all part of being humane. Instead of shutting down negative emotions, you learn to allow them to bubble up and run their course; eventually, they will run dry, drained of negative energy, and you can put them behind you.

Applied kinesiology can also demonstrate the energy changes accompanying emotions, which yields yes/no responses to an intent held in mind. Muscle testing struck a chord with me because while it sounds crazily impossible, it’s something I experienced first-hand years ago that has left me dumbstruck since. However, I was not on board with the belief that thoughts alone can heal your body of sicknesses and prevent future ailments (there’s no harm in trying, just that I don’t trust it over medical help).

That being said, don’t undermine the value of being emotionally healthy. Sometimes, people refer to letting go of harboured bad feelings as if it’s a bad thing when, in fact, you’re only letting go of things that no longer serve you so you can find serenity and be at peace with yourself. To be conscious of your emotions is not to be in complete control or void of them but to be aware of their effects, release them when appropriate, and make decisions despite them, which is a powerful technique to harness.

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