Faith and Letting Go of Control
Yesterday, during a workshop, a simple thought came to me — not as an idea, but as a feeling.
That faith frees from fear.
Not because “everything will be fine”.
But because another foundation appears:
whatever happens,
God is with me.
In Russian, there is an expression:
“На всё воля Божья” — “Everything happens according to God’s will.”
Before, I heard in it something like a renunciation of one’s own will, almost a weakness.
But yesterday, I suddenly felt it differently.
It is not a renunciation.
It is — the release of excessive control, not a refusal to act.
Not everything depends on me.
And this is not frightening — on the contrary, it gives support.
One can act.
But one does not need to hold the world together.
I myself do not yet fully understand where the boundary lies between trust and passivity.
If you have your own experience — write to me.
helena@hochnadel.de
Some letters (with your consent) I may publish on the website — as a continuation of the conversation.
And one more thought came later.
I suddenly saw this even within the model of consciousness based on psychological functions.
Elements of the dominant function are not produced by effort.
They arise — from an unknown source.
I do not create them.
I encounter them.
And perhaps this is exactly the point where control ceases to be possible —
but support appears.