"The prerequisite to true freedom is to decide that you do not want to suffer anymore." This is the sentence that starts Chapter 10 of "The Untethered Soul". Seems simple enough and yet, I have watched myself be willing to give up the suffering in some situations more than others. We suffer by engaging in our fearful, pessimistic, or controlling thoughts. We may think we want to give up suffering, or that we don't suffer, however, if we pay attention we will probably find we are doing it on a daily basis.
After making the decision that I am no longer willing to hold myself back, to suffer, I then see that life is full of opportunities for letting go and being more free. Michael writes that we can find these opportunities to let go of our 'suffering' by hearing ourselves when we are focused on "the problem of the day." The Abraham-Hicks materials encourage us to use our emotional guidance system to realize when we are not being who we really are (which is suffering). Whichever way works best for us, there is no need to work hard at becoming aware of when we are still suffering. Once we genuinely decide that we are done with trying to earn our worthiness through suffering, we will easily see where we are ready to be more free.
Michael writes that when we catch ourselves suffering the key to freedom is to just be quiet. " . . . not that your mind has to be quiet. You be quiet. You the one inside watching the neurotic mind, just relax." We don't need to fight our thoughts, chastise ourselves for them, deny them, or worry about them. Just relax, and open, and watch them and we will realize that they are not us. Who we really are (WWRA) is actually watching the chatter.
Of course, I may find I need to remind myself to relax a few times, or ten times, well maybe a hundred times a day. But, this is not a concern because . . . "If you follow this path, the only action you ever take is to relax and release. When you start to see this stuff going on inside, you just relax your shoulders, relax your heart, and fall back behind it."
LOP is taking a breath, catching myself in those moments when I have forgotten Who I Really Am, and once again opening to the Me behind me.